Sunday September 3, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Another one bites the dust.
Al Saedi also known as Abu Humam also known as Abu Rana was captured by United Staes forces in Iraq.
He was # 2 in al Qaeda's Iraq division, directly under Al Masri.

Al Saedi was responsible for numerous attacks and directly in charge of assassination squads and policemen.
When discovered, he was hiding among civilians, but US forces were able to capture him alive without any injury to women or children.

Catching big fish like Al Saedi forces al Qaeda to reorganize.
Catching big fish allows for middle-level leadership to emerge and rise to the top.

The United States is slowly and surely chipping away at the leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq.
But capturing leaders is not enough to signal an end to terror.
Knocking out leadership is the first crucial step, then there is still an entire infrastructure to disorganize, demoralize and ultimately demolish.