For the United States, the most prudent conclusion to draw from bin Laden's new statement is that al-Qaeda has fully completed preparations for more attacks in the United States. Bin Laden chose to speak at this time because he wanted to clearly tell Americans that al-Qaeda can attack in the U.S. whether or not it is engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq. Ahh, BS - This dirtbag and his fellow leadership ilk (within Stan/Pak) are doing all they can to merely ekk out their last days of survival in the Pak border regions -
They've been reduced to controlling nothing and living off merely the sympathy of other hate filled mountain scum. Or worse yet having to buy their safety from mountain trash to house them.
The reality is al Qeade has been decimated and UBL never in his wildest dreams imagined what has happened in the last 4 years.
That does not mean the GWOT is over (or even close) there is still much fighting to be done (and it will be done). But UBL himself has been reduced to the coward he is... living among Pakistani mountain trash.
Time was on his side in the short run (to hide) but his days are coming to an end. He won't survive 06 -
I wish I could agree. AQ is now a set of decentralized foci spread around the world. The central command structure has been dispersed but the network remains functioning below the radar in the Moslem universe. How they communicate and move money and other resources is still largely a mystery. Bits and pieces have been discovered from Singapore to Spain but the informality of the way Moslems do many things (to our way of thinking)makes even understanding the logic of their operations difficult.
For the US I am convinced they are dedicated to conducting a really massive strike using some sort of unconventional mix of tactics and techniques as was done with both World Trade Center operations. They know once they surface again here their US network will be rolled up fairly quickly since they are the aliens and outsiders here and they have to ,leave some fingerprints we can pick up on.
These people probably have the staying power of the Order of the Assassins.