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Bin Laden’s dead, but challenges remain

Popular uprisings, not terrorists, should spur the U.S. to rethink its foreign policy, argues Yale University’s Ellen Lust.

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Osama bin Laden's death and its impact on U.S. foreign policy

Seen from the sky: Where bin Laden was killed

Bin Laden’s death the latest setback for an al Qaeda sliding into irrelevance

As protests roil the Arab world and opposition figures denounce terrorism, Osama bin Laden’s death has become just the latest milestone in a “long slide” for the group that masterminded the Sept. 11 attacks.

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