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July 30, 2012

Al-Qaeda's Arab Comeback

Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast

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Destroying Timbuktu in Mali, exploiting the turmoil in Syria, successfully attacking in the Sinai - at the operational level, al Qaeda is stronger than it's ever been.

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TAGGED: Africa, Mali, Syria, al-Qaeda

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