Yesterday al-Qa'ida announced Ayman al-Zawahiri would succeed Osama bin Laden as the terrorist organization's top target . . . er, leader.
No surprise here, although it does raise a question of whether the reports last month that Saif al-Adel was named "interim leader" of al-Qa'ida were based on faulty sources or genuinely reflect a rift within the network. If it is a rift, it is not based upon nationality, since al-Adel is Egyptian as well. Instead, it may reflect al-Zawahiri's notorious lack of charisma and allegedly off-putting personality.
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