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Letters from the Hideout

by Josh Marshall
05.03.12 | 7:45 am

Among new documents from the bin Laden compound released today, OBL lamented decline of al Qaida rep, musing on possible rebranding, only wanted to target Obama and Petraeus for assassination.

From this we can draw the conclusion that the culture of branding and marketing is truly global.

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