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January 21, 2013

Don't Panic: Al-Qaeda Is Still Losing

Jason Burke, The Guardian

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Cameron is wrong to call north African militants an 'existential threat' -- the tide has turned against al-Qaida and its offshoots.

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TAGGED: North Africa, Africa, AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Qaeda, David Cameron, UK, Mali, Algeria

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