We should not assume that Al Qaeda is defeated. It still poses a threat to world peace, says Richard Whelan.
We should not assume that Al Qaeda is defeated. It still poses a threat to world peace, says Richard Whelan.
Al Qaeda’s “home-ground” is the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa, the location of the recent popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, and now Syria. Despite all its terrorist activities and its endless propaganda, it has been effectively “missing in action” in all the popular uprisings in these countries over the last three months.
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