Osama Bin Laden Raid: Al Qaeda 'Playbook' Revealed -- ABC News
U.S. intelligence is now in possession of a veritable "playbook" of al Qaeda operations -- from potential terror attack targets to information on international safe houses and top commanders -- thanks to the Navy SEAL raid that took down Osama bin Laden Sunday, officials told ABC News today.
The cache of electronic and handwritten materials obtained by the SEALs includes numerous hallmark al Qaeda plots including attacks on infrastructure targets such as water supply and transportation including rail and air, in what one official described as a "strategic guide for how to attack the U.S." In the past, al Qaeda planned for attacks on water supplies have included an interest in mining dams and in poisoning water supply. Intelligence experts have also have found what appears to be information about safe houses around the world and about al Qaeda leadership.
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Update: Spies Piece Together al Qaeda Playbook -- Wall Street Journal
My Comment: I suspect that the information that is being leaked to us is only the tip of the iceberg .... and I can only assume that there is even more that they are not telling us. But the end result is clear .... the Al Qaeda branch that was under Osama Bin Laden is now crippled or in hiding, and what is left are just pieces of the organization that need to be picked up. As to those who provided the support structure for Bin Laden to flourish but who did not participate in operational details .... their day of reckoning is also coming soon.
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