Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at 10:00 AM EST
Al Qaeda: Organization or Ideology?
As terror attacks on soft targets increase, Al Qaeda is blamed. But does Al Qaeda organize these attacks? Or has the original target of the war on terror inspired copycats? What ideology does the original al Qaeda share with its descendants?
Click the “Listen” link to hear some of the answers.
Guests:
Jason Burke, author of “Al Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror”, and reporter for The Observer newspaper of London
Steven Simon, Senior Analyst at the RAND Institute and co-author of “The Age of Sacred Terror”
Josh Meyer, reporter covering terrorism for the Los Angeles Times
