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Al-Qaeda’s Learning Curve: the Fall of the Roman Empire

Former FBI agent Ali Soufan says its goal is to unite ‘the savage regions’ like the barbarians who took down Rome

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Aug 18, 2021
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Celebrated former FBI special agent and counter-terror expert Ali Soufan says the Taliban’s shocking conquest of Kabul is giving heart to Muslim militants the world over that they can bring down the remaining U.S.-backed autocratic regimes in the region and eventually take back Jerusalem.

The Taliban’s terrorist partner Al Qaeda likens the triumph in Afg…

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