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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Effect fused

'Distinctions between Taliban, Al Qaeda and terrorist outfits such as LeT are now meaningless, since they are now in effect fused both operationally and ideologically.

Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?

Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100222/884/twl-pakistan-being-selective-in-action-a.html
  

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User_garynow in effect fused
"in effect" is an idiom meaning "for all practical purposes" see this page:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/idioms/in-effect

"fuse" means "to join together" see this:

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