| Al-Qaeda Mobsters |
3 March 2003
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Al-Qaeda Bigshot Busted in Pakistan; Gotti Laughs
The Al-Qaeda terrorists have been turned into the biggest bogeyman the current generation of Americans has ever known. The arrest in Pakistan of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed over the week-end is comforting, not so much because one of the bad guys got caught, but because the event shows what a bunch of dilettantes they are.
The organization did bring down the World Trade Center, and damaged the Pentagon, but a 13-year-old can knock out Evander Holyfield if he hits him from behind while the champ is asleep. The success of the September 11 attacks, while significant, does nothing to suggest that the organization is anything more than a one-trick pony. The American mainland has not been hit since.
Most laughable of all is not just the capture of Mohammed, but the amount of material in his possession when he was caught. A laptop, cell phones with speed dial numbers programmed into it, hand-written notes, all now in possession of the US government. Apparently, Mr. Mohammed never watched a single gangster movie or an episode of the Sopranos. Don Corleone or Tony S. would have whacked this guy the minute they found out there was any physical evidence of anything.
But, he's another rich poseur who liked wining and dining women at 4-star hotels while financing the deaths of desperate Muslims hoping the pittance their families got would help make ends meet. John Gotti was a tougher nut to crack.