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To: i-node who wrote (162312)	2/27/2003 1:30:07 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587748

>It really isn't. The reason Al Qaeda is the difficult enemy that it is is due to the celluar structure which does not depend on Bin Laden or anyone else. It is a marvelous concept for an enemy. Symbolically, it is. Bin Laden provides nearly ALL of the funding as well as a significant amount of the ideology. >They are NOT the same. Bin Laden is a tiny, almost insignificant player. Of course, he is the brains, but there are other smart people. Well, actually, he's not the brains. He's the money source. Ayman al-Zawahiri is the brains, but yes, there are other planners. However, it is Bin Laden's group, following the models set up under his watch, and saying Saddam is dealing with al-Qaida (which he probably isn't, even from Colin Powell's evidence it seems more likely that the connection between Iraq and al-Qaida goes through the Kurds and not the Ba'aths) is indistinguishable to me from saying he's dealing with bin Laden. -Z