Assessing Al-Qaeda (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

Catching up the output from Brookings, three recent articles (two by Will McCants and one is a Q&A with Clint Watts):

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/marka...elsohn-mccants

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/marka...oKpS2M.twitter

http://www.brookings.edu/research/pa...alqaida-lister

[davidbfpo]

Jason Burke, of The Guardian, returns to the fray with an overview 'A more dangerous long-term threat': Al-Qaida grows as Isis retreats':https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-isis-retreats