There have been eight US drone strikes in Pakistan over the past two weeks
Can al-Qaeda Survive The Drone Strikes? -- Frank Gardner, BBC
Much is being made in Washington's defence and security circles of the demise this week of the man described as "al-Qaeda's Number Two".
Abu Yahya al-Libi - real name Mohammed Hassan Qaid - was killed on Monday by a missile fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone in Pakistan's tribal territory of North Waziristan.
A White House spokesman called it a major blow to al-Qaeda, saying that the dead militant had no clear successor.
So how much of a blow to the group is it in the long term? And can the wider al-Qaeda movement survive the steady attrition of its operational leaders by the targeted missile strikes that have increased dramatically under President Barack Obama?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
So much for that Nobel Peace Prize! How anti-war Obama has become Lord High Executioner -- Toby Harnden, Daily Mail
Drone Ops: Getting Better All the Time -- Mark Thompson, Time
Annan’s new road map for peace in Syria -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama's Syria Dilemma -- Jonathan F. Keiler, American Thinker
No friend of Ahmadinejad, Iranian insider still defends nuclear ambitions -- Ashley Fantz, CNN
Parchin and Iran’s nuclear program -- Ephraim Asculal, Jerusalem Post
Thailand’s Forgotten War -- Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
Nepal, on the brink of collapse -- Seyom Brown and Felbab-Brown, New York Times
Chinese insiders start to speak out about Tiananmen Square -- Washington Post editorial
Senate Dems angry at leak on Iran cyberattack -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
The Financial Guns of August: Is it too late to stop Europe's impending economic disaster? -- John Quiggin, Foreign Policy
Global slump alert as world money contracts -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph
Twilight Of The Petrotyrants As Investors Vote With Their Feet -- IBD Editorial
What Does June 6 Mean to You? -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
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