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Fawaz Gerges

Fighters of al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Just what is the current state of al-Qaeda today

Conflict & Justice

Recent news headlines seem to tell of an al-Qaeda resurgence in places like Iraq and Syria, but what does the group look like today? It’s very different from the al-Qaeda that planned and executed the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11.

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