Voor zij die er nog aan twijfelen, de verklaringen van Mr. Soetaro ivm. het poppen van OBL waren en zijn nu meer dan ooit totaal ongeloofwaardig.
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USA Today - Al-Qaeda continues to grow in the Middle East
7 januari 2014 - The terror network "remains far from crippled, and there is little evidence" al-Qaeda is on the decline, says one analyst.
BEIRUT — The death of leader Osama bin Laden did not end the spread of al-Qaeda, say analysts. It may have even helped it.
The chaos of the Arab Spring revolutions, al-Qaeda's shift to a more bottom-up structure and a perceived pullback of U.S. influence in the Middle East are behind the spread of America's No. 1 enemy in the world, say several analysts who study the core group in Pakistan and affiliates who swear allegiance to it.
The latest and most stark example came this week in Iraq, where al-Qaeda militants seized control of government buildings and districts of Fallujah and Ramadi, cities that were liberated from jihadist control by American troops during the Iraq War.
"This is a very worrisome development for the entire region," says Aviv Oreg, former head of the Israel Defense Force's military intelligence on al-Qaeda and global jihad.
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