From Bloomberg:
Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda will be a threat to the U.S. for the next 20 years, relying mostly on conventional explosives in their attacks, according to the U.S.’s top intelligence official.
The group will be able to conduct operations even as the U.S. and Pakistani governments target its leaders in al-Qaeda’s hideouts in Pakistan’s tribal regions, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said.
Al-Qaeda “will continue to plot against the U.S. and its interests abroad over the next 20 years,” Blair said in written answers to the Senate Intelligence Committee that were obtained July 30 by the Washington-based Federation of American Scientists under the Freedom of Information Act.
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My Comment: The world has been fighting against radical Islam for almost 1,300 years. What makes Dennis Blair think it will end in 20?