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What is Al-Qaeda? Who are the Members?
Guests:

Mary Anne Weaver
*Author, A Portrait of Egypt (features a profile of Osama Bin Laden)
*Author of the forthcoming book In the Shadow of Jihad: Pakistan, Islamic Militancy and the Taliban (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux)

Jessica Stern
*Author, The Ultimate Terrorists (Harvard University Press, 2000)
*Lectures on Terrorism, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
*Former, National Security Council staff during the Clinton Administration

Representative Jennifer Dunn (R-WA)
*Republican Congresswoman from Washington
*Member, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade
*Part of Congressional Delegation that viewed Ground Zero 10/1

Vince Cannistraro
*Former, Chief of Counter-terrorism Operations, CIA during the first Bush administration
*Former Head, intelligence efforts at the National Security Council during the Reagan administration

Along with its leader, Osama bin laden, the main target of America's war on terrorism is Al-Qaeda, described by law enforcement authorities as an international terrorist network. Neal Conan talks with terrorism experts about the Al-Qaeda. How does it operate? Who are the key members?

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Guests:

Mary Anne Weaver
*Author, A Portrait of Egypt (features a profile of Osama Bin Laden)
*Author of the forthcoming book In the Shadow of Jihad: Pakistan, Islamic Militancy and the Taliban (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux)

Jessica Stern
*Author, The Ultimate Terrorists (Harvard University Press, 2000)
*Lectures on Terrorism, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
*Former, National Security Council staff during the Clinton Administration

Representative Jennifer Dunn (R-WA)
*Republican Congresswoman from Washington
*Member, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade
*Part of Congressional Delegation that viewed Ground Zero 10/1

Vince Cannistraro
*Former, Chief of Counter-terrorism Operations, CIA during the first Bush administration
*Former Head, intelligence efforts at the National Security Council during the Reagan administration

Along with its leader, Osama bin laden, the main target of America's war on terrorism is Al-Qaeda, described by law enforcement authorities as an international terrorist network. Neal Conan talks with terrorism experts about the Al-Qaeda. How does it operate? Who are the key members?

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