Cool, and more plausible, which does not mean it is plausible. How the hell did this outfit come up with such a number?
The estimate of 18,000 fighters was based on intelligence estimates that al Qaeda trained at least 20,000 fighters in its training camps in Afghanistan before the United States and its allies ousted the Taliban regime.
*Snort*
Yet another factoid that can be laid at the feet of none other than Bill Clinton!