Al Qaeda responds to CNN

By artappraiser on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 6:40pm |

By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst, March 31, 2011

In late February I posted a piece on CNN.com titled "Al Qaeda the loser in Arab revolutions" making the point that Osama bin Laden must be watching the events in the Middle East unfold with a mixture of glee and despair....In the fifth issue of Inspire magazine, a slick Web-based publication, heavy on photographs and graphics that, unusually for a jihadist organ, is written in colloquial English, Awlaki hit back at CNN on Tuesday....Awlaki then turns to this author, writing, "for a so-called 'terrorism expert' such as Peter Bergen, it is interesting to see how even he doesn't get it right this time...."

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/31/bergen.al.qaeda.responds/index.html