February 19, 2011

A Powder Keg in South Asia

Juan Zarate, Washington Post

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In 1914, a terrorist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo - unleashing geopolitical forces and World War I. Today, while the United States rightly worries about al-Qaeda targeting the homeland, the most dangerous threat may be another terrorist flash point on the horizon.

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TAGGED: South Asia, Terrorism, Lashkar-i-Taiba, Pakistan, India

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