Just how many members of al qaeda are there and how many supporters?

Question

Just how many members of al qaeda are there and how many supporters?

Answer 1

These numbers are estimates that will change depending on how you define AQ membership and support.

In fact AQ has drastically changed since 2001.  The original organization has been effectively destroyed and what exists now is a divided set of independent radical groups that share the ideology.

Answer 2

You have to ask Dubya and Rummy and Powell. Al

Qaida is their contact information in their Rolodex.

Answer 3

to bloody many for sure