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January 3, 2012

Al-Qaeda on the Ropes

Sami Yousafzai & Ron Moreau, Newsweek

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A young jihadist returns to his former unit on the Afghan border and finds only the desperate remnants of bin Laden's once-dreaded organization.

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TAGGED: al-Qaeda, Afghanistan

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