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Northwestern University
Visiting Associate Professor in the Middle East and North African Studies Program at Northwestern University, former Deputy Chief of Mission in Yemen (2004-2007)
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Nabeel Khoury
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FROM Nabeel Khoury
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Has Obama's War on Terror Lost a Key Ally? Since the attempted underwear bombing of 2009, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has not been accused of trying to attack the United States. But its operatives in Yemen have increased from hundreds to thousands — and they claim responsibility for the massacre at Charlie Hebdo.
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