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"Following 9/11, intelligence indicated numerous links between al-Qa'eda and Algeria. It began to loo..." — Alistair Horne
Following 9/11, intelligence indicated numerous links between al-Qa'eda and Algeria. It began to look as though the roots of jihad could be traced back to the war in Algeria that began 50 years ago.
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