Al Qaeda

List of Al Qaeda articles

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  Britain Unveils U.N. Containment Strategy for the Islamic State

  The Cable

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  Colum Lynch

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  The Islamic State that Wasn’t

  Yemen's al Qaeda franchise isn't moving to create its own Islamic state quite yet. But the fact that it continues to thrive is ominous enough.

  Dispatch

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  Peter Salisbury

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  The Failed Islamic States Index

  Why jihadis stink at governing.

  Argument

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  J. Dana Stuster, Ellen Noble

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  What We Still Need to Know About the North Waziristan Operation

  The South Asia Channel

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  Daud Khattak

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  FP’s Situation Report: In Israel, ceasefire is over and a soldier may be captured; Iron Dome funding is in limbo; Brennan’s under fire; Afghanistan prepares to resume its vote audit; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  By Kate Brannen with Nathaniel Sobel

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  Zawahiri’s Revenge

  Why al Qaeda, not the Islamic State, is still the most dangerous terrorist organization on Earth.

  Argument

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  Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Thomas Joscelyn

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  FP’s Situation Report: Afghanistan reconstruction costs more than the U.S. Marshall Plan; Israel calls up 16,000 reservists; Derek Chollet tells staff he is leaving; Heavy flight restrictions still in place for the F-35; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  By Kate Brannen with Nathaniel Sobel

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  FP’s Situation Report: What is the Obama administration’s plan for Iraq?; New sanctions leave big loopholes for Russia; Singapore’s big data experiment; Bob Woodward visits the Pentagon; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  By Kate Brannen with Nathaniel Sobel

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  9 Things to Avoid When Creating Your Own Caliphate

  If you want to rule for 1,000 years, don't touch my daughters or my cigarettes.

  Christian Caryl

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  Christian Caryl

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  The Fractured Caliphate

  Iraq’s Sunnis turned against radical jihadists once. Will they do so again?

  Argument

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  Robert S. Ford

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  A Setback in the Long War

  Shadow Government 2009-2017

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  Paul D. Miller

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  FP’s Situation Report: Obama admin goes after former SEAL and No Easy Day author for book profits; Afg. election results out today; Are neocons returning as neoneocons? Shin Shoji’s worst moment in ‘this town’; And a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  FP’s Situation Report: Heightened security for jets; Secret troops in Somalia; How Iraq could flood; Hunter wants to put the band back together; Hagel, Dempsey to brief; What does MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein make?; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  FP’s Situation Report: The retreat of the ISF; Hellfires to Baghdad; Lukman Faily: help us or else; Dobbins retiring; Bergdahl’s restless path; Mabus’ pinning trouble; the Pentagon gets Fresh; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold

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  FP’s Situation Report: Did Maliki get the memo?; U.S. troops begin their mission in Iraq; Thomas to JSOC, Votel to SOCOM, Campbell to Kabul; The gunshot wound at Arlington was self-inflicted; Fantasy, pills and sex in al Qaeda country; and a bit more.

  Situation Report

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  Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel