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Source: http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20080807_181001_11928
The End of Al-Qaeda?
[Maclean's-Canada] Philippe Gohier - Al-Qaeda's remarkable resiliency in Afghanistan and Pakistan is evidence the group remains a distinct threat to security worldwide. A retired CIA officer told the New York Times last June that al-Qaeda training compounds in the tribal areas of Pakistan may now be housing as many as 2,000 prospective fighters, a significant jump from the several hundred trainees who were there in 2005.