] Al-Qaida cells operate autonomously with sleeper agents
] among Muslim communities in most western, eastern and
] African countries. Bin Laden's capture -- dead or alive
] -- won't change the correlation of forces between
] terrorists and counter-terrorists. The growing
] wretchedness of West Africa's populations -- over a
] million a year die of malaria in Nigeria alone -- greatly
] facilitates the marabou's mission of recruiting Islamist
] desperadoes.
]
] The toughest among them survive the desert trek to
] Morocco and Algeria and from there take small craft to
] Spain. Their bodies wash up on Spanish beaches every day.
] Those who make it alive into Spain have also made it into
] the European Union.

The toughest among them survive the desert trek to Morocco and Algeria and from there take small craft to Spain. Their bodies wash up on Spanish beaches every day.