BRUSSELS - For the absolute majority of the Arab world, he remains Sheikh Guevara: a rich heir who could just have enjoyed a life of privilege, but instead he invested all his knowledge and connections to wage jihad.
Osama bin Laden may not be an Islamic Guevara, but he certainly read Chairman Mao Zedong's Little Red Book. Bin Laden's Long March took place when he had to leave Sudan and set up camp in Afghanistan (just like the communists had to set up theirs in the back and beyond of China). He organized a "base" - the term Qaeda is a literal translation of base, as theorized by Mao in the 1930s.
.............The Palestinians are way too "modern" for bin Laden. He firmly believes that they cannot extract anything out of the Jews because they are led by a cocktail of women, Christians, homosexuals and Marxists. [shades of Jerry Falwell]