Alan McGuinness » somalia http://alanmcguinness.com The work of a trainee reporter starting out in the industry Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:45:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 9/11: Eight years on http://alanmcguinness.com/911-eight-years-on/374/ http://alanmcguinness.com/911-eight-years-on/374/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:37:15 +0000 Alan http://alanmcguinness.com/?p=374 wtc-9-11 Eight years ago today nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

This piece in the Guardian examines the strength of al-Qaida, the perpetrator of the attacks, and concludes that while the organisation is weak – short on recruits and money – ‘simply surviving represents a victory’, in the words of one analyst.

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