[Numbers Guy]

al-Qaida Ranks Swelling Worldwide

Hmm. 20,000 trained prior to 2001, camps get shut down, 2,000 Jihadis captured or killed, leaves 18,000 from 2001 and earlier. This is "swelling"?

[piasa]

Hmm. 20,000 trained prior to 2001, camps get shut down, 2,000 Jihadis captured or killed, leaves 18,000 from 2001 and earlier. This is "swelling"?

Maybe Carol Mosely Braun is on the think tank's board of directors.