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Did al-Qaeda Succeed?
Al-Qaeda has conducted only one fatal attack in the U.S. since 9/11, a 2019 shooting in Pensacola, Florida, by a Saudi Air Force officer affiliated with its Yemen branch. Other post-9/11 plots, including failed airline bombings and cargo attacks, were thwarted, and key leaders like Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri were killed.
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