> What is the clear connection between Zarquawi, Bin Laden, the
> Che(c)hens, Moslems in Cape Town and Sudan and Zanzibar, Arab radicals
> in Paraguay and Ecuador, Moslems in the Balkans and China, the PLO etc.
> - the point is that there isn't and the 'war on terror' is predicated on
> the assumption that this is one large integrated entity.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0618/p10s01-woap.html
How Al Qaeda lit the Bali fuse: Part two | csmonitor.com
> ...The often confusing welter of names and apparently overlapping
> missions of various groups underscores the fluid nature of organizations
> close to Al Qaeda. Rather than a hierarchy with Osama bin Laden at the
> top, Al Qaeda and its affiliates have overlapping circles of influence
> and cooperation.
"What you're seeing in Indonesia, as we've seen elsewhere, is that Al Qaeda is a network of networks,'' says Lee Wolosky, a lawyer who tracked terrorist financing for the National Security Council during the Clinton administration.
-- Michael Pugliese