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Bill Roggio

Syria’s Twitter Wars

How disgruntled extremists inside Syria’s al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel factions are taking to social media to air their internecine grievances.

Bill Roggio

Big Talk

Karzai Gambles with the Taliban

Karzai is sounding more like the Taliban in his public statements and recycling their propaganda in his criticisms of the U.S., but he’ll never make peace with the terrorist group.

Bill Roggio

AfPak

The Taliban’s Hydras

A drone strike killed another top leader of the influential, al Qaeda-affiliated Haqqani network—but the terror group may be proliferating faster than drones can take them out.

Bill Roggio

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AfPak

Justice From The Sky

The Taliban’s top leader, Hakeemullah Mehsud—the man behind the failed 2011 bomb attack in Times Square—has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. Why the victory may be tactical at best.

Bill Roggio

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