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| − | "'''''The Power of Nightmares''''' seeks to overturn much of what is widely believed about [[Osama bin Laden]] and [[al-Qaida]]. The latter, it argues, is not an organised international network. It does not have members or a leader. It does not have "sleeper cells". It does not have an overall strategy. In fact, it barely exists at all, except as an idea about cleansing a corrupt world through religious violence." [http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1327904,00.html --Andy Beckett for ''The Guardian'', 15 October 2004] | + | A 2004 documentary series by [[Adam Curtis]], "'''''The Power of Nightmares''''' seeks to overturn much of what is widely believed about [[Osama bin Laden]] and [[al-Qaida]]. The latter, it argues, is not an organised international network. It does not have members or a leader. It does not have "sleeper cells". It does not have an overall strategy. In fact, it barely exists at all, except as an idea about cleansing a corrupt world through religious violence." [http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1327904,00.html --Andy Beckett for ''The Guardian'', 15 October 2004] |
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A 2004 documentary series by Adam Curtis, "The Power of Nightmares seeks to overturn much of what is widely believed about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida. The latter, it argues, is not an organised international network. It does not have members or a leader. It does not have "sleeper cells". It does not have an overall strategy. In fact, it barely exists at all, except as an idea about cleansing a corrupt world through religious violence." --Andy Beckett for The Guardian, 15 October 2004
