Al Qaeda's Odd Silence on Egypt by Bruce Riedel

Al Qaeda's Odd Silence on Egypt

by Bruce Riedel


Ayman al Zawahiri, the voice of the terror cell, has not spoken out since the unrest in Cairo began. Bruce Riedel on why democracy’s gain is bin Laden’s worst nightmare.
There is a famous Arab saying that the dog barks but the caravan moves on.  In Egypt, the caravan of change has moved fast this winter, but one of the dogs most expected to bark has been silent so far.  Al Qaeda’s number two, Ayman Zawahiri, who has spent his life fighting Hosni Mubarak and calling for a revolution in his homeland, has yet to comment in public on the momentous events in his native land.  His silence is probably temporary. But it shows al Qaeda’s top leadership is under significant pressure in Pakistan today from the American counter-terrorism offensive ordered by President Obama two years ago.
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