can you please help me paraphrase this paragraph.

The eradication of al-Qaeda is as much an intelligence and law enforcement challenge as it is a purely military campaign. While special operations, commando raids, and air strikes are important weapons against bin Laden's widely dispersed followers, patient and painstaking intelligence and law enforcement operations are likely to be the key to defeating them in the long run.

What does this paragraph mean to you? Have you looked up the definitions of unfamiliar words?

Consider these questions:

What campaigns are needed to get rid of al-Quaeda?
Which operations are most likely to be most important to in defeating them?

If you want to post your interpretation, we'll be glad to critique it for you.