And this has been set up, I think, based on your throngs of female followers, as a vehicle for you not only to show your acting chops but to set up that matinee idol thing for you.
And since some of Mr Sadr's followers do not make much distinction between takfiris and mainstream Sunnis, this set the scene for a new round of revenge killings.
The sheik wasn't an operative in the bomb plot and he had never set foot in the Queens safe house where a group of his followers were caught on videotape mixing a bomb.
In CoD, the villain is set up to be a Julian Assange-style celebrity, as established by his legions of YouTube followers and occasional magazine covers.