NPR: Morning Edition

Kelly McEvers of NPR has a piece on al–Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and Yemen on Morning Edition this morning. It features both Thomas Hegghammerand myself talking about Saudi and Yemen […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

Kelly McEvers of NPR has a piece on al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and Yemen on Morning Edition this morning. It features both Thomas Hegghammerand myself talking about Saudi and Yemen respectively.

Kelly McEvers of NPR has a piece on al–Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and Yemen on Morning Edition this morning. It features both Thomas Hegghammerand myself talking about Saudi and Yemen respectively.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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