Osama bin Laden's Brains

News reports today indicate that Ayman al-Zawahri, second-in-command to Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and often called bin Laden's "brains," has been surrounded by Pakistani troops on the border with Afghanistan, 2 1/2 years after the September 11 attacks made him one of the most wanted men in the world. CNN said that the al Qaeda official -- dubbed a "a high-value target" by the government of Pakistan -- was protected by about 200 well-trained and well-armed fighters.

Al-Zawahri was a signatory, along with bin Laden, to a 1998 declaration of jihad, or holy war, "against the Jews and Crusaders" that heralded the September 11 attacks.

Well, if that's true, then maybe the global war on terror has finally reached a "tipping point." If you cut off it's brain, an organization, like any animal, wil die. The world would manifestly be better off with all of these fanatics dead.

 Posted by glenn