Friday, October 26, 2012

Al Qaeda's expanding franchise-Wittman

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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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