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[webofevil]

A high-ranking al-Qaeda operative has been captured in Pakistan. The US administration, intent on portraying al-Qaeda as some kind of rigid corporate structure (though whether that's to keep things simple for the general public or for themselves is anyone's guess), are saying he's "Number 3 in the organisation".

He was captured by Pakistani security service (ISI) agents, most of whom appear to have been wearing the ultimate disguise: a burqa. If this tactic becomes widespread in capturing Islamic radicals, do you think we might see a change of heart among Islamist ideologues about the desirability of imposing a style of dress on half the population that entirely obscures the wearer's identity?

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[webofevil.livejournal.com]

Now "some European intelligence experts have now said Mr Libbi was not al-Qaeda's third in command as claimed but only a middle-ranking operative". (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4528957.stm) What? Not third in command? In an almost entirely non-hierarchical organisation that itself is scarcely an organisation? How can this possibly be?