
Lawfare Archive: Jihadology Podcast: al-Qaeda's Franchising Strategy
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Alcida's Expansion in Egypt and Libya
i argued that none of those expansion efforts should be seen as genuine. What happened was that, following the american invasion, most of ghades escaped and went back home if they could. In iran, there was a there wer cells of former members of the gama slamea,. egyptian gama slemea. And these groups operated close to alcida central. So over the years, you can see how those groups are actually getting closer to al cida because they are fighting and bonding on the ground but they are also experiencing judism in a very different way. That creates significant distance. At the time that alcada decides that it wants to expand
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