Tag: al-Qaida
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Timbuktu’s famed manuscripts escaped al-Qaida but the threat remains
Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida -linked extremists swept into the ... -
Al-Qaida’s Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances
The leader of Yemen’s branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on ... -
Al-Qaida in Yemen urges local and international jihad
The al-Qaida offshoot that claimed to have masterminded the bloody rampage in France has been the most active of the terror network’s branches in trying to ... -
US AIRSTRIKES | Obama: US ‘underestimated’ Islamic State threat
President Barack Obama acknowledged that U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated the threat from Islamic State militants in the Middle East and overestimated the ability and will of ... -
JORDAN | Court acquits radical cleric Abu Qatada of terrorism charges
A Jordanian court yesterday acquitted radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada — known for his fiery pro-al-Qaida speeches — of involvement in a plot to target Israeli ... -
KHORASAN GROUP | Obama opens a new front against al-Qaida
The U.S. decision to strike the Khorasan Group to stop a possible terror attack represents a significant expansion of the largely secret war against core al-Qaida, ...
