Osama bin Laden, left, with al-Qaeda's new leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in 2001. Bin Laden's death in 2011 was a symbolic defeat for the group, but it has continued to expand and strike allegiances with jihadist groups around the world. (Reuters)
Extremist group is likely to outlast its rival ISIS, experts on terror groups say
Five years ago today, elite U.S. special forces soldiers raided a walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and ended history's most intense manhunt.
The death of Osama bin Laden was a significant symbolic blow to al-Qaeda, the violent jihadist organization that he co-founded in the late 1980s.
But it was hardly the end of the group, which has lived on under the leadership of the bespectacled Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 2, 2016
5 years ago the U.S. killed Osama bin Laden. Did it matter? -- Nicole Gaouette, CNN
Why was the CIA tweeting about the Osama bin Laden raid? -- Reshmi Kaur Oberoi, Christian Science Monitor
The real war against Islamic State -- CSM editorial
Days of Chaos in Baghdad: Protest or Meltdown? -- Tim Arango, New York Times
How the ‘Green Zone’ Helped Destroy Iraq -- Emma Sky, Politico
Europe’s First Islamic Constitution? What Could Possibly Go Wrong? -- Thomas Seibert, Daily Beast
China Admits Its Statistics Are Wrong -- Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
Tensions Rising Ahead of South China Sea Ruling -- William Ide, VOA
A chance for engagement with North Korea? -- Doug Bandow, Japan Times
In Congo, Wars Are Small and Chaos Is Endless -- Geoffrey Gentleman, NYT
On the Run in Burundi -- James Verini, The New Yorker
Historic Havana cruise: Can anyone go to Cuba now? -- Max Lewontin, CSM
The Selling of Obama: The inside story of how a great communicator lost the narrative. -- Michael Grunwald, Politico
Q&A: When is a Boot on the Ground not a Boot on the Ground? -- Lolita C. Baldor, AP
More Women Will Make a Stronger Military -- Bloomberg editorial
Confessions of a NATO Speechwriter -- Patrick Stephenson, Foreign Policy
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