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chowder66

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Thu May-05-11 01:30 PM
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8. Maybe other reasons for surrender....

"However experts said it was unlikely the death of the al-Qaida leader was a factor in al-Qahtani's decision.

"There have been quite a few similar cases. It's more likely due to other reasons. Family pressures often play a very significant role," said Thomas Hegghammer, an expert at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment and author of Jihad in Saudi Arabia.

The exact circumstances of the surrender of al-Qahtani, who is believed to have been a senior member of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsular (AQIP) and was operating from Yemen, are unclear."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/05/extremist-alqaida-surrenders-saudi-arabia

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