Hard to say Al Qaeda has weakened since 9/11
Seth Jones, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation says that his study has found that in some ways Al Qaeda has strengthened in recent years. He says that since September 2001, the average number of terrorist attacks attributed to core Al Qaeda members has increased, along with the geographic range of the attacks (:27).
July 29, 2008
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