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Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11

  • Written by Christian Taylor, Doctoral Student, George Mason University
Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11Yemen's al-Qaida branch, called al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, is the most dangerous and sophisticated offshoot of the terror group Osama bin Laden founded in Afghanistan in 1988. AP Photo/Hani Mohammed

Al-Qaida has recruited an estimated 40,000 fighters since Sept. 11, 2001, when the Osama bin Laden-led extremist group attacked the United...

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