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Does al Qaeda's central leadership still pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security, or are small, leaderless groups of jihadists now the real danger?
Authors: Marc Sageman and Bruce Hoffman
July/August 2008
Foreign Affairs
Does al Qaeda's central leadership still pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security, or are small, leaderless groups of jihadists now the real danger?
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