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Do Drone Strikes Degrade Al Qaeda? Evidence From Propaganda Output

Meghan Smith and James Igoe Walsh, March 2013

Summary

An important goal of United Stated foreign policy is to disrupt and defeat the central Al Qaeda organization that operated along the Afghan/ Pakistan border. This is difficult because the government of Pakistan will not allow United States military forces to operate in the country.

Keywords

Propaganda Targeted Killings Terrorism Unmanned aerial vehicles

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Theme
Policy
Type
Article
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Adobe PDF
Published
7 March 2013
Author
Meghan Smith and James Igoe Walsh
Access
Open access

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