How does al-Qaida network operate?
Its operations are meticulous, with some plans in the works for months if not years. They are also clever, and bin Laden himself having been very much hands-on in the past. Little is known of his current role although it is believed that he or Zawahiri must sign off on all attacks against the United States and United Kingdom and there is evidence some attacks by affiliated groups have been called off against those two countries when the leadership thought it could interfere with more grandiose plans.
