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" American jihadists are generally motivated by a mix of factors, including dislike of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world. "
Peter L. Bergen
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" Pakistan's key leaders have succumbed to the assassin's bullet or bomb or the hangman's noose, and the country has seen four military coups since its birth in 1947. Yet the Pakistani polity has limped on. "
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