Posted on 02/04/2004 12:57:20 PM PST by John Jorsett
The foreign terrorists being captured in Iraq are yielding a lot of information on how al Qaeda is operating in the wake of the post-911 American counterattacks. Lacking their Afghan bases, secure (from the US listening in) communications and apparently short of cash, al Qaeda leaders see Iraq as a battleground where al Qaeda volunteers can prove that they have the right stuff. Successful suicide bombings require a team of a dozen or more people to make it happen. The suicide bomber himself, if the team is good, will be the only member of the team to be lost. The other members of the team, who handle planning, reconnaissance, security, building the bomb, training the bomber and supervising the preparations and the operation itself.
Since 911, al Qaeda has become far more careful about security. Not just to prevent Americans from finding out about terrorist plans, but to avoid infiltration by American agents. Al Qaeda's communications problems make it difficult to check out the personal histories given by new volunteers. So any new guy could be working for the CIA. Details on the success, or failure, of this effort, won't be made public for years. But al Qaeda knows they are being probed, and are reacting. Sort of like terrorizing the terrorists.
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