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August 31, 2011

Bin Laden's Dead, But Is al-Qaeda Winning?

J.M. Berger, Foreign Policy

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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's new book, Bin Laden's Legacy, wonders which side actually is winning the war on terror.

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TAGGED: al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden

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