Not the Onion: Al Qaeda Scolded African Operative - Over Expense Reports, Ransom Fees
This is funny and fascinating at the same time, but it’s no joke. It’s a peak inside how al Qaeda works.
DAKAR, Senegal – After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al Qaeda’s North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn’t answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders.
Most of all, they claimed he had failed to carry out a single spectacular operation, despite the resources at his disposal.
The employee, international terrorist Moktar Belmoktar, responded the way talented employees with bruised egos have in corporations the world over: He quit and formed his own competing group.