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Osama bin Laden's Death Weakens al-Qaeda in Arab World

Speaker: Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, CFR
May 2, 2011

Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, says that bin Laden's death helps the drive for democracy in the Middle East and weakens the influence of al-Qaeda in the Arab world.


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