Tag: Qaeda
New Qaeda video urges individual jihad
Al Qaeda has released a two-part 100-minute video apparently produced after the death of Osama bin Laden that calls for individual acts of jihad...
Suspected Qaeda militants kill 6 soldiers in south Yemen
suspected Al-Qaeda militant killed two Yemeni soldiers in the southern city of Zinjibar on Monday, an army officer said, after four troops were...
Top Qaeda leader killed in drone attack
Al Qaeda has lost its high-profile religious figure Salim al Laibi in a recent US drone attack near the town of Mirali in North...
Adel Qaeda’s interim chief
Al Qaeda has appointed an Egyptian militant as temporary leader and named a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden...
Qaeda has appointed a caretaker pending succession: expert
A leading specialist on al Qaeda said on Tuesday an Egyptian veteran militant was acting as an interim operational leader pending the expected appointment...
Senior Qaeda man held, US wants more
As the US has now, after the elimination of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, focused itself on locating the whereabouts of other equally...
5 Yemen soldiers killed in suspected Qaeda ambush
Suspected Al-Qaeda rebels ambushed an army vehicle and killed five soldiers near the Yemeni town of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, on Friday,...
SAS to help US hunt down Qaeda leaders
British Prime Minister David Cameron told the White House on Sunday that he intended to stand shoulder to shoulder with US President Barack Obama...
Osama is dead, confirms Qaeda
Al Qaeda said it would soon release an audio tape from Osama bin Laden, made a week before he was killed by US forces,...
US drone targets Saudi Qaeda chief, kills two
A US drone attacked a Saudi Al-Qaeda leader in southern Yemen on Thursday, but missed him and killed two local members of the militant...
Yemen’s Qaeda vows to avenge bin Laden’s death
A leader of Al Qaeda's branch in restive southern Yemen on Wednesday vowed revenge for the US killing of the worldwide network's founder Osama...
Bin Laden’s death raises Qaeda threat in Africa: Mali
Osama Bin Laden's killing risks fuelling the threat of Islamic militancy in north Africa, scene of kidnappings and attacks by loyalists of his Al...
Pentagon chief: Iran, Qaeda will exploit Arab unrest
CAMP LIBERTY - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in Iraq Thursday that Iran and extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda would try to exploit the unrest sweeping the Arab world.
"Yemen has really eased up the pressure on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," Gates said, referring to the militant group's affiliate in Yemen, which is witnessing a popular uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"It's also a concern that the internal security services of many of these
"Yemen has really eased up the pressure on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," Gates said, referring to the militant group's affiliate in Yemen, which is witnessing a popular uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"It's also a concern that the internal security services of many of these
Al Qaeda coming back to Afghanistan: WSJ
WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda militants are gradually returning to eastern Afghanistan and setting up bases for the first time in years, exploiting a withdrawal of US troops in the area, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The trend has alarmed and discouraged US officials who had seen Al Qaeda as a seriously weakened force in Afghanistan with only a couple of dozen fighters on the ground, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed US, Afghan and Taliban sources.
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The trend has alarmed and discouraged US officials who had seen Al Qaeda as a seriously weakened force in Afghanistan with only a couple of dozen fighters on the ground, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed US, Afghan and Taliban sources.
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Al Qaeda wants 90-million-euro ransom for French hostages
GAO - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is demanding at least 90 million euros in ransom for the release of four French hostages held since September, a source close to mediators said on Monday.
The French people were kidnapped in September 2010 in neighbouring Niger, where France has a large stake in uranium mining, and are still being held hostage in the desert. "The kidnappers are demanding at least 90 million euros (128 million dollars) to release the four French
The French people were kidnapped in September 2010 in neighbouring Niger, where France has a large stake in uranium mining, and are still being held hostage in the desert. "The kidnappers are demanding at least 90 million euros (128 million dollars) to release the four French
‘Qaeda routes funds to India via Europe’
LAHORE - European countries are being used as hot destinations by al Qaeda to route money to India, Indian newspaper The Hindustan Times quoted a report by Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) - disclosed by WikiLeaks - as stating. The report stated that the FIU had found at least one such suspicious transaction by al Qaeda every month and shared them with investigators from the United States.
"The FIU also reports tracking cases similar to that of an OFAC-designated (US
"The FIU also reports tracking cases similar to that of an OFAC-designated (US
Arab protest wave undermines al Qaeda, Iran: US
WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday that protests across the Arab world have dealt a major setback to Al Qaeda militants and Iran by endorsing democratic change.
"It basically gives the lie to Al Qaeda's claim that the only way to get rid of authoritarian governments is through extremist violence," Gates told reporters. With a wave of unrest and protests toppling regimes in Egypt and Tunisia and prompting reforms elsewhere, Gates said grassroots
"It basically gives the lie to Al Qaeda's claim that the only way to get rid of authoritarian governments is through extremist violence," Gates told reporters. With a wave of unrest and protests toppling regimes in Egypt and Tunisia and prompting reforms elsewhere, Gates said grassroots
