Al Qaeda Names Next US Target in GWOT

I'm pretty sure they just intended to name the next guy to take operational control of Al Qaeda, but really, all they did was put the next guy in the crosshairs of the Maquis, er... Seal Team 6.

Al Jazeera television said al Qaeda has appointed a temporary leader and a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. commandos, citing its own correspondent on Wednesday.
It said in a brief news flash the Egyptian militant Saif al-Adel was named interim leader, while Mustafa al-Yemeni, whose nationality it did not give, would direct operations.
U.S. special forces shot dead Al Qaeda leader bin Laden in his hideout outside the capital of Pakistan earlier this month.
U.S. prosecutors say Adel is one of al Qaeda's leading military commanders and helped plan the bomb attacks against the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998.
They also say he set up al Qaeda training camps in Sudan and Afghanistan in the 1990s.
An al Qaeda expert had said on Tuesday that Adel would likely not act as head of the organization.
"This role that he has assumed is not as overall leader, but he is in charge in operational and military terms," said Noman Benotman, a former bin Laden associate who is now an analyst with Britain's Quilliam Foundation think tank.

I guess when you're being hunted by the US military, every appointment is temporary, huh?

In the meantime, you can entertain yourselves with comparisons of how NATO and the Taliban report the Afghan War from The Atlantic Wire.

For real comedy, follow the link to the Taliban's twitter feed. Hoo-boy...



By: Brant