Posts Tagged ‘alQaida’
Al-Awlaki: From voice for jihad to al-Qaida figure (AP)
AP – The heavy black beard spoke of Islamic piety, the fashionable wire-rim glasses of Western style.
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US strike kills American al-Qaida cleric in Yemen (AP)
AP – In a significant new blow to al-Qaida, U.S. airstrikes in the mountains of Yemen on Friday killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American militant cleric who became a prominent figure in the terror network’s most dangerous branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits for attacks in the United States.
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Prominent US-born al-Qaida cleric killed in Yemen (AP)
AP – Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in al-Qaida’s most active branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks in the United States, was killed Friday in the mountains of Yemen, American and Yemeni officials said.
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Officials chase unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb threat (AP)
AP – Just days before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. counterterrorism officials were chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington. It was the first “active plot” timed to coincide with the somber commemoration of the terror group’s 9/11 attacks a decade ago that killed nearly 3,000 people.
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Officials chase unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb plot (AP)
AP – U.S. officials said Thursday they were investigating a credible but unconfirmed threat that al-Qaida was planning to use a car bomb to target bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the first tip of an “active plot” around that date.
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Pakistan detains top al-Qaida suspect (AP)
AP – A battered al-Qaida suffered another significant blow when Pakistani agents working with the CIA arrested a senior leader believed to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the globe, Pakistan announced Monday.
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Pakistan detains 3 al-Qaida suspects (AP)
AP – Pakistan’s spy agency arrested three senior members of al-Qaida in an operation assisted by American intelligence, the army said Monday.
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