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Five days after U.S. forces killed al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the group announced his successor, the unknown Abu Hamza...
Interviewee: Steven Simon
Interviewer: Eben Kaplan
June 9, 2006
Steven Simon, CFR Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, speaks about the death of al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab Zarqawi and what it means for the future of Iraq and the "war on terror."
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