The Long War: The US & Al-Qaeda

UPDATED ON: MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010
13:44 MECCA TIME, 10:44 GMT
Courtesy Of Al-Jazeera

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So, is the US about to find an end to what threatened to be its longest-running war?

The reality is that, whilst direct al-Qaeda actions have been seriously restricted, the organisation has franchised from Somalia to Indonesia and North Africa.

In Afghanistan, it directs or collaborates in Taliban attacks.

Al-Qaeda is mercurial and, like a virus, mutates and adapts.
They are now waging global jihad on the web.

With highly sophisticated websites and its own video production arm, al-Qaeda is aiming to radicalise a whole new generation of militants.

How does the US see al-Qaeda's current threat level eight years after the 'war on terror' was launched? Empire finds out.

This episode of Empire originally aired from Wednesday, October 28, 2009.