Others favor a counterterrorism strategy in which a limited number of troops would target only al Qaeda.

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Qadhi, of New Haven, Connecticut, has been involved in de-radicalization efforts in the United States and was a leading participant in the U.S. Counter-Radicalization Strategy conference organized by the National Counterterrorism Center in the summer of 2008.

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This simple strategy of creating an environment that is hostile to terrorism, through counterterrorism planning, intelligence gathering and community partnerships into existing police crime-prevention and response procedures will go a long way towards making the civilian populations of both the United States and the United Kingdom hostile places for terrorists to operate.

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