“Egyptian experts on terrorism said [al Qaeda second-in-command] Dr. [Ayman al-] Zawahiri had been far more important than the rank would suggest. ‘He brought the organizational skills to bin Laden’s operation,’ said Muhammad Saleh, a reporter with the newspaper Al Hayat who has followed terrorist groups for many years. ‘He knows how to set up independent cells that work underground. What bin Laden brought to the network was the money and the contacts with different countries.’ ”
– Susan Sachs and John Kifner, “Egyptian Raised Terror Funds in U.S. in 1990’s,” The New York Times, Oct. 23, 2001