"Intelligence officials have told The Sunday Telegraph that bin Laden has not
chaired a meeting of al-Qaeda’s ruling shura, or council, in more than two
years. Instead, Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden’s nominal number two, is credited
with rebuilding the terror network since the Afghan war in 2001."
This is actually a really smart idea for Al Qaeda. If Bin Laden gets killed, since he is not the leader, the group still has a strong leader that can rally back. If Zawahiri gets killed, while the group would be without an active leader until Bin Laden stepped in, they would still have the uniting figure head of Bin Laden to rally behind. They know that we have our target on Bin Laden, they are making plans for their survival if we catch or kill him.
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