Some context to the recent Bali bombings

Not that being the first is a mark of distinction, but this provides a bit more context for the masterminds behind the GWOT or GCAVE or whatever....

The leadership of JI has long argued that its campaign began more than 50 years ago, long before the world had heard of bin Laden. The leaders claim that al-Qaeda copied their blueprint for a terror network, pointing out that bin Laden picked the brains of some JI veterans, who in the early 1990s fought Soviet occupation in Afghanistan and were persuaded to join his terror camps.