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To: TimF who wrote (71340)6/9/2008 10:31:52 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542164
 
>>Moderates where not behind bin Laden in 2001 and they are not behind him now, but the radicals where emboldened by 2001, and Al Qaeda was seen as powerful for being able to strike the US.<<

Tim -

From what I've read, bin Laden is still seen as powerful, particularly by the young, because he has been able to evade capture by the most potent armed forces in the world.

- Allen