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Article: Bin Laden's innovations.(Opinion)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 8, 2002
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Byline: Larry Seaquist
LACEY, WASH. -- The hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan is winding down. American troops now go days at a time without finding Al Qaeda fighters. Disappeared, too, is their leader, Osama bin Laden.
Even if military operations end in Afghanistan, it is too soon to dismiss Mr. bin Laden. Whether he is on the lam or dead, his end will not be the finish of his brand of international terrorism.
Bin Laden, executive terrorist, was - perhaps still is - a first-rate innovator. Years of hard police work lie ahead to dig out the hidden machinery of international political violence he implanted via the Al Qaeda network. Decades, ...