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**Ettiominiw** · 03-05-2011, 02:20 PM

Well, Terrorism is not the work of one organization that is run like a state or regular army.

Sure you can destroy a terrorist organization by killing all the members or enough to cripple their organization capability.
But I doubt alot of "Al Qaeda's" activity was organized in a centralized way... It's a mixture of ideas, the wrong people getting in thouch with even worse people... I doubt that many people inside such a network know who they are exchanging messages with.

I would suppose that it's like a "spy network" free for all... designed in a way that uncovering a single piece has a minimal impact on the entire network.

That's propably also why it was so hard to find Osama bin Laden...

It should also be noted that Terrorism usually accourse in waves, which tend to get more extreme until the cycle is broken... I got no idea in which cycle of escalation we are today...

But one thing is certain:
The death of Osama Bin Laden certainly damaged the nimbus of invincibility that the American inability to track down the most wanted man on the world, gave Al Qaeda.

03-05-2011, 02:20 PM	#36
Ettiominiw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 697 Senior Member	Well, Terrorism is not the work of one organization that is run like a state or regular army. Sure you can destroy a terrorist organization by killing all the members or enough to cripple their organization capability. But I doubt alot of "Al Qaeda's" activity was organized in a centralized way... It's a mixture of ideas, the wrong people getting in thouch with even worse people... I doubt that many people inside such a network know who they are exchanging messages with. I would suppose that it's like a "spy network" free for all... designed in a way that uncovering a single piece has a minimal impact on the entire network. That's propably also why it was so hard to find Osama bin Laden... It should also be noted that Terrorism usually accourse in waves, which tend to get more extreme until the cycle is broken... I got no idea in which cycle of escalation we are today... But one thing is certain: The death of Osama Bin Laden certainly damaged the nimbus of invincibility that the American inability to track down the most wanted man on the world, gave Al Qaeda.
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