Bin Laden May Become More Powerful Dead
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Bin Laden May Become More Powerful Dead

Explainer Video by Ed Husain, Speaker

May 4, 2011 11:26 am (EST)

Bin Laden May Become More Powerful Dead
Explainer Video

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, says that Osama bin Laden is more valuable to al-Qaeda dead than alive. Comparing bin Laden’s death to that of Sayyid Qutb, Husain argues bin Laden could now become an even more powerful icon.

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