OK, everyone thinks number one and number two are hiding together if this is so than why can't number one send us a message?
Sure would boost the spirits of the jihad troops world wide to see number one alive and well (and talking shit to the western world). And if they are indeed hiding together than allowing number two to send the message should be as dangerous as number one sending the same message.
Has everyone lost their collective minds? Number one is dead, therefore he cannot send the message to the world. This article sure spells it out for me......
Zawahiri to Comment on Pope, Bush, Darfur in New Tape
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
CAIRO, Egypt —
Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri will soon release a new message about the pope, President Bush and Sudan's troubled Darfur region, an Islamic Web site said Wednesday.
A banner warning of the upcoming message was posted on the site, which frequently airs Al Qaeda videos. Wednesday's notice did not specify whether the new message was a video, audiotape or text, but al-Zawahiri usually releases videos.
His latest came earlier this month, to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Al Qaeda released a string of videos for the anniversary, showing increasingly sophisticated production techniques in a likely effort to demonstrate that it remains a powerful, confident force despite the U.S.-led war on terror.
Usama bin Laden and his deputy al-Zawahiri are believed to be hiding in the Afghan-Pakistan border region. Many analysts believe that they no longer have centralized control to order or organize attacks by militants around the world. The capture and killing of many midlevel commanders has left Al Qaeda more diffuse and amorphous.
But at the same time, the terror network's propaganda machine has grown more sophisticated, aiming to rally militants and romanticizing jihad, or holy war.
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