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Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls (AP)

FILE - A Monday July 26, 2010 photo from files showing David Jakobsen as he was lead out of Oslo municipal court.He is one of three presently accused of plotting acts of terrorism. When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month, they insisted the public was never in danger despite turning up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building. An Associated Press investigation shows authorities learned early on about the alleged cell by intercepting e-mails from an al-Qaida operative in Pakistan and — thanks to those early warnings — were able to secretly replace a key bomb-making ingredient with a harmless liquid when one of the suspects ordered it at an Oslo pharmacy. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Erlend Aas, File) ** NORWAY OUT **AP – When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month they turned up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building.


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AP Exclusive: New al-Qaida leader knows US well (AP)

Adnan Shukrijumah, 35, is shown in these undated images provided by the FBI. The suspected al-Qaida operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks. (AP Photo/FBI)AP – A suspected al-Qaida operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network’s global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks.


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France declares war against al-Qaida (AP)

A photo released Monday July 26, 2010 by the City of Marcoussis, south of Paris, showing French aid group Enimilal member, Michel Germaneau, in 2007. The leader of al-Qaida's North African branch (AQIM) said in a message broadcast Sunday that the 78-year-old French engineer was killed in retaliation for the killing of six al-Qaida members in a raid. Humanitarian worker Michel Germaneau was abducted April 22 in Niger. (AP Photo/Mairie de Marcoussis/Enmilal)AP – France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network’s North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.


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New al-Qaida threat: Somali group claims blasts (AP)

Damaged chairs and tables amongst the debris strewn outside the restaurant 'Ethiopian village' in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, July 12, 2010 after an explosion at the restaurant late Sunday. Simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant, killing at least 64 people including one American, officials said. Police feared an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group was behind the attacks.  (AP Photo/Marc Hofer)AP – East Africa saw the emergence of a new international terrorist group Monday, as Somalia’s most dangerous al-Qaida-linked militia claimed responsibility for the twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people during the World Cup.


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Officials: Al-Qaida plotted bombings in Europe, US (AP)

Armed police patrol the streets of Oslo ahead of a NATO ministerial meeting in 2007. Three people with links to Al-Qaeda have been arrested in Norway and Germany for planning terror attacks, Norway's security police service has said.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Heiko Junge)AP – Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday for what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans to bomb New York’s subway and blow up a shopping mall in England.


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Officials: 3 arrested in Norway al-Qaida bomb plot (AP)

AP – Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday morning in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and England.

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CIA chief Panetta: US has driven back al-Qaida (AP)

Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta speaks with reporters at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va. Senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 Al-Qaida can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP – The U.S. has driven al-Qaida into hiding and undermined its leadership, but is struggling to oust its primary sympathizer, the Taliban, from Afghanistan, the nation’s spymaster said Sunday.


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