And that's another good article, Wolfgang - and here's a particularly thought-provoking and chilling paragraph from it:

"There is no organization as such that you can call al-Qaida now, but rather followers who believe in the ideas of bin Laden and can organize themselves in small cells and carry out attacks."

Fantasies about destroying Al Qaida at a blow by catching up with Bin Laden and his entourage are just that, fantasies.