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Supposing that Afghanistan had never collapsed and Sudan not drifted into Islamic-tinged authoritarianism where do people think that an Al-Qaeda type organisation would most likely be able to find refuge? I'm assuming for the sake of discussion that even without Afghanistan there would be other suitable recruiting grounds to help see an organisation similar to Al-Qaeda form. The best I can think of is Somalia when it collapses, although northern West Africa is an interesting possibility.