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9 May 2011

Does the elimination of terrorist leaders always destroy their organisations?

The decapitation strategy of killing Osama Bin Laden has severe limitations.

By Matthew Partridge

As news of Osama Bin Laden’s death changed from rumour into hard fact, and as celebrations (and relief) started to break out across the world, security analysts and experts began debating the effect that the terrorist’s death would have on al-Qaeda and its terrorist affiliates.

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