A conversation with an Al Qaeda true believer
Tags: WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; TALIBAN; BIN Laden, Osama, 1957-2011; AFGHANISTAN -- Social conditions
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- Defining Victory. // National Review;10/15/2001, Vol. 53 Issue 20, p12
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- THE CATCH ON SMOKING GUNS. Alter, Jonathan // Newsweek;12/24/2001, Vol. 138 Issue 26, p29
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- Al Qaeda weaker, but still a threat. McLaughlin, Abraham // Christian Science Monitor;12/18/2001, Vol. 94 Issue 18, p1
Focuses on how despite the United States' success in splintering the Al Qaeda terrorist network, led by Osama bin Laden, terrorist threats still remain. Ability of Al Qaeda to obtain funds through fraud, and maintain support among people willing to commit suicide in the name of Islam; Analysis...
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Focuses on the efforts of the United States to find suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora, Afghanistan and try to maintain peaceful relations with local Afghan warlords. Efforts of local Afghan warlords to defeat the Al Qaeda terrorist network and profit from it; Role of reporters in...
