Libyan rebel says Osama bin Laden's death won't stop jihadist flow

[Bosonic]

Source: CSM

'Al Qaeda getting more and more organized and bringing people from abroad,' says the rebel, who has been contacted by militants wanting to fight against Col. Muammar Qaddafi.

Nalut, Libya.

Thousands of miles away from where Osama bin Laden was killed, on a remote chain of Libyan mountains that crown the Sahara Desert, there comes a warning: the ideology of Al Qaeda is certain to outlast the group’s most famous leader.

“I am happy that Osama bin Laden is dead, because he represents the wrong face of Islam and the root of destruction,” says Mazen Naluti, a Muslim believer in the Libyan opposition city of Nalut, 20 miles from the Tunisian border. “But I am sad because died without recanting this ideology.”

This believer, a Libyan rebel whose real name could not be used for security reasons, repudiates extremism. But he fears that the persistence of the reasons that first gave rise to Al Qaeda’s worldview mean that in Libya and beyond the ideology will not be stopped. Already, says Mr. Naluti, the NATO-led conflict against Col. Muammar Qaddafi – begun six weeks ago and with no end in sight – is opening the door to foreign jihadists. The longer it lasts, the greater problem it becomes.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0503/Libyan-rebel-says-Osama-bin-Laden-s-death-won-t-stop-jihadist-flow

[dipsydoodle]

1. The last resort of complete tossers

The famous hurry up trick. If you don't give us more help you'll fuck yourselves.

[DCKit]

2. Maybe not, but they just lost the best CEO they're going to find for a hella long time.

OBL was educated, intelligent, highly experienced and politically motivated. Chances are that most of the up-and-comers are largely going to be ignorant religious fanatics with plenty of issues, but little experience or tactical expertise.

Sure they'll do a lot of damage, but the people will turn against them quickly as their half-assed terror attacks routinely rack up more civilian casualties than military or ideological targets.

They'll also be a lot easier to identify and target without OBL's guidance and organizational skills.

More mayhem is a given, but it's going to be far more disorganized without him.