:mad: Emiilo is busy being a director and winegrower, thank you very much :mad: :pĪs to Charlie - I'm of two minds - I do think that part of this is definitely publicity. I expect to see more fractionalization among the ISI and Pakistan's government.Įmilio? Isn't he still at home waiting for a script for Breakfast Club 2? Lastly, wonder if this was connected to what Raymond Davis was up to? He was in Lahore, but was the CIA in the midst of working on a serious lead when Davis was nearly intercepted by ISI agents? Al Qaeda and its supporters will undoubtedly make the Pakistani government pay for this. Additionally, this may make Pakistan much more dangerous for US interests.
On the other hand, it has gained a martyr. Al Qaeda no longer has its invincible hero. While Al Qaeda has become diffuse�Al Qaeda in Iraq shares its name and ideology, but is for all intents and purposes a separate organization�the death of Bin Laden might complicate recruiting. I also think that his presence in Islamabad, rather than in a small village in the border region, indicates that Bin Laden might have been more in charge of operations in the last few years than we thought. The fact that the average guy in the street probably still thinks/thought of him as the head of al-Qaeda is the important part. People's perception of reality matters more in these situations than actual reality.
However, the events of 9/11 made him a folk hero and a figurehead of Al Qaeda. Bin Laden was never a fighter, in fact some of the Taliban thought very little of him until he proved to be a valuable source of funding and weaponry.
Was he in charge anymore probably not but it is still a big deal that he is dead.īin Laden was more than the figurehead of Al Qaeda, he was the money guy�working on fund-raising and logistical support. Bin Laden was the figurehead of the organization.
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