[QUOTE=Frank]
Those are all very good and reasonably accurate points about AQ in Afghanistan. Did you happen to read the thread title?
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Of course. But that is where the sophistication and training comes from.
[QUOTE=xtisme]
Definitely agree. Organization is definitely a force multiplier. A 1000 well organized, well drilled and well lead troops are better than 10’s of thousands of disorganized individuals, no matter how fierce they are.
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The way this works is even different. It only takes a couple guys to kidnap someone and behead them. A team of 5 can setup a credible IED. It’s more about the supply chain than it is about working together as a team. In your OP they described how the lower end didn’t even know they were involved in a coordinated effort. There are a number of things I can think of that I could do if so inclined, by myself even. Look at what the Oklahoma City Bombers pulled off and there were only two of them.