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Al Qaeda

Dan Snow's History Hit

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Alcida, a Thug and a Brutal Individual

At the beginning of two thousand for we see the emergence of this man, zarkavi. Even by binladan' standard, even by alcithe standard, he was known as a thug and a brutal individual. So that's what gives him, slowly, a degree of legitimacy. But even then, nothing really happens until about two thousand and four. And so it takes until december of two thousand and 4 for ben larden to reluctantly accept him as a member. Otherwise he continues to be irrelevant.

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