Al Qaeda's Man In Mogadishu - American Empire Posted by Jeff (Sunday July 22 2007 @ 09:13PM EDT)

Fazul Abdullah Muhammad heads the Qaeda branch in Somalia. The CIA can't apprehend him because he's a superhero or something. They describe him as a trained hand-to-hand combat specialist, a man of a thousand disguises, a linguist, a computer specialist, a bomb specialist and a strategic thinker who can navigate the complexities of jihadist financiers. This month The Economist profiled Fazul in its Middle East and Africa section. It turns out the superhero isn't super at all. He's a short little dweeb and no more of a linguist than most of his countrymen. He speaks arabic, some French and his native Comorian. And what about those disguises that have the CIA so befuddled? According to the magazine, he has a penchant for baseball caps.... The Economist: An Unusual Haunt For Al-Qaeda (email me for the Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V discount) UPDATE: You people are worse than spam. Here it is... BREAKING: Precious line breaks added

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By MattC (Monday July 23 2007 @ 08:05AM EDT)

Nice line breaks.

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By Jeff (Monday July 23 2007 @ 10:49AM EDT) Well what do you want for free? Besides, my sources tell me you have an account.... [ reply | parent ]

By MattC (Tuesday July 24 2007 @ 08:52AM EDT) I read the print version. But line breaks are a courtesy the other millions of BDA visitors will appreciate. [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Tuesday July 24 2007 @ 01:01PM EDT) On a good day, we get over 1000 visitors. It's a few short of millions but lets hope they appreciate it. I had to write a program with no financial compensation and everything.... [ reply | parent ]

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