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In which\u00a0ISI<\/strong> safe house\u00a0do you have Zawahiri<\/strong> stashed, anyway?<\/p>\n None dare call Pakistan a Rogue State<\/strong><\/a>….until last night.<\/p>\n We’re going to be hearing it a lot more often, I think. Which is good because it is reality.<\/p>\n Perhaps it is time to look at al Qaida<\/strong> through a historical, analytical, lens that\u00a0questions “To what degree was it always a Recommended Reading on Bin Laden’s Death<\/strong>:<\/p>\n CNAS Experts Comment On Death Of Osama bin Laden<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Lieutenant General David Barno, USA (Ret.), Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow:\u00a0“The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant U.S. victory to date in the U.S war on terrorism.\u00a0 Its full consequences will play out in the coming weeks and months, but it is not too early to characterize this event as a true ‘game changer’ in a decade-long conflict.\u00a0Bin Laden’s influence came not from his daily command and control of al Qaeda cells around the world, but from the inspiration that his iconic leadership provided.\u00a0His taunting image, his fiery words and his seemingly unstoppable videos have all served to sustain the motivation of a growing franchise of like-minded groups.\u00a0Bin Laden’s death unravels that critical motivational thread, one that is unlikely to be replaced.\u00a0 Al Qaeda as a brand built on one man’s personality and apocalyptic vision has just suffered a blow that, over time, may well prove lethal.\u00a0 For now, it remains a deadly, diffused organization –\u00a0but its end may now be more imaginable.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Foreign Policy (Daveed Gartenstein-Ross) –Don’t Get Cocky, America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Essentially, bin Laden sat at the top of a major multinational organization during the Afghan-Soviet war. Its members included fighters, aid workers, and other volunteers. It enjoyed a significant media presence, external donors, and widespread support. And when al Qaeda later engaged in a global fight against America, bin Laden and his companions similarly understood the media and the struggle for sympathy and allegiance throughout the Muslim world as crucial battlefields. In a 2005 <\/strong>letter<\/strong><\/a> to al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al Zawahiri noted that “more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media.” Zawahiri said that when it comes to attaining the caliphate, one of al Qaeda’s overarching goals, “the strongest weapon which the mujahidin enjoy, after the help and granting of success by God, is popular support from the Muslim masses.” <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Col. W. Patrick Lang –<\/strong>#Are we there yet?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Any notion that some portion of Pakistan’s military and security institutions did not know of UBL’s long term presence in the suburbs of Islamabad is just silly.\u00a0 Abbotabad is the home of Pakistan’s West Point.\u00a0 Many retired officers live in the town.\u00a0 We are to believe that the Pakistan equivalent of the FBI did not take an interest in this big compound with no telecommunications connectivity?\u00a0 We are supposed to believe that?\u00a0\u00a0I have too much respect for the Pakistanis to believe that.\u00a0 They knew.\u00a0 This is part of the phenomenon of “distancing” from the US that we have discussed so thoroughly here at SST.\u00a0 If we think the Pakistanis are “allies,” then we are fools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n SWJ Blog –<\/strong>Bin Laden News Roundup<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Compound<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Robert Haddick’s <\/strong>A really bad day for bin Laden – and for Pakistan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.pakistankakhudahafiz.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/general-kayani.jpg\")
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