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| Shadow army -- Size, scope of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan hidden |
| 2014-05-21 |
| [Wash Times] Al Qaeda is operating a "shadow army" inside Afghanistan to conceal its numbers and the scope of its operations, while the Taliban is on the verge of major resurgence as U.S. military forces prepare to depart, former senior Pentagon officials and leading counterterrorism analysts told Congress on Tuesday. This will place any so-called "U.S. residual force" at great risk I can assure you. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Sniff, sniff, just discovering it now, are they, or at least officially??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-05-21 19:53 |
| #2 ..because al Qaeda is now more decentralized Which means the local warlord, corrupt official (I'm repeating myself), non-Pashtun population, can engage in some real hurt as well right back to interlopers like AQ. Sic a dog on a dog. Screw nation building, just keep them busy wacking each other. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-05-21 11:18 |
| #1 "These analyses then claim that because al Qaeda is now more decentralized, has many regional franchises, and depends more on individuals than on centrally directed operations, it is less of a threat." We need to encourage more internecine warfare between the franchises.... |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-21 10:45 |