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November 20, 2008
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Al-Qaida in 2008

Al-Qaida’s number two sent his version of congratulations to Barack Obama: in a video released this week, Ayman Al Zawahiri called the President-elect a “house negro,” and said his “new face” only masked America’s “heart full of hate.”

Children of Jihad

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We revisit a conversation with Jared Cohen, a member of the State Department’s policy planning staff, where he works on outreach to youth in the Muslim world.

Obama’s Team So Far

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Joan Baez

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