The Afghan Taliban in the south, on the other hand, have been very active. I wouldn't bet that this reported "retreat" in the north will last, if it even happened, just because Usama bin Laden was killed. The leaks, which have not been concretely verified, also speak of AQ in the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia. The Afghan Taliban, Haqqanis, and Pakistani Taliban are independent of Al-Qaeda.
It's actually not very vague. Zawahiri and other militant Islamists had to leave the Brotherhood in order to carry out their campaigns of violence, as the piece points out.
The Afghan Taliban in the south, on the other hand, have been very active. I wouldn't bet that this reported "retreat" in the north will last, if it even happened, just because Usama bin Laden was killed. The leaks, which have not been concretely verified, also speak of AQ in the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia. The Afghan Taliban, Haqqanis, and Pakistani Taliban are independent of Al-Qaeda.
Libya is an African state. When commentators on the Arabic news channels say "African" they mean "black."
It's actually not very vague. Zawahiri and other militant Islamists had to leave the Brotherhood in order to carry out their campaigns of violence, as the piece points out.
The piece isn't about Iranian politics and does not make direct comparisons of the Iran and Tunisia. Demonstrations did not just occur in Tehran.