{"id":626,"date":"2009-12-08T15:45:13","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T22:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2009-12-08T16:46:02","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T23:46:02","slug":"the-changing-strategic-gravity-of-al-qaeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"The Changing Strategic Gravity of al-Qaeda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-627\" title=\"Picture 1\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"Picture 1\" width=\"408\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Picture-1.png 408w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Picture-1-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/>Washington D.C.-<\/strong> I&#8217;ll be moderating the South &amp; Southeast Asia panel from 1:30 to 3 p.m. tomorrow at the <a href=\"http:\/\/npc.press.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Press Club<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamestown.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jamestown Foundation&#8217;s<\/a> third annual terrorism conference. Speakers on my panel will be <a href=\"http:\/\/counterterrorismblog.org\/experts\/animesh-roul\/bio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Animesh Roul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil\/Pubs\/people.cfm?authorID=593\" target=\"_blank\">Zachary Abuza<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/noorhudaismail.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noor Huda Ismail<\/a>. \u00a0More to come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington D.C.- I&#8217;ll be moderating the South &amp; Southeast Asia panel from 1:30 to 3 p.m. tomorrow at the National Press Club for the Jamestown Foundation&#8217;s third annual terrorism conference. 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