The End Of al-Qaeda?

In Yemen, a successful counterattack by government troops shows how the terrorist group can be beaten

Yuri Kozyrev/NOOR for TIME

"May Allah curse those who did this." "May the criminals be condemned to hellfire." "They are not Muslims." "We must avenge our martyrs." The visitors' log at the site of Yemen's deadliest terrorist attack screams out with expressions of rage and calls for revenge. Yemenis arrive daily at Saba'een Square in the capital of Sana'a, the spot where over 100 cadets from the country's Central Security Force (CSF) were killed on May 21 when a suicide bomber from the group known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, blew himself up in the middle of a military parade. Posters bearing...

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