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The suspected recent resurgence of the terrorist organization has put them back into the spotlight. They are still led by Osama bin Laden, who continues to urge his followers to commit suicide attacks while never seeming to be willing to sacrifice his own life for the cause.

The organization head has been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for years, where he is still listed as "Usama" bin Laden.

The Ten Most wanted list has been a longtime staple of the law enforcement agency's public awareness campaign. I always felt almost a little sorry for the eleventh most wanted guy in America who may have been hoping to crack the Top Ten. There were only two options for advancement available to him. He had to hope that someone in the top ten got captured, or would have to commit a more dastardly crime to boost his ranking.

The FBI's home page states that "more than 440 'top tenners' have been located or apprehended." Excuse me, but "#8220;top tenners?" It sounds like they've rounded up Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. Either that or the phrase seems like a high school team name.

"Go 'Top Tenners," go!"

There is currently a $25 million reward on bin Laden. News reports continue to speculate that he's along the Afghan/Pakistani border. Since no seems to mentioned that to the FBI, I'd like to take this opportunity to tell them that bin Laden can be found along the Afghan/Pakistani border. When you capture him, I'll take the $25 million in ten's and twentys, please.

The FBI has set up a separate category of the 22 Most Wanted Terrorists, of which bin Laden heads the list. Let's take a look at some of the others, shall we?

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah---Under "remarks" it states that Abdullah "may wear a mustache." Well, that narrows it down. Of the twenty two suspects on the list, only one sports no facial hair in his photo. It would seem that being clean shaven would make him more distinguishable.

Mohammad Atef---He is believed to be the second in command of Al Qaeda, which means he's just a heartbeat away from bin Laden's job. And you thought Dick Cheney was hiding in a bunker...

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed---According to the FBI, Mohammed "likes to wear baseball caps and tends to dress casually. He is very good with computers." This description has just made a suspect of every kid of color in every mall in America. If the FBI can't bring Mohammed to justice, maybe they can bring justice to Mohammed. As for wearing a baseball cap, it's probably a Yankees hat.

Anas Al Liby---The name "Anas" would be an appropriate one for any of the bums on this list.

Ali Atwa---Should be known as "the guy with the shortest name on the list."

Ayman Al-Zawahiri---He is known as "The Doctor" because he is a physician. Likely takes Wednesday afternoons off from terrorism to play golf.

The war in Iraq took the focus off of the war on terrorism. Adolph Hitler began a war with the Soviet Union before he concluded his war with the allies, forcing the Germans to fight a war on two fronts. We all know how that turned out. To quote an old saying, "Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

Perhaps we should take into account that it's been long speculated that the one creature that would survive anything, including a nuclear holocaust, is the cockroach.