Al-Qaeda still threatens the West despite the fact that thousands of
its fighters have been killed or captured. Attacks continue, even as
Usama bin Laden and his top lieutenants hide in distant caves. The
terror networks resiliency lies in the existence of "affiliate
groups." Numbering more than two-dozen worldwide, these groups
maintain operatives from al-Qaedas training camps and battlefields.
They are local and autonomous, but fight in the name of al-Qaedas
global jihad. Using never-before published material, Arabic language
sources, and personal interviews from the Middle East, Schanzer
examines affiliates in Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Yemen and Iraq. The
author also shares research from a fact-finding mission in Iraq,
where he interviewed al-Qaeda fighters and one of Saddam Husseins
former intelligence officers. Fighting affiliate groups will likely
be the next challenge in the war on terror. Schanzer provides a field
guide to al-Qaedas Middle East armies and explores what it will take
to successfully combat them.
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