[prairiebreeze]

These groups are believed to maintain no operational links with al-Qaeda, but instead are influenced by the worldview and rhetoric of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, calling on followers to attack the hated incumbent administration in the region such as the Hosni Mubarak regime and U.S. forces (

I'm not familiar with the author and don't know his reliability or experience with the subject. However, I have a little trouble believing that bin Ladin's money isn't finding it's way into at least some of the pockets of Bedouin tribal leaders.

[RepublicanRaderFan]

interesting take, but the idea that individuals are possibly insprired by osama's words and not money does not bode well for us. from what i read elsewhere the attacks in sinai did not cost much, so is it really osama's money at work here?