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Al-Qaeda, the Movement
(Los Angeles Times) Peter Bergen - Since Sept. 11, al-Qaeda the group has been morphing into al-Qaeda the ideological movement, with a fervent opposition to Western policy in the Middle East and the desire for the rule of Islamic law across the Muslim world. We have barely begun the war with al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups because many thousands of underemployed, disaffected Muslims will continue to embrace bin Laden's doctrine of violent anti-Westernism.