Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Bin Laden was a symbolic leader, but his death could still devastate al-Qaida.

There are two competing narratives about how al-Qaida is organized. The first, often repeated today, is that Osama Bin Laden was the living embodiment of the terrorist organization, a man whose charisma and godlike status can never be replaced. When you join al-Qaida, analysts have noted, you don't swear fealty to the organization or to the cause. You swear Bay'ah, an oath of loyalty, to Osama Bin Laden himself. His longtime consigliere Ayman al-Zawahiri will probably take the reins, but that old jihadist magic is gone.

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