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| US has decimated Al Qaeda chiefs |
| US has decimated Al Qaeda chiefs but must persist in fight: Leon Panetta
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 21-November-2012
4:38:33 AM |
| US forces have decimated Al Qaeda's leadership and made gains against some of its affiliates, but the fight has shifted in new directions that will require persistent US efforts to truly end the threat, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday.
Panetta, in a speech to the Center for a New American Security, said while the United States had achieved progress against Al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, associated groups had made inroads in Mali and Nigeria and were trying to gain a foothold in Libya.
He said the United States had "decimated core al Qaeda," killing leaders like Osama bin Laden, Sheikh Saeed al-Masri and Abu Yahya al-Libi. It also has made strides against affiliated groups like Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen and al Shabaab in Somalia, he said.
These gains are real, but it is important to point out that even with these gains, the threat from Al Qaeda has not been eliminated," he said. "We have slowed the primary cancer, but we know that the cancer has metastasized to other parts of the global body."
As a result of US pressure, Panetta said, Al Qaeda has become even more "widely distributed, loosely knit and geographically dispersed."
"The fight against Al Qaeda has taken a new direction - one that demands that we be especially adaptable and resilient as we continue the fight," he said.
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