Osama bin Laden still matters. Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi not so much.

The release Wednesday of files seized in the 2011 Abbottabad raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout has prompted renewed attention to the former al-Qaeda leader. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in the raid six years ago, but his al-Qaeda legacy is still the subject of public debate and expert analysis, despite the emergence of […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/11/02/osama-bin-laden-still-matters-islamic-state-leader-al-baghdadi-not-so-much/