AL QAIDA
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike
An airstrike killed al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in Yemen along with six others traveling with him in one car on Monday, U.S. and Yemeni officials said, a major breakthrough for U.S.-backed efforts to cripple the group in the impoverished Arab nation.September 11, 2012
Al-Qaida incites Tunisians against ruling party
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on the Tunisian people to rise up against the country's Islamist ruling party for accepting a constitution not based on Islamic Shariah law, according to a recording released Sunday.June 10, 2012
Al-Qaida's No. 2 reported killed by US in Pakistan
August 29, 2011
Turn to kidnapping showed bin Laden's interest
WASHINGTON — Pressured by increased scrutiny of terrorist money sources and strikes aimed at its financiers, al-Qaida's core organization in Pakistan has turned to kidnapping for ransom to offset dwindling cash reserves, according to U.S. officials and information in files retrieved from Osama bin Laden's compound.By By Stephen Braun, The Associated Press , June 19, 2011
Taliban attack US vehicles in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Taliban car bomb struck an armored vehicle taking American government employees to the U.S consulate in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said, in a strike the militants said was in revenge for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.By By Nahal Toosi, The Associated Press , May 20, 2011
Report: Would-be plane bombers post attack details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida of the Arabian Peninsula is promising more small-scale attacks like its attempts to bomb two U.S.-bound cargo planes, which it likens to bleeding its enemy to death by a thousand cuts, in a special edition of the Yemeni-based group's English on-line magazine, Inspire.November 21, 2010
Mail bombs 4 times larger than Christmas plot
WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida's top bombmaker raised his game, officials believe, by following his miss on a crowded U.S.-bound passenger jet last Christmas with four times more explosives packed into bombs hidden last week on flights from Yemen.By By Geir Moulson, The Associated Press , November 01, 2010
Top al-Qaida leaders killed in Iraq
The U.S. and Iraq claimed a major victory against al-Qaida on Monday, saying their forces killed the terror group’s two top figures in this country in an air and ground assault on their safehouse near Saddam Hussein’s hometown.By By David Rising, The Associated Press , April 20, 2010
Ukraine to give up nuclear materials
President Barack Obama optimistically opened a 47-nation nuclear summit Monday, boosted by Ukraine’s announcement that it will give up its weapons-grade uranium. More sobering: The White House counterterror chief warned that al-Qaida is vigorously pursuing ingredients and expertise for a bomb. At the same time, Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao sought agreement on potential sanctions to discourage Iran’s efforts to come up with its own nuclear weapon.By By Robert Burns, The Associated Press , April 13, 2010
Was Rumsfeld a torturer?
Despite the repeated calls for an independent bipartisan investigation of those at the highest level of our government responsible for authorizing the torture policy that provided al-Qaida with an effective recruiting instrument, the stubborn fact now is the same as reported by Jane Mayer in “The Dark Side” (an indispensable book based on Dick Cheney’s forecast five days after 9/11 on how the U.S. war on terrorism would be waged).By Nat Henthoff, First Amendment , March 31, 2010
Interrogate or kill? It’s up to Obama
On Sept. 14 in Somalia, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a long-sought link between al-Qaida and its East African allies, was in a vehicle bombed by a helicopter flying from an American ship off the Somali coast. As Karen DeYoung and Joby Warrick reported in a front-page Washington Post story — “Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counterterrorism efforts” (Feb. 13) — another U.S. helicopter “set down long enough for troops to scoop up enough of (Nabhan’s) remains for DNA verification.”By Nat Henthoff, First Amendment , February 24, 2010
Al-Qaida threats close U.S., British embassies
The U.S. and Britain locked up their embassies in Yemen on Sunday after fresh threats from al-Qaida, and the White House expressed alarm at the terror group’s expanded reach in the poor Arab nation where an offshoot apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner.By By Anne Gearan and Lee Keath, The Associated Press , January 04, 2010
Al-Qaida hunted in Yemen
Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaida hideout and set off a gunbattle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner. The fighting took place in an al-Qaida stronghold in western Yemen that served as a safehaven for most of the attackers of the U.S. Embassy in 2008, killing 10 Yemeni guards and four civilians. A government statement said at least one suspected militant was arrested during the clashes.By By Ahmed Al-Haj and Donna Aby-Nasr, The Associated Press , December 31, 2009
Afghan plan coming soon
War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thousands more U.S. troops. He is expected to make his case to the nation in a Tuesday night speech, even as the military completes plans to begin sending in reinforcements in the spring.By By Anne Gearan, The Associated Press , November 25, 2009
Little-known Egyptian is key al-Qaida figure
He’s a heavyweight in al-Qaida but little known outside jihadi and intelligence circles even though he runs the terrorist movement’s operations in a key front — Afghanistan — and may be linked to a plot in New York.By By Robert H. Reid, The Associated Press , October 16, 2009
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