Architect of New War on the West
Writings Lay Out Post-9/11 Strategy of Isolated Cells Joined in Jihad
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
MADRID -- From secret hideouts in South Asia, the Spanish-Syrian al-Qaeda strategist published thousands of pages of Internet tracts on how small teams of Islamic extremists could wage a decentralized global war against the United States and its allies.
With the Afghanistan base lost, he argued, radicals would need to shift their approach and work primarily on their own, though sometimes with guidance from roving operatives acting on behalf of the broader movement.