Home pagePress CenterIn the Media James Lewis, director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program, was quoted by Reuters, "Bin Laden PR Push Seen to Reflect Islamist Rivalry."
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James Lewis, director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program, was quoted by Reuters, "Bin Laden PR Push Seen to Reflect Islamist Rivalry."
Osama bin Laden's emphasis on the Palestinians in recent messages is a political shift reflecting competition with a surging Hezbollah for Islamist leadership, analysts said. [ . . .]
"Hezbollah is supplanting bin Laden as the leaders of the jihad, by winning," said James Lewis of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. "He is having to compete in a new market for influence, and it's hard for him."
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