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The death of Osama bin Laden has refocused the world's attention to the importance of building Pakistan's capacity to prevent and combat violent extremism in that country.

Yet while international attention is captivated by the high profile victory in Abbottabad, such a focus threatens to divert our focus from the underlying factors that have pushed Pakistan to the front lines of the "war on terrorism": namely, the nexus between transnational crime, poverty, and terrorism. Perhaps no region better typifies this dangerous linkage than does the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) - a region garnering for some the dubious distinction as "the most dangerous place on earth."

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