John Mueller bucks the CW:
The very notion that al Qaeda needs a secure geographic base to carry out its terrorist operations...is questionable. After all, the operational base for 9/11 was in Hamburg, Germany. Conspiracies involving small numbers of people require communication, money, and planning -- but not a major protected base camp.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/04/know-your-enemy/202665/
