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...attacked the London subway in 2005. Indeed, if the charges against him prove true, Zazi was the recruit al-Qaeda had long sought: entirely legal, completely acculturated, seemingly innocuous. In his utter ordinariness, he was a terror master's dream. As such, Zazi suggests that the network of Osama bin Laden, weakened though it might be, can still project violence into the U.S. (Read "2-Min. Bio: Terrorism Suspect Najibullah Zazi...
...region of jagged mountains, ominous caves and boulder-strewn ravines. The war pitted U.S.-backed Islamic fundamentalists against troops of the Soviet occupation. Little is known of Zazi's childhood, but around the time he was born, there was a newcomer in Paktia: a zealous Saudi millionaire named Osama bin Laden. He had come to see jihad in action, and he was thrilled and inspired by the experience of combat. Bin Laden built mosques and schools on both sides of the border with Pakistan, but he was a warrior at heart. So he decided to attract his own army...
...Zazi your common or garden-variety jihadi, fueled by the same inchoate hatreds that burn in Osama bin Laden's belly, or was he motivated by a narrower Afghan-nationalist agenda...
...other hand, If Zazi is an al-Qaeda operative, it would challenge the belief that Osama bin Laden and his cohort, on the run from American drones, no longer have the ability to strike on the U.S. mainland. (See pictures of Osama bin Laden...
...ecstasy-inducing faulting of for "his determination to rely on rational analysis, rather than narrow decisions" by the terminally ridiculous David Broder • reported rethinking by - despite the ominous Cheneyesque promise by the credibility-free Condoleezza Rice (who, remember, ignored very specific pre-9/11 warnings about bin Laden) that "another terrorist attack in the U.S." will be the result - of disastrous no-win Afghanistan policy...