After the latest drone strike success, with the death of AQ's operational head, one Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, David Ignatius in WaPo's article has some interest and ends with:Link:http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...ls_111116.htmlAtiyah had told his boss that this U.S. "intelligence war," as bin Laden had called it, had made it nearly impossible for al-Qaeda to move, communicate, recruit or train in the tribal areas of Pakistan. They had discussed whether al-Qaeda should move its headquarters to someplace safer. That relocation seems more likely, now that the man who anchored the group's presence in Pakistan is dead.
BBC News article on the killing:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14695569
SWC has several threads on related themes; including Clint's surveys, which IIRC asked which part of AQ will gain prominence?
Perhaps we can discuss this matter?
I have two questions. Will AQ-Central relocate? Note they have been in the FATA since 2001 and across the Durand Line, in Afghanistan, for longer and could be described as embedded.
Where will AQ-Central relocate to? AQAP seems to be at the fore, in Somalia or Yemen.
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