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quarter-century after al Qaeda militants hijacked four commercial passenger
jets and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon,
the organization founded by Osama bin Laden continues to spawn regional
affiliates and fuel militant movements across the globe.
While
suffering major setbacks over the past 25 years - most notably the 2011 killing
of Osama by US forces and the rise of the Islamic State - militancy experts
emphasize that al Qaeda remains a major...
