Rising generation of al-Qaeda poses threat in wake of bin Laden’s death
Michael Scheuer, former chief of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, wrote in the biography Osama bin Laden that Mr. bin Laden’s “has anticipated a war of attrition, one that might last decades” and “has given no indication that he expects to live long enough to finish the job.” Mr. Scheuer believes that younger al-Qaeda activists have already been well groomed for the future.
Here we present an exclusive excerpt from Osama bin Laden that considers the threat