[iconoclast]

Every time they mention one of these clerics they say he is one of the most influential or powerful.

I'd be pretty surprised if they had rookie preachin in Mecca on a holy day.

[hinckley buzzard]

"Every time they mention one of these clerics they say he is one of the most influential or powerful."

"I'd be pretty surprised if they had rookie preachin in Mecca on a holy day."

Whether he's influential or not remains to be seen by the effect he has on the behavior of the terrorists in his religious following.

No effect, then by definition not influential. Just another moslem windbag.