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Iraq seeking new US aid after pushing out troops
World | Oct 31, 2013, 09:31 AM ISTWashington : Nearly two years after pushing out the U.S. military, Iraq is asking for more American weapons, training and manpower to help fight a bloody resurgence of al-Qaida that has unleashed a level of
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Al-Qaida gunmen overrun major Yemen military base
World | Sep 30, 2013, 11:31 PM ISTSanaa, Yemen: Suspected al-Qaida gunmen dressed in fatigues and riding in military trucks overran a key army base in eastern Yemen on Monday, security officials said, holding captive high-ranking officers and soldiers inside in the
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Al-Qaida gunmen seize town in northern Syria
World | Sep 19, 2013, 10:07 PM ISTDamascus: Al-Qaida militants in northern Syria captured a town near the Turkish border Thursday following heavy clashes with Western-backed rebels, prompting the closure of a nearby frontier crossing, activists and Turkish officials said. It was
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Al-Qaida in Iraq calls on Egyptians to fight army
World | Aug 31, 2013, 05:58 PM ISTCairo: A leader of al-Qaida's Iraqi branch called Saturday on Egyptians to fight their army and derided the Muslim Brotherhood as “evil” for seeking power through democracy.The audio message by Abu Mohammed al-Adnani highlights the
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Al-Qaida: We will try to free Guantanamo inmates
World | Jul 31, 2013, 08:44 PM ISTBaghdad, Jul 31: Al-Qaida's leader said in remarks posted on Wednesday that a prisoners' hunger strike in Guantanamo Bay has revealed the “odious” face of America and claims that the terror network will spare no
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Al-Qaeda Yemen branch confirms its No. 2 killed
World | Jul 17, 2013, 06:40 PM ISTSanaa (Yemen), July 17:The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaeda confirmed on Wednesday that the group's No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike.The announcement, posted on militant websites, gave
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Al-Qaida said to be changing its ways after Snowden's leaks
World | Jun 26, 2013, 05:47 PM ISTWashington, Jun 26: US intelligence agencies are scrambling to salvage their surveillance of al-Qaida and other terrorists who are working frantically to change how they communicate after a National Security Agency contractor leaked details of
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Two attacks in Iraq kill three soldiers, three civilians
World | Apr 05, 2013, 04:16 PM ISTBaghdad, Apr 5: Iraqi officials say two bomb attacks have killed six people in two cities.In the first incident on Friday, a police officer said attackers detonated a bomb as an army jeep was driving
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Al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri gives jehad call over Prophet film
World | Oct 13, 2012, 06:26 PM ISTCairo, Oct 13: The leader of Al-Qaida has urged Muslims to wage holy war against the United States and Israel over a film that insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Ayman al-Zawahri praised as "honest and zealous"
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France to outlaw visits to terrorist training camps
World | Oct 04, 2012, 05:46 PM ISTParis, Oct 4: The French government unveiled Wednesday a bill that will outlaw visits to terrorist training camps as part of the country's crackdown on surging terrorist threats, a government statement said.The legislation presented by
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Al-Qaida calls for attacks on US diplomats
World | Sep 18, 2012, 05:14 PM ISTCairo, Sep18: Al-Qaida's branch in North Africa on Tuesday called for attacks on US diplomats and an escalation of protests against an anti-Islam video that was produced in the United States and triggered a wave
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At least three killed in Iraq's car bomb attack, 14 wounded
World | Jul 11, 2012, 11:31 AM ISTBaghdad, Jul 11: A bomb blast in a bus killed at least three and wounded more than 14 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.The bomb exploded in Sadr City, a Shiite district in northeastern
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Two men accused of being Al-Qaeda members in Nigeria violence
World | Jul 06, 2012, 08:35 AM ISTAbuja (Nigeria), Jul 6: Prosecutors in Nigeria have charged two Nigerian men with being members of al-Qaida and recruiting new members to train in Yemen.Olaniyi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, pleaded not guilty Thursday
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Islamists continue destroying Timbuktu heritage
World | Jul 02, 2012, 05:20 PM ISTMali, Jul 2: A resident of the north Mali city of Timbuktu says that fighters belonging to an al-Qaida-linked faction continued the destruction of the city's UNESCO-heritage sites.Aboubacrine Cisse, who lives in Timbuktu, says that
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US hacked Yemeni al-Qaida sites says Clinton
World | May 24, 2012, 07:48 AM ISTTampa, Florida, May 24 : The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida -- hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen.In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists,
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UN lists Kashmiri as 'reported dead' in updated sanctions list
World | May 20, 2012, 03:01 PM ISTNew york, May 20: Almost a year after key 26/11 suspect Ilyas Kashmiri was reported killed in a drone strike, the United Nations has updated his status as "reported dead" in a sanctions list of
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Car bomb explodes near security agencies in Syria
World | May 19, 2012, 02:15 PM ISTBeirut, May 19: A strong explosion shook Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, apparently targeting a security agency in the latest of a wave of blasts to hit the country in recent months, state
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No Sign French Suspect Had Al-Qaida Ties, Says Official
World | Mar 24, 2012, 09:10 AM ISTParis, Mar 24: Investigators have found no signs the suspected gunman behind a deadly string of attacks in southern France was under orders from al-Qaida or any militant group, a top French official said Friday—disputing
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German-Afghan Man Being Tried On Al-Qaida Charges
World | Mar 20, 2012, 09:49 AM ISTKoblenz (Germany), Mar 20: A German-Afghan man whose information prompted terrorism warnings across Europe in 2010 has gone on trial in Germany on charges he was a member of al-Qaida and another terrorist group.Ahmad Wali
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Al-Qaida In Yemen Captures Town South Of Capital
World | Jan 16, 2012, 02:47 PM ISTSanaa, Jan 16: Al-Qaida militants seized full control of a town south of the Yemeni capital on Monday, overrunning army positions, storming the local prison and freeing its inmates, security officials said.The capture of Radda