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Want to defeat al Qaeda and the Taliban? Stop thinking of them as terrorists.

By Gretchen Peters

The Obama administration has promised "a new way of thinking about the challenges" facing the United States in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it's also high time it starts thinking in a new way about America's enemies themselves. The Taliban and al Qaeda have long portrayed themselves as holy warriors, battling...

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