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Go Home Tnrtv: Will Al-qaeda Assert Itself In Pakistan?

THE PLANK AUGUST 11, 2009

Tnrtv: Will Al-qaeda Assert Itself In Pakistan?

BY BEN EISLER

Nicholas Schmidle, fellow at the New America Foundation and author of To Live Or To Perish Forever, argues that if Al-Qaeda decides to throw its weight around in the selection process for the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Obama's Af-Pak strategy will be put to the test.

--Ben Eisler

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