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      1. …in reply to @LizaGoitein
        @LizaGoitein Well, I don't think that is what USG thinks. They think the AUMF covered BinLaden9/11-era AQ, and various groups located elsewhere like AQAP and AQI became *part of it* over time, not associated forces of it. /1
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      @LizaGoitein They think that even though that entity fractured after Bin Laden's death, its successor splinters, even though they may disagree with each other, and even though AQI changed its brand name, are still the group AUMF covered./2
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    @LizaGoitein The exception is Al Shabab, which they don't see as part of AUMF-era Al Qaeda, but instead consider AUMFable under associated forces analysis./3
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