AP Exclusive: Rise of al-Qaida Sahara terrorist
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn't answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders.HT: Reason's Hit&Run blog.
Most of all, they claimed he had failed to carry out a single spectacular operation, despite the resources at his disposal.
The employee, international terrorist Moktar Belmoktar, responded the way talented employees with bruised egos have in corporations the world over: He quit and formed his own competing group. And within months, he carried out two lethal operations that killed 101 people in all: one of the largest hostage-takings in history at a BP-operated gas plant in Algeria in January, and simultaneous bombings at a military base and a French uranium mine in Niger just last week....MORE
We joke but underneath the yuks is a simple fact, the only way to deal with these guys is to kill them.
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Previously:
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Position Available: CFO
Got a thirst for adventure, an unquenchable religious fervor, and a willingness to trade in the corner office for a cave?In other al-Qaida news, Google translate gives us this story from today's Moskovsky Komsomolec:
Then al-Qaida has the job for you!
Following a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, the media is reporting the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, also known as Sheik Saeed al-Masri. As a founding member of al-Qaida and third-in-command behind Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, Masri was characterized variously as the organization's chief financial officer and its chief operations officer.
So what does a terrorist CFO actually do?
Multitask....
"A former bodyguard of Osama told that bin Laden blew himself to avoid capture"
