Wednesday, 2 May, 2012
Looking at al Qaeda a year after Bin Laden's death
It’s exactly a year since Osama Bin Laden was shot dead by U.S. troops in a targeted operation on his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan. U.S. President Barack Obama hailed his death as “the most significant achievement to date” in the fight against al Qaeda. One year on though has the “war on terror” been won? Mohammed–Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is an expert on transnational terrorism and author of Understanding al Qaeda: Changing War and Global Politics. WRS’s Dave Goodman spoke to him about what’s changed:
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