Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Excerpt from a talk on AQAP (Updated Again)

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Given yesterday’s attack on Muhammad bin Nayif, I thought it might be helpful if I posted an excerpt from a talk I gave on August 19. The following is pasted from the middle portion of the talk.

Update II: I have removed this post over copyright concerns – sorry, it is a tough world out there.

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