http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=23472
"The Arabic television channel Al Jazeera broadcast an audiotape on December 19, 2003, that was said to be from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the right hand man of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. ...Yet it could be that Russian intelligence knows exactly where he is and may even have regular contact with the elusive Egyptian.
Zawahiri as Prisoner
There are many accounts of Ayman al-Zawahiri published in the press. These stories cover Zawahiri's childhood and his relatives, his study of medicine, his connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, his involvement in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, his close relations with Osama bin Laden, and his role in major terrorist attacks against the United States. But there are few authors who mention that Zawahiri spent half a year in close contact with representatives of Russian intelligence while in their custody.
Significantly, these contacts led to a change in Zawahiri's political orientation. Long talks with Russian intelligence officers "forced a critical change in his lethal planning. ...America, not Egypt, became the target... Freed from Russian jail in May 1997, Dr. Zawahri found refuge in Afghanistan, yoking his fortunes to Mr. bin Laden. [Zawahiri's group] Egyptian Jihad, previously devoted to the narrow purpose of toppling secular rule in Egypt, became instead the biggest component of al Qaeda and a major agent of a global war against America. Dr. Zawahri became Mr. bin Laden's closest confidant and talent scout." [1]
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(This is a small excerpt, see the article)
Learning from Hamas and Hizbullah,...that if you play it right,
you are a Political process that garners respect...and can achieve more,
than simply relying on brute violence and extortion.
That Pharaoh Hosni Mubarrak has done little to nothing to mitigate terror flowing thru Sinai into Gaza.
That IAEA discovered signatory breaking Isotope in Egyptian facilities.
Margins that a level of treachery is allready in place.
No wonder Muslim Brotherhood is salivating at the prospect of becoming the next Gov in Egypt.
From Mussaraff in Pakistan to Mubarrak in Egypt.
How long can they hang on?