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Unfortunately, on May 2, 2011, we killed bin Laden, but we didn't kill his message. His message lives.
Ali Soufan
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"The Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of Bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State": I was happy that we finally got him. And a lot of my colleagues and friends that I know who sacrificed so much, some of them their lives, you know, finally can rest, knowing that he's dead.But also, at the same time, I kind of was troubled that we are now not fighting an organization anymore. The terrorists, the threat mutated to a message. Bin Laden accomplished something way bigger. He had a message that was spreading around the Muslim world.
Ali Soufan
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Today, we see ISIS dwindling. We see that terrorist organization, with all their bravado, losing their territory and going back from a proto-state to an underground terrorist organization.
Ali Soufan
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Anyone who does not in their way of interpreting events around the world is an infidel, regardless if you're a Muslim or you're not a Muslim. That doesn't matter.
Ali Soufan
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Sixteen years after 9/11, we still don't even know what to call the enemy, rather than form a comprehensive strategy.
Ali Soufan
