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...Just ask federal investigators trying to unravel the Algerian Connection: the conspiracy behind Ahmed Ressam's attempt to bring bombmaking materials into the U.S. last December. Until they can interrogate some missing players, the feds won't know if the plot is the work of alleged terror nemesis Osama bin Laden...
...same time as Dahoumane, and the U.S. would like to question him. But he had ducked out to Ireland, where he was arrested briefly during the holidays, then released. Now he has disappeared. Last week came the clincher. A man who might link the Algerians directly to bin Laden slipped past Canadian surveillance to exit the country. Mohambedou Ould Slahi ended up in Mauritania...
...that measure was voted down. But I wonder, when you get a letter from your House Master in your mailbox, do you even read it? I mean, with like 400 or some students in this house, they get mail from the Masters, glance at it, and in the recycling bin it goes. That's not exactly a real serious way of communication. I think the staff did the best they could and the students rallied in very important ways as well...
...before anyone jumps to the conclusion that these connections could lead straight to Bin Laden's lair, it's worth remembering that his organization is far less centralized than those of previous high-profile terrorists, such as the Palestinian Abu Nidal. After all, Bin Laden is less of a CEO and more the head of a loosely grouped holding company. He built his network by putting his considerable resources as a funder and fund-raiser at the center of an international movement to recruit fighters from throughout the Arab world to help Afghanistan resist the Soviet invasion. Those fighters became...
...Bin Laden channels money through a variety of legitimate charities and businesses, and is not averse to exploiting family ties: He is reported to have married off one of his daughters to Taliban leader Mullah Omar, making his relationship with Afghanistan's ruler that of a father-in-law. Even though groupings such as Algeria's Armed Islamic Group - with which the group arrested in the U.S. is believed to be aligned - long predated Bin Laden and have an entirely independent leadership structure, they are reported to have received financial and training assistance from the Saudi financier's Al Qaeda...