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100 1 _aBURKE Jason
245 0 _aAl-Qaeda:
_bthe true story of radical Islam /
_cJason Burke
260 _aLondon:
_bPenguin,
_c2004
300 _axxvii, 356 p.
500 _aPrevious ed. :London : IB Tauris, 2003.
520 _aArgues that al-Qaeda is a convenient label applied indiscriminately by the West to the far broader - and thus more dangerous - phenomenon of Islamic militancy. Eradicating a few individuals or a group is not an effective approach to combatting terrorism. Calls for wider long-term efforts to identify and resolve the underlying causes of disappointment and perceived injustice in the Islamic world.
650 _aTERRORISM
650 _aAL QAEDA
650 _aCOUNTERTERRORISM
250 _arev. ed.
945 _i0015358
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