Al Qaeda

List of Al Qaeda articles

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  Confront and Confuse

  Did Obama's speech actually say anything new about drones?

  Micah Zenko

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  Micah Zenko

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  Shutter Island

  Why does Obama think it will be easier to close Gitmo this time?

  Argument

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  Phillip Carter

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  Fear Factor

  In defense of Obama's deadly signature strikes.

  Argument

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  Philip Mudd

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  Pakistan says Obama’s drone speech too little, too late

  Passport

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  J. Dana Stuster

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  The Indispensable Nation’s Indispensable Weapon

  Obama can't live without drones, Pakistan can't live with 'em. So the president bowed to the Islamic street.

  Terms of Engagement

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  James Traub

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  Who kidnapped Obama the orator and replaced him with this guy at NDU?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Authorize This

  Can Obama put the war on terror on a new legal footing?

  By Other Means

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  Rosa Brooks

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  What we’ve learned from the Obama administration’s past drone speeches

  Passport

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  J. Dana Stuster

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  The War Professor

  Can Obama finally make the legal case for his war on terror?

  By Other Means

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  Rosa Brooks

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  Gitmo’s Fallen Czar

  Daniel Fried was the perfect man for the hardest job in Washington, but even he couldn’t close Guantanamo.

  Feature

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  Michelle Shephard

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  U.S. admits droning four Americans (but just one deliberately)

  Passport

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  J. Dana Stuster

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  What is the U.S. REALLY doing in Syria?

  Stephen M. Walt

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  Stephen M. Walt

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  Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda

  The Cable

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  John Hudson

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  Remember that historic Arab Spring speech?

  The Middle East Channel

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  Amy Hawthorne, Michele Dunne

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  One thing I don’t understand about the argument for U.S. intervention in Syria

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks