Osama bin Laden tried to establish 'grand coalition' of militant groups

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Source: The Guardian

Osama bin Laden spent much of his last weeks alive planning a new attempt to bring the disparate factions among insurgents and militants fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan together under the umbrella of al-Qaida.

The terrorist leader, who had made repeated efforts to unify militant groups, was even considering risking leaving his safe house in Abbottabad, the northern Pakistani garrison town, to try to build a fresh alliance through face-to-face meetings, sources in Pakistan, Afghanistan and America have told the Guardian.

Western intelligence services and Richard Barrett, head of the United Nations al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions committee, told the Guardian the reports that Bin Laden was planning a "grand coalition" were credible.

"Bin Laden found it pretty difficult to be marginalised and was making a huge effort to stay relevant. There was some indication that he was looking at re-energising links with to give himself a central role," Barrett said.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/30/osama-bin-laden-militant-alliance

[laconicsax]

1. A "coalition of the willing" if you will. n/t

[Taverner]

2. As I've always thought, Osama was an attention whore

Whore, whore, whore...

Just like Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Newt Gingrich

Yeah, I went there, I COMPARED OSAMA BIN LADEN TO SARAH PALIN

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. Kind of like his own

[ChrisBorg]

4. I guess they just weren't that into him.

[BeyondGeography]

5. He was still cool enough to get whacked

That's, I mean, something.

[Alamuti Lotus]

6. reminds of Tecumseh

[Corruption Winz]

7. This seems to make sense...

Someone that is so "enriched" with God, would obviously begin to look at himself as a God on Earth. Self-absorbed, merciless and wants all the attention.

Living up to religion to the very end.