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For those interested in a bit more background on AQAP and the recent raids I have done a couple of radio interviews that may be illuminating. The first was with […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

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For those interested in a bit more background on AQAP and the recent raids I have done a couple of radio interviews that may be illuminating.

The first was with Glenn Greenwald of Salon Radio – the link and transcript is here.

And I did another with NPR here.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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