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Qaddafi Offers Long-Term Counter-Terrorism Lessons, Duke Professor Says

The death of Muammar el-Qaddafi won't have a direct effect
on domestic security for the United States, but it does offer a lesson in
long-term counterterrorism strategy according Duke Professor David Schanzer,
director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.

"I don't think it has an immediate
cause-and-effect," Schanzer said during an "Office Hours" webcast
conversation Thursday, "but I think one thing we can look at is how we
engaged in this particular conflict."

He contrasted the American prominent military presence in
the War in Iraq with its less visible role in the battles in Libya.

"The way Qaddafi was toppled, we were insistent that we
were a big part of it, but it was the inherent indigenous people who were the
public face, who were really responsible," he said. "That can be good
for our counter-terrorism in the long term.

"We can pursue our counter-terrorism objectives,
but do so in a way that we are working in combination with other Muslims, or in
other countries, with those people who are on the ground ... We'd love to see
Pakistan doing that more."