re: #536 iceweasel

“Chief of operations” is a title given by AQ to tons of operatives. Z might have been “Chief of ops” in Peshawar, where he sent trainees to camp Khalden, but he was never AQ number three. There are “Chiefs of operations” and others with similar titles in every theater AQ operates in. Please understand that I used to read intel reports and Pakistani papers nightly. I never heard of the guy until the DU crowd and others started using him as an example of a victim of torture. Perhaps they are correct that he was a victim of torture, but nobody serious ever considered him number three.