You can find a story about the rise of a Terrorist leader in the
AP. The leader in question was the guy who pulled off the Algierian job, Belmoktar.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-exclusive-rise-al-qaida-saharan-terrorist
The key part I found funny:
The list of slights is long: He would not take their phone calls. He refused to send administrative and financial reports. He ignored a meeting in Timbuktu, calling it "useless." He even ordered his men to refuse to meet with al-Qaida emissaries. And he aired the organization's dirty laundry in online jihadist forums, even while refusing to communicate with the chapter via the Internet, claiming it was insecure.
Sounding like managers in any company, the Shura leaders accuse Belmoktar of not being able to get along with his peers. They charge that he recently went to Libya without permission from the chapter, which had assigned the "Libya dossier" to a rival commander called Abou Zeid. And they complain that the last unit they sent Belmoktar for backup in the Sahara spent a full three years trying to contact him before giving up.
Apparently, his bosses in Al-Queda did not like Belmoktar too much.
