Osama bin Laden appoints new commander to spearhead war on West

[WestVirginiaRebel]

UK Telegraph:

Osama bin Laden has appointed a new commander to spearhead al-Qaeda's offensive of operations against the West.

Known to western intelligence services by the alias Saif al-Adel, or "Sword of the Just", al-Qaeda's new chief of international operations is believed to have conceived of the wave of strikes that set off terror alerts across Europe recently, as well as last week's mid-air parcel-bomb plot.

US and Pakistani sources have told The Daily Telegraph that al-Adel is running several similar operations as part of a war of attrition intended to persuade Western public opinion that the war against terror is unwinnable. This would clear the road for al-Qaeda to capture power in fragile states such as Somalia and Yemen.

"His strategy", said Syed Saleem Shahzad, a Pakistani expert on al-Qaeda, "is to stage multiple small terror operations, using the resources of affiliates and allies wherever possible."

A US counter-terrorism official said the idea was for "small-but-often attacks" that would hurt the West more than a "one-off terror spectacular".
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A new commander?

"Bah. Their health plan is terrible."

[Chickadee]

Back in August, 2003, Aljazeera reported this:

 

Guantanamo threats

 

Diplomatic sources and the Arab media say Iran is holding Saad bin Laden, a son of the Al-Qaida leader; Zawahri; another

Egyptian Saif al-Adel

, who is Al-Qaida's number three; and Sulayman Abu Ghaith, the network's spokesman.

 

Dubai-based satellite television channel al-Arabiya broadcast an audiotape on Sunday purported to have been made by Zawahri.

 

The al-Qaida number two vowed to take revenge if any prisoners held at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay are sentenced to death.

 

Tehran said on Monday that it had decided to keep secret the identities of al-Qaida suspects in its custody "for security reasons."

 

It also ruled out a trade-off with Washington for members of the Iranian armed opposition People's Mujahidiin.

 

Too bad they didn't have the good sense (I know, it seems that's not possible) to keep him! Now he is #2 and has been wreaking havoc around the world.

[Valin]

Known to western intelligence services by the alias Saif al-Adel, or "Sword of the Just",

 

Dear Sword of the Just, meet my little friend

 

AH-64D Apache Longbow

 

 

Have a nice day....and good luck on that new job.