1.0 link 105304 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-elkus/terrorisms-two-front-war_b_105304.html On May 29th, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) head General Michael Hayden declared that al-Qaeda has suffered "significant setbacks globally" including "strategic defeat" in Iraq and "near-strategic defeat" in Saudi Arabia -- an upbeat assessment that instantly spurred controversy among intelligence and counter-terrorism experts. The fracas over Hayden's remarks mirrors a similar, though less publicized debate among analysts monitoring the evolution -- or devolution -- of al-Qaeda's organizational structure and operations since the September 11th attacks. The main question: is...

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