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Why al-Qaida is still strong 16 years after 9/11

  • Written by Tricia Bacon, Assistant Professor of Justice, Law & Criminology, American University
imageManhattan on Sept. 11, 2001AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer

Sixteen years ago, on September 11, 2001, al-Qaida conducted the most destructive terrorist attack in history.

An unprecedented onslaught from the U.S. followed. One-third of al-Qaida’s leadership was killed or captured in the following year. The group lost its safe haven in Afghanistan,...

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