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...that bin Laden and his deputy and chief tactician, Ayman al-Zawahiri, remain on the loose. But bin Laden's resurfacing has come at a time when the leadership of al-Qaeda appears to be under as much strain as at any time since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Antiterrorism experts say the Saudi-born terrorist is no longer in active contact with field commanders, and his ability to plan and direct specific operations is hampered by his isolation. In Iraq, scene of al-Qaeda's deadliest strikes since 9/11, the group's leader, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi...
...stroke of good fortune. Our intelligence had under surveillance a few religious types [in Singapore]. One of them left for Karachi and went on to Afghanistan, soon after the country was bombed by the Americans [in late 2001]. He was captured by the [anti-Taliban] Northern Alliance. He was of Pakistani descent. So we found that this wasn't just a religious study group. If that fella had not gone off to Karachi to fight with the Taliban, we would have been hit with seven truck bombs. The nitrates were sitting [across the causeway] in [the Malaysian state of] Johore...
...security that he commands the same $25 million bounty offered for bin Laden. By turning Iraq into a breeding ground for al-Qaeda foot soldiers, al-Zarqawi has given new shape to an organization that was fractured when the U.S., in retaliation for the 9/11 attacks, ousted the Taliban and sent bin Laden into hiding. And as al-Zarqawi's stature has risen, his relationship with bin Laden has apparently grown more complex and contentious, like that of an apprentice who has eclipsed his master. At stake in their struggle for control, say those who track...
...WROTE THAT FIDEL CASTRO HAD THE MOST DANDRUFF YOU'D EVER SEEN. DID YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL-HYGIENE ISSUES WITH OTHER LEADERS? When the head Taliban took off his socks and with his knife started cutting his toenails, I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or stop my conversation. But I persisted...
...glance, that last sentence might seem like a factual error, as well as an editorial oversight—after all, the high court upheld the right of enemy combatants to challenge their detentions in the Hamdi and Rasul rulings. But bear with me. This review is not about the Taliban fighters on Guantánamo now, but about the Haitian refugees who were the naval base’s unwilling tenants...