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Wednesday, February 12, 2003 at 10:00 AM EST
Bin Laden/Baghdad Link?
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Bin Laden is back, it seems, in a new tape calling on all Muslims to fight “these despots” preparing to launch a war with Iraq. The war hasn’t started yet, but the battle for the hearts and minds of the Islamic world is raging. Terror alerts at home. The voice of bin Laden–everywhere. We look at the significance and impact.

Guests:

Rohan Gunaratna, author of “Inside al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror”

Dan Byman, assistant professor at the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, co-author of “The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might”

Jack Beatty, On Point News analyst and senior editor at the Atlantic Monthly Magazine

 
 

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