After last month's attack on an high level meeting, al-Qaeda reported that the attack was a complete failure, killing only 18 civilians including both women and children. It now looks as if that report was not completely honest:

In the immediate aftermath of the attack, it was apparent that al Zawahiri was late arriving at the dinner meeting. However, the DNA tests did show that at least five foreigners were present. One of them was a close relative of Ayman al Zawahri, while a second was bomb building expert Midhat Mursi, who, like al Zawahri (who has $25 million reward on him), had a $5 million reward on his head. Another of the dead foreigners was Abdul Rehman al-Misri al-Maghribi, a son-in-law of Zawahiri and in charge of the al Qaeda's Information War operations. Another of dead was Abu Obaidah al Misri, who was in charge of terrorist operations just across the border, in Afghanistan's Kunar province.

Yes, we did miss Zawahiri, but we did get:

• Bomb Building Expert (with a 5 million dollar price on his head)
• The Minister of Propoganda
• The Director of Terrorism, Afghanistan
• A close relative, whose position is unknown

Oh, and the mission also planted a seed. A seed of insecurity deep in Zawahiri's heart, deep in Zawahiri's chest, deep in Zawahiri's spider hole.