[xzins]

Osama wasn’t the real #1

It was zawahiri who was the operational genius

From Wikipedia. ***In 1998, al-Zawahiri formally merged the Egyptian Islamic Jihad into al-Qaeda. According to reports by a former al-Qaeda member, he has worked in the al-Qaeda organization since its inception and was a senior member of the group’s shura council. He was often described as a “lieutenant” to Osama bin Laden, though bin Laden’s chosen biographer has referred to him as the “real brains” of al-Qaeda.[48]***

[Paladin2]

So, why hasn’t Bammy “obtained” Mullah Omar?

[Paladin2]

Uh, this is the good Doc's bro, mad mo.

Did you miss the attempted scatological humor too?

[marron]

It was zawahiri who was the operational genius

And as I occasionally like to remind people, Zawahiri's Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a Muslim Brotherhood offshoot, was on Saddam's payroll when they recruited Osama and then formed his inner circle. So all the ink spilled about how Osama had nothing to do with Saddam was always a bit... well, the truth was always hiding right out in the open.

[driftdiver]

Osama was the money man.