0 let me go to ebben coleman for your analysis as well. give me your sense of what this tells us, the fact that al qaeda central still is central in pakistan where we killed bin laden. here s the successor to bin lad laden giving order to the guys in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula saying i want some action. i think it s important to focus here on something that rich just said which is that this relationship is not a new one. nasr fought in afghanistan. he was a personal aide to bin laden. this is someone who s had a personal relationship with the senior al qaeda leadership in afghanistan and pakistan for years. so he s exactly the kind of person that al qaeda central leadership would call upon to do something like this. the question is whether or not aqap has the resources to carry out an attack and what kind of attack that is. they ve tried twice now to strike at the united states homeland. both times they came close but they failed. so i guess the thinking is now that they re
0 dangerous assassin and telling him to do something big, not only is it a big problem for the united states and one that should be taken seriously but it also shows the linkages that still doll exist between the al qaeda organization in pakistan, bin laden s old organization and some of the key players that are spread across the organization across the regional affiliates if you will. nasser al wahishi who was ordered to carry out this big attack at one stage was considered a possible successor to bin laden. he fought himself in tora bora. he considered himself an equal to bin laden, not just someone who was sub servant to him. they have a long history and he runs a branch, but he runs a very powerful branch. let me go to avenue coleman for analysis. give me your sense of what this tells us, the fact that al qaeda central still is central in pakistan where we killed bin laden. here s the successor to bin lad laden saying i want some action. i think it s important to focus here on