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10/25/12, "Alive and Deadly," American Spectator, George H. Wittman
"The workings of al Qaeda's expanding franchise."
"It has become accepted to use the term al Qaeda when
referring to any violent Islamic grouping that appears to have a
broader organizational connection. To refine that definition there
has been added the recognition of at least three so-called
"franchises" with a national or regional orientation:
al Qaeda in
Iraq (AQI), al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and al Qaeda
in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). All have an outreach beyond their
immediate geographical area.
The mistake that is made, however, is
to characterize al Qaeda as the overall operational director of
the movement."...
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