Military Intelligence Analyst Joshua Foust: Death of Bin Laden Will Not Have Enormous Impact on Operations of Al Qaeda Affiliates Worldwide

In addition to Afghanistan, the United States is fighting Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula. We discuss the impact of Osama Bin Laden’s death on Al Qaeda across the globe with Joshua Foust, a fellow at the American Security Project and former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst. "From an operational standpoint, Osama bin Laden doesn’t maintain very tight operational control over the different Al Qaeda franchises that are out there, including in Yemen, including in Somalia, and other places as well. So this is more of a symbolic victory," says Foust.

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