Zawahiri

The New York Times called him "Top Qaeda Aide", but ExpressIndia has it better when they note, "Zawahiri is the brains behind Osama bin Laden". Many of the news broadcasts I am hearing refer to him as Al Qaeda's number two man, but I think that is an error. Zawahiri is in some ways more dangerous than bin Laden. He is the chief ideologist and propagandist of Al Qaeda. Since bin Laden has gone underground, Zawahiri is the one releasing the video tapes. Bin Laden was a financial and organizational leader, but what today is being financed or organized? Yet even from caves, a message is getting out and that is Zawahiri. He may well be the top man at Al Qaeda, even if the Times calls him an aide.