++ [ originally posted by Zlatan ] ++
Osama's Al Quaeda just started the wave of terrorist attacks, but after 9/11 they were broken up.
Today, Al Quaeda is no longer a terrorist group per se, but rather and idea that various terrorist cells claim as their own, even if they have no direct link to Osama. The cells are organised in such a way that they can work completely indemepndant from one another, and from the "central command", and it wouldnt be surprising if Osama knew nothing of todays attacks, altho I can not say anything for sure.