The U.S. Must Better Explain Al-Qaeda to the Public

The government is doing too little to inform Americans about the threats presented by suspected terrorists it is targeting.

Dec 10, 2021

Mahmud Qassum was injured when his family was caught in the crossfire of a US drone strike against Musab Kinan. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images.)

On December 3, the U.S. military targeted a suspected “senior al-Qaeda leader and planner” in a drone strike near the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. The bombing proved to be controversial almos…

The U.S. Must Better Explain Al-Qaeda to the Public

The government is doing too little to inform Americans about the threats presented by suspected terrorists it is targeting.

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