At least we don't need to learn a new name

The Washington Post reports this morning that Saad bin Laden, one of Osama's sons, is taking an increasingly prominent role in al Queda and may have been involved in several recent attacks, including the Riyadh bombings. And, by the way, he is being harbored by Iran:

Like other al Qaeda leaders in Iran, the younger bin Laden, who is believed to be 24 years old, is protected by an elite, radical Iranian security force loyal to the nation's clerics and beyond the control of the central government, according to U.S. and European intelligence officials. The secretive unit, known as the Jerusalem Force, has restricted the al Qaeda group's movements to its bases, mostly along the border with Afghanistan.

And you wonder why we're so uptight about their nuclear ambitions, which they either have or don't have, depending on who you believe. This to be contrasted with North Korea, of course, about whose nuclear plans there is no doubt. It's almost as if there were a kind of "axis of evil" out there . . .
- posted by Anonymous @ 8:42 AM