From their Gaza stronghold, Hamas's leaders inside have challenged Mr Meshal's exiled leadership, and eroded his hold over the movement's finances, military supplies and diplomacy.But the Doha gamble could yet pay off.
(The prison issue is hugely important to the gangs: sooner or later gang members end up there, and gang operations are largely run by the leaders inside, where the conditions are truly filthy and inhumane).
"He said 'we appointed our leaders inside Bucca'," said Saedi.
It brought together all Korean exiles and established an efficient liaison with leaders inside Korea.
But Mr. Haqqani operates somewhat independently of those leaders inside Afghanistan.
Mr. Meshal ultimately went to Damascus, the base for Hamas apart from its leaders inside Gaza.
Community leaders inside the camp told French president Francois Hollande that they had no plans to leave the site.
Success will follow when leaders inside and outside government join together with vision and a sense of urgency.
This week, a Colombian newsmagazine reported that Venezuelan military officials visited FARC leaders inside the zone, without Colombian government approval.
"Then we will discover that there are leaders inside the political process who took part in these events".
Jewish leaders inside Iran admit privately that they wish that their defenders in the West had been a little less zealous in their support.
