Al Qaeda in Its Third Decade: Irreversible Decline or Imminent Victory? By Brian Michael Jenkins 32 pages . ISBN: 978-0-8330-6025-9 (RAND)
http://www.rand.org/pthsrd/0312/pubs/occasional_papers/2012/RAND_OP362.pdf More than ten years after 9/11, there is still remarkable lack of consensus among analysts' assessments of al Qaeda's current condition and future capabilities. This essay examines a number of issues concerning the status of al Qaeda, including whether America has won the operational battle but lost the ideological contest; whether homegrown terrorism is a growing threat; whether maintaining American troops in Afghanistan is essential; and whether the United States ought to declare on its own an end to the war on al Qaeda. David Elazar Rishon LeZion, Israel [email protected] Home page http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/ Weekly current events update http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/Home/elazar-distribution---archive-1 __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
