WWbLD?: The Management Model of al Qaeda

[BurtWorm]

I smell a Dow Jones book deal in the making...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ksm5apr05,0,1052343.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Mohammed described Al Qaeda in a written statement for his U.S. interrogators as an almost mystically efficient corporation that operates in ways Americans would never understand.

The portly Kuwaiti, who had studied engineering in the U.S. and was captured in Pakistan in 2003, told his interrogators that they could learn a lot from Al Qaeda, the organization.

"You must study these matters to know the huge difference between the Western mentality in administration and the Eastern mentality, specifically at Al Qaeda."

The hallmark of the system, he said, was unquestioned control: Everyone up the chain of command did as they were told, didn't ask questions and never bucked authority — all for the common cause of the enterprise, which in this case was killing as many Americans as possible.

"I know that the materialistic Western mind cannot grasp the idea, and that it is difficult for them to believe," Mohammed wrote. "But in the end," he gloated, "the operation was a success."

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[file83]

1. Oh, great. As if working for Corporate America wasn't bad enough...

...now our managers are going to start learning "Al Qaeda" management techniques at regional seminars, come back, and make our jobs even more miserable...if that's even possible!

[Dunvegan]

3. I sense a new "Dummies" book in the making.

"Al Qaeda Management for Dummies."

AND...a copy of "My Pet Goat" FREE with every purchase!

[Oversea Visitor]

2. No brainer

What does one expect from an organisation that hates the US
I mean gee they are run on hate with just one objective

All this just plain propoganda shit
Nothing about Eastern mentality here
Just hate mentality

Same as bushbot asking GOOD Americans
"Why do you hate America?"

They cannot differentiate LOVE from HATE
or GOOD versus EVIL

To them all just a simple lets destroy the evil enemies.

[leveymg]

4. Sounds like the White House Iraq Group

The hallmark of the system, he said, was unquestioned control: Everyone up the chain of command did as they were told, didn't ask questions and never bucked authority — all for the common cause of the enterprise, which in this case was killing as many Americans as possible.

"I know that the materialistic Western mind cannot grasp the idea, and that it is difficult for them to believe," Mohammed wrote. "But in the end," he gloated, "the operation was a success."

A parallel terrorist organization.

[BurtWorm]

5. kick