Killing them (
she includes Samir Khan), authorities said, made us all safer, and decimated al-Qa'ida's operational capabilities, particularly its reach into the West. But the claims, made repeatedly in recent days, remain unsubstantiated....
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Midway) ..triumphalist sentiments, being reinforced by a chorus of media and pundits, reduce and redefine the notion of success to the removal of individuals or small groups of men.
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Ends with) Claiming from their deaths victory over a threat, which stemmed in large part from the lionisation of these two men, is an ominous sign of how precious little progress has been made in the war on terror.
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