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All three looked at 320 translations of Arabic of documents released by the terror groups, al-Qaeda and al Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen in Saudi Arabia, along with the extremist groups Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia MIRA.
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Debriefings since his detention have yielded . . . reports that have shed light on the plots, capabilities, the identity and location of al Qa'ida operatives and affiliated terrorist organizations and networks.
Dick Cheney's Wars: The Former Vice President on 9/11, Iraq and the Future 2011
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The report summarized: Al Qa'ida consists of a network of individuals who need to be tracked and arrested.
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And U.S. policymakers should end the use of the phrase "war on terrorism" since there is no battlefield solution to defeating al Qa'ida.
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A leading advisor to the U.S. military, the Rand Corporation, released a study in 2008 called "How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida".
What Empires Have Said Throughout History: "One More Surge" 2009
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Al - Qa'ida plans notwithstanding, what does the U.S. plan to do?
Travesty in Iraq 2009
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Critics of the growing troop commitment point out that al Qa'ida is largely absent from Afghanistan, having found refuge in neighboring Pakistan.
Foreign Policy Roundtable: Afghanistan: Echoes of Vietnam 2009
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The (Study's) authors conclude that policing and intelligence, rather than military force, should form the backbone of U.S. efforts against al Qa'ida.
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Instead, they propose that the United States cut back its military commitment on the ground and keep al Qa'ida off balance and on defense by using air and missile strikes from afar, as it is already doing against terrorist networks in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen.
Foreign Policy Roundtable: Afghanistan: Echoes of Vietnam 2009
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They argue that as long as both al Qa'ida and the Taliban can find sanctuary in Pakistan, the conflict in Afghanistan will remain an unwinnable side show.
Foreign Policy Roundtable: Afghanistan: Echoes of Vietnam 2009
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