Toyota may be wrong, of course, but they are still the No. 1 carmaker in the world with the best reputation for knowing the business.

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Whether or not this happens, it would be wrong to write off the core of al-Qaeda - its members may well still have the ability to do much damage - but it would also be dangerous to focus too much on them alone when the threat may now be broader.

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