Photo: Al Qaeda fighters have been able to move across the Middle East and beyond, despite a lack of centralized control from Osama bin Laden. Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesFrom Wall Street Journal:
Al Qaeda's decentralized structure across the Middle East is proving one of its biggest advantages over American firepower.
U.S. and allied-government officials have claimed significant progress against al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq recently. But the group appears able to nimbly deploy forces to places where international military pressure isn't as concentrated or has eased, including most recently Yemen and Somalia, according to officials and analysts.
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My Comment: While Al Qaeda has adapted to the pressures and stresses on its organization, it is still a fraction of what it was when it operated freely in Afghanistan before the 2001 invasion. Fleeing to countries like Yemen or Somalia is not a symbol of strength .... on the contrary .... it is a symbol of people fleeing the Afghan/Pak battlefield.
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