News tagged with 'al qaeda'. Found 145 tagged news.

Warning!!! Al Qaeda Plans Target New York trains, FBI says

New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago

Posted by cooldiponline

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal authorities have received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al Qaeda may have discussed targeting transit systems in or around New York, the Department of Homeland Security said.   "These discussions reportedly...

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Pakistan is al Qaeda's main focus: US commander

Karāchi :: Pakistan | 5 days ago

Pakistan has replaced Iraq as al Qaeda's main focus, a senior US military commander told the Wall Street Journal . "Iraq is now a rear-guard action on the part of al Qaeda," General James Conway, the head of the Marine Corps and a member of the Joint...

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US Muslims reject ?Al Qaeda slurs?

Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 days ago

Muslim organisations across the United States have rejected Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri's threatening rhetoric and racist slur contained in a newly released video, pointing out that the terrorist group does not speak for Muslims in this country...

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Straw condemns prisoners' stand-up comedy course

London :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago

The minister forced managers at Whitemoor Prison to cancel the lessons immediately because funding them with taxpayers' money could not be justified. According to the Sun, course candidates included al-Quaida terrorist Zia Ul Haq, who had plotted bomb...

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Pakistan Taleban quits peace deal

Islamabad :: Pakistan | 12 days ago

A spokesman for a Taleban commander in Pakistan's tribal region of Waziristan has said his group is pulling out of a peace deal with the government. Hafiz Gul Bahadur, one of the two main commanders for North Waziristan, has been at peace with the army...

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Missile attack kills four in NW Pakistan

Islamabad :: Pakistan | 13 days ago

At least four people were killed in a missile attack in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, private TV channel Geo reported.     Some unknown militants fired a missile in Andi Khel area of Frontier Region of Bannu district in North West Frontier Province,...

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Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia: What air strikes?

Karāchi :: Pakistan | 16 days ago

THE US and Pakistani governments have reached a tacit agreement on air strikes on Pakistani territory that have threatened the war on terror. Islamabad allows them while continuing to complain about them and Washington never acknowledges them, the Washington...

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Al-Qaida in Yemen claims US Embassy attack

Sanaa :: Yemen | 17 days ago

A group that monitors extremist Web sites says al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing outside the U.S...Thirteen people died in the attack, including an 18-year-old American woman of Yemeni origin.

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US missile attack kills 12 in Pak

Karāchi :: Pakistan | 17 days ago

Pakistani officials said the attack targeted a house in a remote village on the border between North and South Waziristan, where Mehsud, an al Qaeda ally, has been bottled up by Pakistani forces since early this year. Frustrated by fighters from Pakistan...

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CIA head says bin Laden isolated, fighting to survive

Washington :: DC :: USA | 18 days ago

Posted by pranay

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. intelligence agencies believe Osama bin Laden is isolated from al Qaeda and spending much of his energy merely surviving, the head of the CIA said on Thursday. CIA Director Michael Hayden said hunting down bin Laden remains his...

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