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Al-Qa'ida also will increasingly rely on ideological and operational alliances with Pakistani militant factions to accomplish its goals within Pakistan and to conduct transnational attacks… Meanwhile, the country's economic recovery is at risk.
Spy Chief Sees Iran Threats in U.S. Siobhan Gorman 2012
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The National Security Agency's senior Balkan analyst John Schindler was well aware of Bin Ladin's collaboration with the Bosnian government which he later detailed in his book Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida and the Rise of Global Jihad explaining the seminal role of Bin Ladin's Bosnian interlude in his worldwide attacks on American interests.
George Bogdanich: Bin Ladin's Balkan Hosts -- A Missed Opportunity George Bogdanich 2011
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Government about Iraq's WMD programs and links to Al-Qa'ida by sources associated in the Iraqi National Congress INC, the neoconservatives' favorite Iraqi opposition group, the INC's leader, Ahmad Chalabi, told The Daily Telegraph that we are heroes in error...as far as we're concerned, we've been entirely successful.
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As Senate confirmation hearings for Petraeus 'new appointment convene this week, that is precisely what should worry the American people, for current policy is setting the stage for a resumption of civil war in Afghanistan -- recreating the conditions under which Al-Qa'ida first established a safe-haven there in the 1990s.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Afghanistan, Iran, and Petraeus' Real Challenge 2010
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Government about Iraq's WMD programs and links to Al-Qa'ida by sources associated in the Iraqi National Congress INC, the neoconservatives' favorite Iraqi opposition group, the INC's leader, Ahmad Chalabi, told The Daily Telegraph that we are heroes in error...as far as we're concerned, we've been entirely successful.
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Government about Iraq's WMD programs and links to Al-Qa'ida by sources associated in the Iraqi National Congress INC, the neoconservatives' favorite Iraqi opposition group, the INC's leader, Ahmad Chalabi, told The Daily Telegraph that we are heroes in error...as far as we're concerned, we've been entirely successful.
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During his later assignment as senior commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, Petraeus had the foresight to engage Sunni groups which the United States had previously written off as irredeemable supporters of Al-Qa'ida in Iraq.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Obama's Afghanistan Policy: What a New General Can't Fix 2010
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America's current policy in Afghanistan is setting the stage for a resumption of civil war in Afghanistan -- recreating the conditions under which Al-Qa'ida first established a safe-haven there in the 1990s.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Afghanistan, Iran, and Petraeus' Real Challenge 2010
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As Senate confirmation hearings for Petraeus 'new appointment convene this week, that is precisely what should worry the American people, for current policy is setting the stage for a resumption of civil war in Afghanistan -- recreating the conditions under which Al-Qa'ida first established a safe-haven there in the 1990s.
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Afghanistan, Iran, and Petraeus' Real Challenge 2010
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The "official use only" bulletin, produced by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, a partnership of federal, state, and local agencies originally set up to deal with drug trafficking, is entitled "Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula's Online Rhetoric Signals Shift in Intentions."
Intel Paper Says Al Qaeda's Yemeni Affiliate More Determined Than Ever to Attack Inside U.S. 2010
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