Reply #15: if zarqawi is truLy aL-queda then... [View All]

he's not even THE #1 for aL-queda in iraq; instead he's one of say 10, or 20, or 100 #1's for AQinI. he just happens to be the visibLe figurehead for AQ (Like bin Laden).

simiLarLy, there is no ONE number 2, Like say a vice-president. there are 50, or 100, or 500 #2's for AQinI.

and so on down the Line for AQ.

unLike most countries or organizations, AQ is a 'circuLar structure' as opposed to the more common, 'pyramid structure' - this arrangement achieves severaL aims:

1. the inner core (#1's) is near impossibLe to penetrate.
2. if any one member of each circLe (say bin Laden, who is indeed a number 1; or kaLif muhammed was a member of the #3 circLe) is taken out, the organization wiLL continue to function as usuaL.

so, if the #2 circLe of 'aL queda in iraq' contains 100 members, they can conceivabLy, "kiLL the #2 guy 100 times" according to press reLeases.... then again, #2 guys wiLL be repLaced eventuaLLy with guys from the #3 circLe, so we can kiLL the #2 guy forever. weee!!