Tuesday Papers (Fighting in Iraq)

News Yemen has a piece that reports at least one of the 16 al-Qaeda suspects currently on trial spent time fighting in Iraq. There are summaries of the news in […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

News Yemen has a piece that reports at least one of the 16 al-Qaeda suspects currently on trial spent time fighting in Iraq. There are summaries of the news in English here. Does this mean the silence strike is over?

News Yemen has a piece that reports at least one of the 16 al-Qaeda suspects currently on trial spent time fighting in Iraq. There are summaries of the news in English here. Does this mean the silence strike is over?

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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