Behind-the-scenes: America and al-Qaeda 3.0
With the threats posed by al-Qaeda and its affiliates, Empire discusses the significance of this episode.
Host Marwan Bishara discusses why Empire decided to examine the consequences of al-Qaeda’s resurgence in the Middle East through affiliates like the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.
He puts forth the question of whether or not the United States’ position has shifted, depending on how they see the threat of al-Qaeda’s expansion: as radical or dangerous, or as something that is benign – that is local and regional, and that does not touch the US.
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Published On 27 Jan 2014