Interactive Map: Al Qaeda After Osama bin Laden By the Numbers

May 3, 2012|
	Interactive Map: Al Qaeda After Osama bin Laden By the Numbers
	Network Not as Deadly a Year Later By Ken Sofer This interactive map shows the number and location of Al Qaeda attacks before and after bin Laden's death as well as the Al Qaeda leaders killed or captured since May 2011. Osama bin Laden’s death a year ago marked a major achievement for the U.S. intelligence community and a critical blow to the Al Qaeda terrorist network. But the SEAL Team Six raid on bin Laden’s Abbottabad, Pakistan compound on May 2, 2011 was only the largest in a long string of losses Al Qaeda has suffered over the past three years which have put the organization on a path to strategic defeat. The trove of data collected from the raid has quickened the pace of Al Qaeda’s collapse, helping U.S. counterterrorism officials better target senior Al Qaeda leadership and disrupt more terror plots. The numbers show that while Al Qaeda remains a significant national security threat, its ability to successfully commit acts of terror has diminished since Osama bin Laden’s death last year. Read more here.