Posted on 11/23/2003 2:26:30 AM PST by FairOpinion
Since Sept. 11, U.S. officials and outside analysts agree, nearly 65 percent of al-Qaida's leaders have been killed or captured. About 3,400 al-Qaida suspects have been arrested in the United States and overseas, from Tunisia to Indonesia. Important logistical networks in Spain, Italy and Germany have been dismantled.
Al-Qaida's financial infrastructure is being steadily dismantled worldwide.
Much of the strength and growth of the organization during the 1990s resulted from its ability to operate from a geographical base with impunity, first in Sudan and then in Afghanistan. The training camps, safe houses and caves were the critical infrastructure for al-Qaida. That base is now gone. The leadership has splintered and gone underground.
The bombings were condemned by clerics, civil society, the Arab press and public opinion throughout the Islamic world. Arabs and Muslims are becoming aware, though belatedly, that terrorism is a plague that threatens not only Americans and Europeans but also Muslims.
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Note the comment about the terrorists thriving in the 90-s, because they could operate with impunity ... Clinton was too busy with other things to pay attention, even when Bin Laden was offered to him on a silver platter multiple times.
Now that Bush is going after the terrorists, they are definitely losing.
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