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4.2.3 Organisation and structure |
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Al-Qaida has strong links with a number of other Islamic terrorist organizations including the Indonesian Islamic extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Al-Qaida has a network structure -as opposed to hierarchical structure- and that is both its strength and its weakness. The decentralized structure enables al-Qaida to have a worldwide base; however, acts involving a high degree of organization, such as the September 11 attacks, take time and effort. American efforts to disrupt al-Qaida have been partially successful, and the attacks attributed to al-Qaida since then have been simpler, and involved fewer persons.
Though the current structure of al-Qaida is unknown, information mostly acquired from the defector Jamal al-Fadl provided American authorities with a rough picture of how the group was organized.
- Bin Laden is the emir of al-Qaida (although originally this role may have been filled by Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi); he is advised by a shura council, which consists of senior al-Qaida members.
- The Military committee is responsible for training, weapons acquisition, and planning terrorist attacks.
- The Money/Business committee runs business operations.
- The travel office provides air tickets and false passports.
- The payroll office pays al-Qaida members.
- The Management office oversees money-making businesses.
- The Law committee reviews Islamic law and decides if particular courses of action conform to the law.
- There was once a Media committee, which ran the now-defunct newspaper Nashrat al Akhbar; it was also resonsible for public relations.
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