Al Qaeda
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What About the Innocents?
The American Scene &bull 1 Hour AgoAndrew McCarthy continues to write as though every detainee ever held at Guantanamo Bay is a member of al Qaeda. Nowhere does he acknowledge that some people designated as enemy combatants by the Bush Administration were actually innocent, or that… Full Story »
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Lonely jihad mom found pals in terror
New York Post &bull 1 Hour Ago
The Colorado woman who ran off to Europe to raise her young son among hate-filled jihadists was roped in by Islamic fundamentalists who gave her the attention she craved, her mother said yesterday. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, converted to Islam over… Full Story »
Lawrence Wright - The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda And the Road to 9/11
sponsored listing • Shopping.comThis in-depth pre-history of the 9/11 bombings focuses on Osama bin Laden, his fellow leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the rise of al-Qaeda, including its sources in the writings of the philosopher Sayyid Qutb, who visited New York City in the 1940s and was repelled by what he saw as Western decadence....Full Story »
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Yemen launches airstrike on al-Qaida hideout
Seattle Times &bull Yesterday
The airstrike was carried out Sunday in Yemen's Abyan province. Yemen's ministry of defense, in a statement released by the embassy, said the al-Qaida group was planning "an imminent attack on a strategic installation" in retaliation for stepped-up counterterrorism efforts.… Full Story »
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Militant with money links leads Abu Sayyaf faction
Seattle Times &bull Yesterday
The United States last year offered $500,000 for information leading to the capture or killing of Mundus, who was arrested by Philippine authorities in 2004 but escaped from a local jail in 2007. While in police custody, Mundus confessed to… Full Story »
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Irish police release US woman held in alleged plot
Seattle Times &bull Mar 13, 2010
Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christina Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted to Islam and told them they'd go to hell if they didn't follow… Full Story »
Lawrence Wright - The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
sponsored listing • Shopping.comExploring both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks interweaves the stories of four men--Al Qaeda leaders Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, FBI counterrorism head John O'Neill, and Prince Turki al-Faisal, former chief of Saudi intelligence--in the story of the people...Full Story »
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How he did it: NJ 'Qaeda' tricked, killed guard
New York Post &bull Mar 13, 2010
SAN'A, Yemen - An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said today. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapon as he… Full Story »
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In which permanent war is located
The American Scene &bull Mar 13, 2010The Al Qaeda Seven debate puts me back in the frame of mind of puzzling out some of the larger-scale oddities in the Cheneyite wing of American foreign policy thinking, which is to say I'm about to sketch a broad… Full Story »
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Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard
Seattle Times &bull Mar 13, 2010
The U.S. al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen had persuaded his guard to unshackle him so the two could pray together and then snatched his unattended gun and killed him during the suspect's failed escape attempt, senior security officials said Saturday.… Full Story »
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Yemen terrorist worked at US nuke plants
New York Post &bull Mar 13, 2010
An American busted in a recent raid on al Qaeda in Yemen worked at nuclear-plant complexes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. New Jersey-raised Sharif Mobley was among 11 suspects rounded up in Sana, Yemen's capital, in early March, a… Full Story »
John Gray - Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern
sponsored listing • Shopping.comSocial and political theorists have commonly assumed that the world was set on a course in which every society would eventually become modern--and that modernity meant the same everywhere. Political leaders, policy-makers, and academics took for granted that it was only a matter of time before the entire...Full Story »
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US Reports Steady Progress in Afghanistan
Voice of America &bull Mar 13, 2010
This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama meeting with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010, in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington. White House officials say U.S.… Full Story »
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Qari Zai Rahman survived Bajaur strike: Taliban leader
The Long War Journal &bull Mar 12, 2010
A top Taliban and al Qaeda commander who operated on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border was not killed during airstrikes in Mohmand, according to a senior Taliban leader. Qari Zia Rahman survived the March 5 airstrikes in the Mohmand… Full Story »
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AP source: NJ man may have sought terror groups
Seattle Times &bull Mar 12, 2010
A law enforcement official says a New Jersey man charged in Yemen with being a member of al-Qaida traveled to that country with the goal of joining a terrorist group. A law enforcement official says a New Jersey man charged… Full Story »
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Another Weak Defense of Keep America Safe
The American Scene &bull Mar 12, 2010Today, titled "No right to Counsel: Of all the causes to volunteer for, these lawyers chose our enemies," is unpersuasive and wrongheaded. Maybe. Reasonable people can differ on that. But on the general question of whether it's permissible in a democratic society to criticize lawyers for the kinds of clients they take, I'm baffled as to how this suddenly became a serious debate. And on the question of whether it is legitimate to question the past clients of lawyers working in the Justice Department, all I can say is "huh?" Mr. Goldberg's argument is misleading - he makes it appear… Full Story »
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Ex-CIA Spy Recounts Torture, Tension Hunting Al Qaeda Terrorists
U.S. News & World Report &bull Mar 12, 2010
One of the most useful tools that the CIA used to track al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah was a large sheet of butcher paper taped to an office wall, on which agents charted out his known associates. Imagine their frustration when, right after they'd captured Zubaydah in 2002, FBI agents sealed his cellphone in an evidence bag. Tempers flared when the phone rang and the FBI wouldn't let the CIA see who… Full Story »
Lawrence Wright - The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Library Edition
sponsored listing • Shopping.comThis in-depth pre-history of the 9/11 bombings focuses on Osama bin Laden, his fellow leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the rise of al-Qaeda, including its sources in the writings of the philosopher Sayyid Qutb, who visited New York City in the 1940s and was repelled by what he saw as Western decadence....Full Story »
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Mitchell Bard: Fearful and Scheming Republicans Are Playing into al-Qaida's Strategy
Huffington Post &bull Mar 12, 2010
You might have missed an AP article on al-Qaida that slipped nearly unnoticed through yesterday's news cycle. The piece reports that the terrorist operation is... Full Story »
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The F Word: Aren't We Cheneyed Out Yet?
AlterNet &bull Mar 12, 2010
Liz is playing from a battered old family play book. Shortly after September 11, it was her mother out there, accusing people of lack of patriotism. Not to be outdone by his women, barely a month has passed between 2001… Full Story »
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Al-Qaida: Freed Spanish hostage converted to Islam
Seattle Times &bull Mar 12, 2010
An al-Qaida offshoot in North Africa says it released a Spanish woman who spent 100 days as a hostage in Mauritania because she voluntarily converted to Islam. An al-Qaida offshoot in North Africa says it released a Spanish woman who… Full Story »
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Matt Finkelstein: Republicans Still Lying About Christmas Bomber
Huffington Post &bull Mar 12, 2010
Last week, the Washington Postreported that the Obama administration is considering abandoning its plans to hold a civilian trial for Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, in favor of a military commission. The news has attracted faint praise from… Full Story »
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Marc Thiessen Continues His Disjointed Attacks on the American Justice System
AlterNet &bull Mar 12, 2010
Despite the backlash from prominent conservative lawyers against Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe's "al Qaeda 7 ad that questions the loyalty of Justice Department lawyers who worked on behalf of detainees, some on the right have risen to Cheney's… Full Story »
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NJ man linked to al Qaeda worked at US nuclear plants
New York Post &bull Mar 12, 2010
BUENA, N.J. - Sharif Mobley, who is in custody in Yemen as a suspected member of the same branch of al-Qaida that's linked to the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt of a Detroit-bound jet, worked for a time at several… Full Story »
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