| 单词 | Qaeda |
| 例句 | It’s also al- Qaeda and other terrorist networks. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “You guys are al Qaeda,” the soldier said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Grudin argues that had the Twin Towers been less conspicuous, they may not have been targeted by Al Qaeda. Heroes and Villains in the Pantheon of Design 2010-04-25T13:50:00Z By Michael Scheuer.The author, who once headed the C.I.A.’s Osama bin Laden unit, dissects the puritanical religious views that informed the Al Qaeda leader’s thinking. ArtsBeat: A Survey of Books About Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda 2011-05-02T07:50:50Z The attacks in Anbar, once Iraq's most violent province, raise concern that Iraq's branch of al Qaeda may regain a foothold there after the withdrawal of U.S. troops in December. Gunmen kill 27 in raids on west Iraq checkpoints 2012-03-05T11:41:03Z He regards the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a recruiting bonanza for Al Qaeda and a great gift for Bin Laden. ArtsBeat: A Survey of Books About Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda 2011-05-02T07:50:50Z But the second season saw a backlash against what many critics viewed as improbable plot twists around Carrie and Brody, the rescued POW turned al Qaeda agent played by British actor Damian Lewis. After Emmys slip, 'Homeland' turns to new season to regain footing 2013-09-23T21:31:02Z The lies behind the rush to war are never explored explicitly, nor is the war in Afghanistan or any debate regarding America’s general strategies against Al Qaeda. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z In other parts of the world they join ISIS, Al Qaeda or other terrorist organizations. After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z This was a recipe for chaos, and such was the fractious, fractured nature of the conflict that over time even the hardened, disciplined fighters linked to Al Qaeda fought among themselves. War Without End 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In early February of this year, a Syrian rebel group with historic links to Al Qaeda shot down a Russian fighter jet near the small town of Saraqeb. War Without End 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z She was put on a Qaeda hit list and called an anti-Muslim “extremist” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Muslim Men and Western Women 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Navy SEALs shot bin Laden last year in a raid on the al Qaeda leader's compound in before dawn on May 2 local time, which was May 1 in the United States. U.S. on guard for attacks ahead of bin Laden anniversary 2012-04-27T06:04:03Z Or, much more likely in the needle-in-a-haystack world of cyber detection, it might lead to nothing at all — at least nothing of any consequence in determining Al Qaeda’s next target. Books of The Times: The People We Pay to Look Over Our Shoulders 2010-02-22T23:10:00Z She also directed "Zero Dark Thirty," the 2012 thriller about the U.S. military mission to hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Director of harrowing 'Detroit' hopes film starts dialogue on race 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Later, al Qaeda is shown using humiliation in martyrdom tapes with participants chanting "we will not accept humiliation." Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z We don’t glean much here about whether Al Qaeda members are learning the lessons America is trying to teach them. Books of The Times: ?Counterstrike,? by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker ? Review 2011-09-04T22:27:46Z Wright also details his personal journey and connections with al Qaeda. Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z Whoa, Li’l Qaeda: FBI informant sent to surveil California mosque for terrorists talks so violently of jihad that he’s reported to the 5. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-12-08T23:58:00Z Therefore we looked at the rise of Al Qaeda, and that was in the ’80s.” Sept. 11 Memorial Museum’s Fraught Task: To Tell the Truth 2012-06-02T16:26:23Z Writer Mark Boal won the Writers Guild of America award for Best Original Screenplay for "Zero Dark Thirty," which chronicles the intense U.S. manhunt and daring raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo" win top Writers Guild Awards 2013-02-18T05:30:40Z Al Qaeda shows off panel bombs in an online magazine. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-11-24T20:50:00Z The victory for the United States during the 14 years, he says, is the decimation of Al Qaeda’s core of operatives who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks. Review: In ‘The Spymasters,’ C.I.A. Leaders Recount Tactics of the Post-9/11 Years 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Tribal "awakening" militia joined U.S. forces and forced al Qaeda out. Gunmen kill 27 in raids on west Iraq checkpoints 2012-03-05T11:41:03Z Hitchens understood the secular nature of Saddam’s Ba’ath Party, which made all the more puzzling and problematic his stubborn insistence that Saddam was colluding with Al Qaeda. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z The brick is in a display case along with the sand-colored shirt worn by a member of the Navy SEALs who stormed the Qaeda leader’s hide-out. Coming of Age as a Guide at Ground Zero 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Leonard's new book, "Djibouti," is set in the Horn of Africa and is populated by pirates, al Qaeda operatives, an eccentric billionaire, a truth-seeking journalist and her sassy assistant. Author Leonard dislikes eBooks, still loves movies 2010-10-15T19:51:00Z A more historically accurate description might be: 8:46:40, Al Qaeda terrorists crash AA 11 into 1 W.T.C. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z Most of them knew less about Al Qaeda than I did. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z "Zero Dark Thirty" is not unkind to the CIA: it shows the extraordinary lengths operatives and analysts went to to find the al Qaeda chief, with several dying during the manhunt. CIA officials invisible at Washington premiere of bin Laden film 2013-01-09T23:01:17Z Mohammed was accused of belonging to an Al Qaeda cell in London in 1998. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z And the exhibition’s second section is devoted to a survey of Al Qaeda. Recalling Sept. 11 by Inverting a Museum’s Usual Role 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It would seem so, but astonishingly, if the section about Al Qaeda were excised, little else at the museum would be affected; that is how disjointed the portrayal is. Recalling Sept. 11 by Inverting a Museum’s Usual Role 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z And a third seems to admire “anarcho-Islam and the founding of Al Qaeda,” while attacking the American “racist Orientalist fantasy” of Islamic terror. Governors Island as Playground for the Arts 2010-08-13T00:29:00Z He had embraced Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen and had participated in plots to blow up American airplanes. Review: Scott Shane’s ‘Objective Troy,’ on Killing the American Jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z So what is Al Qaeda’s future around the world? Books of The Times: Al Qaeda And the U.S., Still Battling 2011-01-17T22:29:14Z "From his remote base in Yemen, al Qaeda leader and U.S. national Anwar al-Awlaki broadcasts propaganda and terrorist instruction in fluent English, over the Internet," he said. American-born al Qaeda leader killed 2011-09-30T10:07:00Z Mr. Smith takes this indictment further than others by criticizing even the decision to go to war in Afghanistan, suggesting that it was a mistake to conflate the Taliban with Al Qaeda. Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Now, only that he joined Al Qaeda, which he never disputed, and remained a member, which he has always denied. ‘Guantánamo Diary,’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z But in early 2012 an alliance of Tuareg separatists and jihadists from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb occupied the north and imposed sharia law. Along the Niger River, the Beat of the Sahel 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He noted that he ended a war, pursued Al Qaeda, and kept the "basic promise" of the 2008 campaign by enacting healthcare reform. Stars come out for Obama in $15M fundraiser 2012-05-11T05:58:00Z El Khalifi thought he was dealing with members of al Qaeda, but they were really undercover agents, officials said. Suspect arrested in Capitol suicide attack plot 2012-02-17T23:11:00Z To discredit Al Qaeda with the Muslim public, officials sought “to create a constant drumbeat of anti-Al Qaeda information that was factual, directly quoted and heavily sourced,” as one White House official described it. Books of The Times: ?Counterstrike,? by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker ? Review 2011-09-04T22:27:46Z Former statesmen and intelligence analysts appear, warning of an al Qaeda bomb that might one day be built from unregulated fissile materials on black markets. From bomb silo to big screen, an anti-nuclear quest 2011-06-17T06:56:07Z Like that bomb, this device bears the forensic signature of feared Al Qaeda bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan Asiri, who was born in Saudi Arabia and is believed to be hiding in Yemen. Double agent brought down underwear plot 2012-05-08T22:52:00Z The al Qaeda splinter group's changing name — Islamic State, ISIS, ISIL, IS — seems about the only aspect of the terrorist organization that hasn't been branded as carefully as a new Apple product. Islamic State's soft weapon of choice: social media 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The Department of Homeland Security, which said only last week that there was no credible information that al Qaeda was plotting an attack around the September 11 anniversary, declined to offer details on the threat. 'Credible' threat targets 9/11 memorials 2011-09-09T02:35:00Z The man is calling for recruits to join the Al Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda affiliate that makes up part of Syria’s fragmented armed opposition fighting the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad. Why are Europeans waging jihad in Syria? 2013-05-10T18:25:00Z “Is Al Qaeda living in my hair?” he asks insistently. ‘The Uprising,’ a Masterpiece of iPhone Cinema 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z An American Marine turned Qaeda agent may not be the most imminent threat, but betrayal is a favorite theme in espionage dramas. Television Review: ?Homeland,? Starring Claire Danes, on Showtime ? Review 2011-09-29T16:32:19Z At a black site in Kandahar, he and other men swept up by the Americans were stripped naked, beaten, piled on top of one another and interrogated about their links to Al Qaeda. He Spent 14 Years at Guantánamo. This Is His Story. 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z She also directed "Zero Dark Thirty," the 2012 thriller about the U.S. military mission to hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Director of harrowing 'Detroit' hopes film starts dialogue on race 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z In Mr. Bergen’s view, however, a bigger threat in the United States is posed by lone-wolf terrorists, ones inspired by the Islamic State or Qaeda affiliated groups over the web. Review: Peter Bergen’s ‘United States of Jihad’ Surveys Homegrown Terrorism 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z One of the things I remember hearing very early on was how Al Qaeda began to spin events on the ground. ‘Homeland’ Showrunner Declassifies the Series Finale 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z The bride’s father is a staff writer, based in Austin, for New Yorker magazine; he won a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for his book, “The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.” Caroline Wright, Diego Garcia-Olano 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z In the film, Clarke, who famously apologized to victims for government failure to prevent the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington attributed to Al Qaeda, criticizes over-reliance by intelligence experts on technology. Too much technology hampered 9/11 security: film 2010-02-19T21:58:00Z And while an event like the al Qaeda bombing of US embassies in Africa, in retrospect, seems far more important than the Lewinsky investigation, it and the response get only scant minutes in comparison. TV Tonight: The ?90s Are Back, with PBS? Clinton 2012-02-20T15:20:38Z In the September 11 attacks, 19 men from the Islamic militant group al Qaeda hijacked airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon outside Washington and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Americans mark 10th anniversary of attacks 2011-09-11T13:00:00Z “This is something we’ve been anticipating, something we’ve seen in the electronic magazines of Al Qaeda and ISIS,” Mr. Downing said. Despite Security, Concerts Provide ‘Target-Rich’ Environments 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Since 9/11, there’s been an outpouring of books about Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, the September 11th attacks and the war in Afghanistan. ArtsBeat: A Survey of Books About Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda 2011-05-02T07:50:50Z The investigator wanted to discuss the government’s ties to Al Qaeda, but Khashoggi was killed before that meeting could take place. Two New Movies Share a Clear Message: Don’t Forget Jamal Khashoggi 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Coll chronicles the failures of both the Clinton and Bush administrations to mount a serious attack on Al Qaeda and to implement a coherent counter-terrorism strategy. ArtsBeat: A Survey of Books About Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda 2011-05-02T07:50:50Z Isis, the al Qaeda offshoot, conquers territory in Iraq and Syria, stages massacrers, and publishes videos of beheaded American journalists. So You Run a Company Named Isis... 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z In 2013, Al Qaeda’s magazine Inspire put you on its hit list, along with other public intellectuals they view as hostile to Islam. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z This is now an oft-told tale, but he adds fresh details, like his firsthand account of his call to a Saudi official who declined to take custody of the Qaeda leader’s corpse for burial. Inside the C.I.A. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z More like Al Qaeda than French partisans of the nineteen-forties, they are grim, unsympathetic zealots, who use scattershot terror tactics and have no qualms about causing the suffering of innocent bystanders. Philip K. Dick’s Intellectual Vision for Living in a Fascist America 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Many of Nader’s classmates went on to become Al Qaeda members. Homosexuality, God and ISIS: The secret life of a lonely gay Christian in Yemen 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z They called the film "grossly inaccurate and misleading" for suggesting torture helped the United States track the al Qaeda leader to a Pakistan compound. "Zero Dark Thirty": too cool, or too controversial for Oscars? 2013-02-22T13:14:37Z Based on that history, the government concluded that Mr. Slahi was a “senior recruiter” for Al Qaeda and for a time, listed him as the most dangerous terrorist at Guantánamo. ‘Guantánamo Diary’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Greenwald said her staff calculated that the history of Al Qaeda and the hijackers made up only a tiny fraction of the exhibition space. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum’s Fraught Task: To Tell the Truth 2012-06-02T16:26:23Z Mr. Bergen, who was part of the CNN team that interviewed Mr. bin Laden in 1997, and who has written two earlier books about the Al Qaeda leader, writes with enormous authority in these pages. Books of The Times: Al Qaeda And the U.S., Still Battling 2011-01-17T22:29:14Z Why was the ailing, 54-year-old al Qaeda leader not taken alive — subdued, detached from his dialysis machine and remanded to custody? Act of Valor: Trained SEALs 2012-02-25T17:11:06Z Twenty years after four coordinated terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda killed 2,977 people — 2,753 of them at ground zero in New York City — the nation and the city remember. 7 Events in New York Honoring 9/11 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Soldiers go house to house in a war zone, searching for clues to the whereabouts of a top al Qaeda operative known as the Butcher, while Chris perches on a housetop looking for suspicious actors. Review: In American Sniper, Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper Are Right on Target 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The Arab Spring and its aftermath illuminates Al Qaeda’s political failures further; while Al Qaeda intends to overthrow the nation-state system, the Arab Street sought representative government within the nation-state system. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z “It would have been impossibly dangerous. Here, we were not only safe, but we were only a few hundred meters away from the entire Al Qaeda leadership.” Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z He eventually committed himself to multifaith advocacy and found himself in grave danger amid violence in Yemen brought on by Al Qaeda and other extremist groups. There’s No Seder Like a Showbiz Seder 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Wright’s first show, “My Trip to Al Qaeda,” seen at the Culture Project and later filmed as a documentary, sorted through the knotty history that led to the rise of violent Islamism. | 'The Human Scale': Israelis vs. Palestinians: The 90-Minute Version 2010-10-08T22:26:00Z If they took up arms, as one partisan of Al Qaeda told Abouzeid, “this would allow the regime to say to the world, ‘Look at the terrorists.’” War Without End 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “The government’s attempts to show that Manning’s leaks aided Al Qaeda were almost laughable,” he wrote. By freeing Chelsea Manning, Obama saved her life. Many other trans prisoners won’t be so lucky 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z He also tells viewers that he went to Yemen “to find Al Qaeda.” Television Review: A Spoonful of Exotica Makes the Geography Go Down 2010-12-05T22:47:00Z Some voiced the suspicion that the treatment reflected lingering resentment toward the Tuaregs, the Berber people whose latest uprising and alliance with Al Qaeda had torn apart the country. Along the Niger River, the Beat of the Sahel 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z With the death of bin Laden and the transformation of Egypt, Libya and other countries during the Arab Spring, Al Qaeda is at a crossroads. Books of The Times: ?Counterstrike,? by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker ? Review 2011-09-04T22:27:46Z Mr. Gardner said that in too many accounts of 9/11, the focus on Qaeda members as rational actors has been obscured. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z And bloggers compared Voldemort and his Death Eaters in “Harry Potter” to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z Worries about "sleeper cells" operating under the hierarchical, elitist model of organizations like Al Qaeda have been overshadowed by the domestic threat from diffuse networks and virtual, online communities of like-minded jihadists. What drives Americans to join the jihad? The book 'United States of Jihad' explains 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z But when American soldiers raid an Al Qaeda stronghold in Iraq, they find a scraggly-bearded Brody trapped in a spider hole. ?Homeland,? Starring Claire Danes, on Showtime 2011-09-24T22:00:08Z Al Qaeda can only truly be understood in a broader context. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z From Al Qaeda to a Japanese terror cult, potential customers seem most likely to get lucky in Russia, where stolen nuclear materials have been exchanged for household appliances and fancy cars. | 'Countdown to Zero': Movies by Victor Nu?ez, Brillante Ma. Mendoza and Lucy Walker 2010-07-22T22:58:00Z In the U.S., we’re not used to thinking of recreational pot-smoking as dependent on Al Qaeda activity or on strife in Syria. This Week in Fiction: Etgar Keret 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z "There should be no doubt: today, America is stronger and al Qaeda is on the path to defeat," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday. Americans mark 10th anniversary of attacks 2011-09-11T13:00:00Z In the imaginative and affecting documentary “Theo Who Lived,” the writer and journalist Theo Padnos walks the viewer through his nearly two years of captivity in the hands of Al Qaeda. Review: In ‘Theo Who Lived,’ a Journalist Tells of His Capture by Al Qaeda 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The clerics sharply differ, however, from al Qaeda and Islamic State Sunni militants in opposing violent revolt against the government. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z From the resulting safe havens, Al Qaeda has endeavored to enable the violence of others and orient that violence against the West, attempting to bleed it in a war of economic, military and political attrition. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z From the United States and Europe to the Arab states, counterterrorism dragnets too often equate any degree of Islam-infused politics with support for Islamic State or Al Qaeda. Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z In 2007, he notes, Scotland Yard broke up a Qaeda plot to destroy the London Internet Exchange from the inside. Books of The Times: ‘Tubes,’ by Andrew Blum, Explores Physical Reality of the Web 2012-06-19T14:31:24Z After relationships end, he says, the men pledge their allegiance to Al Qaeda as a front or for redemption. Homosexuality, God and ISIS: The secret life of a lonely gay Christian in Yemen 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z One of the most extraordinary stories is that of a failed gambler, Dennis Montgomery, who managed to fool the C.I.A. into believing that he had devised a means for decoding Qaeda messages. James Risen’s ‘Pay Any Price’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z He declared, among other things, that there was “solid reporting of senior level contacts between Iraq and Al Qaeda going back a decade.” Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda, as it was 20 years ago, no longer exists, thanks in part to Mr. Hayden’s efforts. Review: In ‘Playing to the Edge,’ Michael V. Hayden, Bush-Era Spymaster, Defends His Record 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z In Iraq, his foes are identified only and repeatedly as Al Qaeda. ‘American Sniper,’ a Clint Eastwood Film Starring Bradley Cooper 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z He stars as Günther Bachmann, the head of a German intelligence team investigating a local philanthropist suspected of funneling money to Al Qaeda. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Isle of Dogs’ and ‘Remember the Night’ 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were added to the list of his targets. ‘25th Hour’: The Best 9/11 Movie Was Always About New York 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda, smarting with humiliation, took the liberty of ending their lives, just to quash a handful of jokes. Shooting the Jesters 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z And led to the rise of Al Qaeda– and to– ISIS. Bush’s war created this mess, GOP neocons would make it worse: The point the Democratic debate failed to make 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z The hostage takers were a faction of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram that has links with al Qaeda's north African wing, a senior official at Nigeria's State Security Service said. Italian president condemns botched British raid in Nigeria 2012-03-09T13:57:06Z It’s reassuring to think that the bombs don’t always work, though it’s possible that the Hezb-e-Islami group Mr. Quraishi followed was not as well financed or trained as its Taliban or Qaeda compatriots. Television Review | 'Behind Taliban Lines': The Afghan Side of War 2010-02-22T23:24:00Z Fans of Microsoft’s hugely popular video game “Halo,” in which humans face off against an alliance of alien species bent on holy war, have also pointed to parallels between the aliens and Al Qaeda. The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z When Al Qaeda arrived in 2012, intent on destroying anything that did not adhere to its vision of Islam, a heroic effort was started to move and save the manuscripts. New in Paperback: ‘Augustown,’ ‘The Storied City’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Yet Mr. Awlaki said repeatedly that he had never met the hijackers, and documented remarks he made in the fall of 2001 indicate that he did not endorse Al Qaeda’s violence at that time. Review: Scott Shane’s ‘Objective Troy,’ on Killing the American Jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z It is not meant to be an accurate depiction of all the players involved in hunting the al Qaeda leader, Bigelow and Boal said. Bin Laden movie "Zero Dark Thirty" arrives, mired in controversy 2012-12-17T19:13:29Z Carney said that Obama reviewed the "threat picture as we head into the anniversary of the bin Laden takedown," and he emphasized the risk of revenge by al Qaeda remained real. U.S. on guard for attacks ahead of bin Laden anniversary 2012-04-27T06:04:03Z In what ways are political extremists such as neo-Nazis and other white supremacists similar to Islamic terrorists in ISIS/ISIL and Al Qaeda? After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Pakistan's Taliban movement, which is close to al Qaeda, said it was behind the brazen assault by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles. Multiple attacks on Kabul, Taliban claims "spring offensive" 2012-04-15T14:26:03Z The search for al Qaeda isn't so simple, as to just say, who are these individuals? Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z He pitched it to the Arena Stage here, and to Mr. Wright, a staff writer for The New Yorker who won a Pulitzer for his 2006 history of Al Qaeda, “The Looming Tower.” ‘Camp David,’ at Arena Stage, Relives ’78 Peace Talks 2014-04-02T22:12:14Z Likewise, Life of Pi eats itself when presented in soundbites, and even Jessica Chastain's 'You don't know Al Qaeda' speech has tinges of the teen rant, ripped from the rest of the movie. Baftas 2013: 10 key talking points 2013-02-11T00:06:44Z Al Qaeda and other Sunni militant groups oppose the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad and say they will continue to fight despite the withdrawal of U.S. forces last year. Gunmen kill 27 in raids on west Iraq checkpoints 2012-03-05T11:41:03Z Headlined “A Homemade Style of Terror,” it described how Al Qaeda had shifted its strategy away from large-scale terrorist projects like the Sept. Art Review: ‘Adhocracy’ at the New Museum 2013-05-09T20:27:22Z Today, Islamist parties rejected by Al Qaeda for operating within that same nation-state system are capitalizing on the revolutionary moment. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z He kept in touch with the friends he’d made in Afghanistan, and some of them remained involved with Al Qaeda. Read “Guantánamo Diary” 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “The many forms of militancy — from the venomous Sunni creed of Al Qaeda to the punitive Shiite theocracy in Iran — have proven costly, unproductive and ultimately unappealing.” Books of The Times: Upheaval and Hope in a Land of Turmoil 2011-08-01T23:00:10Z He said four others killed with him were suspected al Qaeda members. American-born al Qaeda leader killed 2011-09-30T10:07:00Z A more cerebral subject — the history of Al Qaeda — follows the intensely emotional recounting of the day. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum’s Fraught Task: To Tell the Truth 2012-06-02T16:26:23Z Attorney in Alexandria, El Khalifi believed he was working for Al Qaeda. Suspect arrested in Capitol suicide attack plot 2012-02-18T01:28:00Z An alliance between Saddam and Al Qaeda wasn’t interrupted because there wasn’t one, according to any number of studies including one by the Institute for Defense Analyses, the Pentagon’s own internal think tank. Books of The Times: Al Qaeda And the U.S., Still Battling 2011-01-17T22:29:14Z Biden was long insistent that the point of American engagement in the country was to diminish the threat of Al Qaeda and not to crush the Taliban. Bob Woodward Extends His Trump Chronicles With the Chaotic Transfer of Power 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z He denied plotting terrorism or supporting Al Qaeda, and the test results variously showed “no deception” or “no opinion,” undermining his supposed admissions. ‘Guantánamo Diary’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z He said he knew former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri, then a top official in the group and now its leader, but said relations went no deeper than that. Egypt detains Islamist, confusion over al Qaeda link 2012-02-29T13:53:00Z He took out a booklet of pictures to help him realize that the Qaeda leader’s nose was his best remaining identifying feature. Books of The Times: ‘No Easy Day,’ by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer 2012-09-02T18:35:49Z Special Ops would go in and kill a terrorist cell, and then Al Qaeda would come in and spread Qurans all over the floor to make it look like they had massacred a prayer circle. ‘Homeland’ Showrunner Declassifies the Series Finale 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z He then made a long intellectual and temporal journey — from Alabama to Toronto to Egypt and then Somalia — to fight with al-Shabaab, Al Qaeda's Somali affiliate. What drives Americans to join the jihad? The book 'United States of Jihad' explains 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Cutler said that how we prosecute alleged al Qaeda terrorists will say as much about us as it does about al Qaeda. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z Al Qaeda and Hamas terrorism are Islam’s responsibility. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z This time he often speaks his lines — and remember, they’re lines he helped write — with the disheartened, robotoid elocution of a prisoner in an al Qaeda video. REVIEW: Don't Dare Watch This Sex Tape 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Is it worth degrading Al Qaeda overseas with drone strikes at the risk of creating more terrorists? ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Alex Gansa of ‘Homeland’ 2013-07-18T15:26:17Z Operation Wildlife, the mission that sucks in Kit and Toby, concerns the attempted capture and rendition of a supposed Qaeda kingpin code-named Punter. Books of The Times: ‘A Delicate Truth,’ by John le Carré 2013-04-30T18:00:41Z Last week, Mr. Ferguson’s CBS late-night colleague David Letterman, who hosts the network’s “Late Show” and whose company Worldwide Pants produces “Late Late Show,” was threatened on a message board used by Al Qaeda. ArtsBeat Blog: Craig Ferguson Discusses Anthrax Scare on 'Late Late Show' 2011-08-24T04:22:03Z The first major strike of the modern chill came in 2012 with "Zero Dark Thirty," which followed the decade-long hunt for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. A new era of secrets and spies in Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z "El Khalifi allegedly believed he was working with al Qaeda and devised the plot, the targets and the methods on his own." Suspect arrested in Capitol suicide attack plot 2012-02-17T23:11:00Z Saudi Arabia crushed a campaign of al Qaeda attacks in 2003-06 but has been hit by Islamic State bombings in the past two years. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Just weeks after the attacks, U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan to topple that country's Taliban rulers who had harbored the al Qaeda leaders responsible for the September 11 attacks. Americans mark 10th anniversary of attacks 2011-09-11T13:00:00Z Al Qaeda militants trashed her guitars and recording studio and threatened to cut out her tongue if they captured her. Along the Niger River, the Beat of the Sahel 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z From our consultants in D.C., we learned that there were no organized Al Qaeda or Islamic State terrorist cells in the U.S. ‘Homeland’ Showrunner Declassifies the Series Finale 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z The gunmen, who escaped after the attack, were believed to be linked to al Qaeda, the police source said. American teacher killed in Yemen 2012-03-18T15:16:00Z Malak, a charismatic modern woman and a practicing Muslim, openly and proudly argues with her son about the differences between Shamil's order of jihad and those of Al Qaeda. A Muslim woman struggles with identity in the novel 'The Kindness of Enemies' by Leila Aboulela 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z In Australia it will be released on Sept. 11, the thirteenth anniversary of the al Qaeda militant attacks on U.S. cities and the destruction of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York. Paramount Pictures apologizes for tweeting Ninja Turtle 9/11 poster 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z In the desert of North Africa, a team of American soldiers unexpectedly finds and kills the commander of Al Qaeda. 'American Odyssey' a clever and exciting conspiracy thriller 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z And yes, indeed, 9/11 came from a “specific and violent modern history” that forged Al Qaeda out of radical Islamism. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z It offers an alternative look at the long search by U.S. agents for the al Qaeda leader, who was killed in Pakistan in 2011. "Zero Dark Thirty" entertaining but inaccurate: ex-CIA agents 2013-01-25T22:30:48Z Mr. Gardner: In most 9/11 narratives, the perpetrators — Al Qaeda operatives, plotters and financiers — are often absent. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z “It’s not a moral inquisition, but you don’t want Al Qaeda buying one,” he explained. Lady Liberty Extends Her Family Tree 2011-06-09T22:04:15Z Two Paths From Al Qaeda in the Post-9/11 World What she meant to do, Laura Poitras has said, was to make a movie about the homecoming of a Guantánamo Bay prisoner. | 'The Oath': Laura Poitras?s Documentary on Two Al Qaeda Cases 2010-05-07T00:09:00Z Al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden, launched attacks against this country that took thousands of lives. U.S. on guard for attacks ahead of bin Laden anniversary 2012-04-27T06:04:03Z Al Qaeda is a rational, zealous and murderous organization that has influenced other militant groups and individuals. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z Backstage, Danes said she particularly appreciated one fan: President Barack Obama has said he’s a fan of “Homeland,” about a Marine and former POW who’s suspected of working for al Qaeda. ‘Homeland’ And ‘Modern Family’ Win Big at Emmys 2012-09-24T03:53:11Z Those were my predecessors, the original Qaeda analysts, and the team was predominantly female. A Former CIA Analyst on the New Osama bin Laden Documentary, Manhunt 2013-05-01T14:45:23Z The film catches a rare flash of anger when an Iraqi reporter, shortly before the bombing, plies Al Qaeda’s line about the United Nations and its Baghdad chief being “tools” of the Americans. Television: Greg Barker?s Film About Sergio Vieira de Mello 2010-04-30T19:38:00Z He peeled off only when was warned, in Algeria, of an Al Qaeda presence in the area. Cannes 2015: For 'Mediterranea' director, boat people as film drama 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Some Sunni Islamist groups such asal Qaeda view Shi'ites as heretics. Attack on Iraqi pilgrims kills 50, scores hurt 2012-01-14T11:51:00Z It had to be within a few hours’ flying time and free of the Islamic State or Al Qaeda. A Carefree Getaway Just Off the Persian Gulf 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z His job was to convince the Al Qaeda franchise in to give him a new kind of non-metallic bomb that the militants were designing to easily pass through airport security. Double agent brought down underwear plot 2012-05-08T22:52:00Z He also claims that most of them were killed by Al Qaeda members, who, before joining the terrorist organization, were romantically linked to their eventual victims. Homosexuality, God and ISIS: The secret life of a lonely gay Christian in Yemen 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z In “The Black Banners,” Soufan provided a compelling insider’s account of American efforts to track down the perpetrators of Sept. 11, and recounted the story of Al Qaeda up through the death of bin Laden. A Former F.B.I. Agent on Terrorism Since the Death of Bin Laden 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda in Iraq improved production techniques in its videos of suicide bombings and executions after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. ISIS and its increasingly sophisticated cinema of terror 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Osama bin Laden briefly considered renaming al Qaeda after the group appeared to lose popular support among Muslims. So You Run a Company Named Isis... 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z "Awlaki was the leader of external operations for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," President Obama said Friday. Awlaki death stirs debate on targeting Americans 2011-10-01T05:38:00Z The departing members of the Seals took not only the body of bin Laden but also a cache of invaluable intelligence on his organization, Al Qaeda. Books of The Times: ?Counterstrike,? by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker ? Review 2011-09-04T22:27:46Z They called the film "grossly inaccurate and misleading" for suggesting torture helped the U.S. track the al Qaeda leader to a Pakistani compound, where he was killed in 2011. "Zero Dark Thirty" fails at Oscars amid political fallout 2013-02-25T06:35:29Z Saudi security police closely monitor Saudis with suspected connections to militants and have detained more than 15,000 suspects in the years since al Qaeda's campaign. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Across the Middle East and other parts of the world, young men flock to Islamic terrorist groups such as ISIS/ISIL and Al Qaeda. After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Many of the incidents involved methods such as suicide bombings, the signature of Iraq's al Qaeda affiliate. Attack on Iraqi pilgrims kills 50, scores hurt 2012-01-14T11:51:00Z Mr. Coll suggests that the Al Qaeda leader’s turn to war against the United States was not inevitable, but the result of many factors. ArtsBeat: A Survey of Books About Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda 2011-05-02T07:50:50Z Awlaki was a prominent voice for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, an affiliate of Al Qaeda. New York police arrest bomb plot suspect 2011-11-21T06:39:00Z Mr. Braniff: What actually has often been overlooked until more recently is Al Qaeda’s failure to limit the violence it inspires to the non-Muslim world. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z Some 2,753 people were killed when the terrorist group Al Qaeda hijacked two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center’s towers, causing them both to collapse in the span of 102 minutes. The Dogs of 9/11: Their Failed Searches for Life Helped Sustain It 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The series begins with the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and follows the U.S.’s attempt to destroy Al Qaeda, ending with the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of Kabul. What’s on TV This Week: ‘La Frontera’ and ‘The English Patient’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z He observes, “That was a ludicrous fantasy for a law-abiding blackjack professional in the age of Al Qaeda — my dreams were September 10 dreams.” Books of The Times: Casino Crazy in Josh Axelrad?s ?Repeat Until Rich? 2010-03-30T23:21:00Z Mr. Weiner adeptly traces the F.B.I.’s slow recovery after the scandals of the 1970s and especially its dismal record tracking Al Qaeda and Middle Eastern terrorists. Books of The Times: Tim Weiner?s ?Enemies? and F.B.I. Counterintelligence 2012-03-14T21:09:12Z He was said to be No. 3 in Al Qaeda, a financier and planner of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Appalling Treatment of a Prisoner at Guantánamo 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Later, returning to his family’s homeland, Yemen, he made his way toward violent action with Al Qaeda. Review: Scott Shane’s ‘Objective Troy,’ on Killing the American Jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Militants linked to al Qaeda are trying to topple the civilian democratic government in conservative, Muslim Pakistan and enforce harsh Taliban-style rule. Pakistan bans Indian film with Bin Laden lookalike 2010-07-14T13:17:00Z Pimentel allegedly followed instructions taken from the online pro-Al Qaeda magazine Inspire, specifically from an article titled "Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." New York police arrest bomb plot suspect 2011-11-21T06:39:00Z But is 9/11 really “unique” because Al Qaeda is a “rational, zealous, and murderous organization” bent on recruiting other disgruntled, post-colonial militants from failed states to their heinous methods and ideology? Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z Bin Laden’s championing of the Palestinians was widely dismissed at the time because his Al Qaeda terrorist group was primarily an enemy of Saudi Arabia, not Israel. Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ goes viral as some youths make ties to Israel-Hamas war 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z “Terrorists associated with Al Qaeda and indigenous terrorist groups have been and continue to be a presence in this region,” a senior Pentagon official claimed in 2002. Pentagon proclaims failure in its war on terror in Africa after 75,000% increase in terror attacks 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The Tuaregs signed a peace accord with the Bamako government in 2015, but the Islamists, linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have gone on to kill thousands of civilians. Mali's army says it's captured rebel stronghold of Kidal 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Groups linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group have been spreading for years from the vast arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert — the Sahel — into wealthier West African coastal states like Benin. Groups linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State take root on the coast of West Africa 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Iran’s proxies in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq have also joined the fight online, along with extremist groups, like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, that were previously at odds with Hamas. In a Worldwide War of Words, Russia, China and Iran Back Hamas 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Security analysts have warned that the Malian state could collapse altogether, further destabilising a region where insurgents with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State are gaining ground. UN retreat from Mali in disarray as violence surges 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Similarly, al Qaeda was known to officials before 2001 but U.S. intelligence lacked a single source inside the organization. U.S. intelligence funding of $100 billion questioned 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Security analysts said that fighting could now break out in Kidal, adding to insecurity in the West African country where Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State also operate. Mali rebels say they have taken base vacated by UN peacekeepers 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Switzerland has joined the United Nations in labeling al Qaeda and Islamic State group as terrorists. A Swiss populist party rebounds and the Greens sink in the election. That’s a big change from 2019 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z We do not have a proximity problem with al Qaeda or ISIS. The 9/11 comparison is wrong — and Biden should know better 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The restrictions have mostly been about security concerns in North Sinai where the Egyptian authorities have long been involved in a deadly conflict with jihadists linked to Al Qaeda. Why Egypt remains reluctant to open Rafah crossing to Gaza 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z U.S. intelligence concluded that while he was a militant in Afghanistan in the 1980s and ’90s, he had never joined Al Qaeda and had no link to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Lawyers Expand Legal Fight for Longest-Held Prisoner of War on Terrorism 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The Malian army has also come under attacks from insurgents linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Mali Tuareg rebels claim military base following clashes on Sunday 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Local affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State are active in the region and wage frequent attacks on soldiers and civilians. At least ten Niger soldiers killed in militant attack 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Mali is dealing with attacks by armed groups linked to Al Qaeda, the Islamic State group and former rebels whose yearslong peace deal with the government failed in recent weeks. Mali’s military government postpones a presidential election intended to restore civilian rule 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda and bin Laden considered the United States to be their enemy, which is why the hijackers used the airplanes to attack important U.S. buildings. Remembering September 11 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z For several years before that it was in the hands of militant groups, including local branches of Islamic State and al Qaeda. Eastern Libya orders journalists out of flood-hit city after protests 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The three countries are struggling to contain Islamic insurgents linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State and have also seen their relations with neighbours and international partners strained because of the coups. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Conflict between the army and the rebels could worsen an Islamist insurgency in Mali, where groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State control large areas. Malian army says dozens killed in clashes with rebels near northern town 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Conflict between the army and the rebels could exacerbate an Islamist insurgency in Mali, where groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State control large swathes of territory. Mali rebels briefly seize army base in northern town 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z World leaders promised to help the United States punish al Qaeda and locate their leader. Remembering September 11 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the day that Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked two commercial flights and crashed the planes into the World Trade Center’s twin towers in lower Manhattan. Breaking with tradition, Biden commemorates 9/11 attacks in Alaska 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The attacks prompted then-President George W. Bush to launch a "global war on terror" that included a military assault on Afghanistan to find al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Biden asks Americans to honor Sept. 11 dead by rejecting extremism 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Mali is one of several West African countries battling violent insurgencies linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that took root in Mali's arid north in 2012 before spreading across the region. Al Qaeda branch claims attack on second Mali military base 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Mali is one of several West African countries battling a violent insurgency with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State that took root in Mali's arid north in 2012 before spreading across the region. Militants kill more than 60 in Mali on boat and at army camp 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z In October 2001, the United States and its allies started military actions in Afghanistan, searching for members of al Qaeda who worked with bin Laden to plan and carry out the 9/11 attacks. Remembering September 11 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Over the past decade, U.S. troops have trained Niger's forces in counter-terrorism and conducted drone missions against Islamic State and an al Qaeda affiliate in the region. Exclusive: US military repositions some troops in Niger, pulls non-essential personnel 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The West African country has been battling Islamist insurgents, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, in its desert north since 2015. Burkina Faso says 53 soldiers, volunteers killed in clashes with militants 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The Salvadoran gangs that thrived before Bukele took office were using tactics similar to those of the Taliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS. Why I support Salvadoran President Bukele, the scourge of gangs and corrupt politicians 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z A media outlet linked to militant group al Qaeda has urged violent retribution against Sweden. Swedish government considers allowing police to stop Koran burnings 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z His death was a blow to al Qaeda and gave some U.S. citizens hope that progress was being made in the fight against terrorism. Remembering September 11 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z A media outlet linked to militant group al Qaeda has urged violent retribution. Sweden steps up security at embassies over threats - foreign minister 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Any military intervention could further destabilise the impoverished Sahel region, where an insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State has displaced millions over the past decade and fuelled a hunger crisis. West African army chiefs to meet for Niger talks 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Not so in Africa, especially in the Sahel, the vast, semiarid region south of the Sahara where groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are gaining ground at an alarming pace. Coup in Niger Upends U.S. Terrorism Fight and Could Open a Door for Russia 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z On the Malian side, the departure of French troops last year left a security vacuum that groups linked to Islamic State and Al Qaeda have expanded into. Niger says 17 of its soldiers killed in ambush near Burkina Faso border 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Any military intervention could further destabilise the impoverished Sahel, where the insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State has displaced millions over the past decade and fuelled a hunger crisis. Putin talks to Mali's leader about Niger coup, stresses peace 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z French, German and Italian troops are stationed in Niger, in a region where local affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State have killed thousands and displaced millions. West Africa bloc seeks ways to engage with Niger junta 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z French, German and Italian troops are stationed in Niger to repel local affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State that have killed thousands and displaced millions across the Sahel. West African regional group weighs next steps on Niger 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Over the past decade, U.S. troops have trained Nigerien forces in counterterrorism and operated two military bases, including one that conducts drone missions against Islamic State and an Al Qaeda affiliate in the region. US military mission in Niger in focus after coup 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The Taliban harbored al Qaeda militants who plotted the attacks. Review found Afghan central bank lacks independence from Taliban - US watchdog 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z U.S. officials say the Sahel has become home to branches of the Islamic State and Al Qaeda terrorist groups. U.S. turns up pressure in critical ally Niger as region faces threat from Russia-loyal Wagner Group 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Whatever option the 15-nation body chooses risks further conflict in a zone where groups linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda thrive on chaos. As deadline looms, France backs West Africa's bid to undo Niger coup 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Central and Northern Mali are now overrun by militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, whose decade-old insurgency has spread to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger. Factbox: Military interventions by West African ECOWAS bloc 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z France has between 1,000 and 1,500 troops in Niger, helping to fight an insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that has destabilised West Africa's Sahel region. West African bloc seeks solution to Niger coup as deadline nears 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z And groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are active in the southwest. Exclusive: Niger coup leaders blamed insecurity; conflict data paints a different picture 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z France, the United States, Germany and Italy have troops in Niger on counterinsurgency and training missions, helping the army to fight groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. US prepares to evacuate some embassy staff, families from Niger 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The U.S., former colonial power France and other Western states have troops in Niger and had been working with the government battling militant forces linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda. US sees narrow opportunity to reverse course in Niger after coup 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Western nations have poured resources into Niger to bolster its security forces in the face of a growing insurgency by Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Explainer: How the military coup in Niger threatens stability in West Africa 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z At the mention of Al Qaeda’s suicide bombing of the U.S.S. Court Rejects New Sentencing for Al Qaeda Recruiter 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Burkina Faso is one of several West African countries grappling with an insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that took root in Mali in 2012. Burkina Faso suspends French news channel over insurgency report 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Kleinman capped months of expert and eyewitness testimony on whether Mr. Nashiri freely described his role in the suicide attack by Al Qaeda off Yemen that killed 17 U.S. sailors on Oct. Guantánamo Case Nearing a Decision on the Lasting Effects of Torture 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The decision likely also signals an intelligence assessment that fears have ebbed about Al Qaeda or other enemies attacking the base from the sea. Coast Guard Ends Post-9/11 Antiterrorism Patrols at Guantánamo Bay 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Islamist militants, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have been waging an insurgency in northern Mali since they hijacked a Tuareg rebellion in 2012. One U.N. peacekeeper killed and four injured in north Mali attack 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Originally an offshoot of al Qaeda, the Sunni hardline group controlled one third of Iraq and Syria at its peak in 2014. US, Saudi top diplomats urge repatriation of detained IS recruits 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The al Qaeda Islamist militant group claimed responsibility for the bombing, which took place 11 months before the 9/11 attacks on the United States. UN body condemns U.S., others for treatment of Guantanamo inmate 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z To get him to talk about Al Qaeda after his capture in 2002, C.I.A. employees in overseas prisons waterboarded him, confined him nude inside a chilled, cramped box, slammed his head in a wall. Guantánamo Case Nearing a Decision on the Lasting Effects of Torture 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The Coast Guard made the announcement this week as hearings resumed at Guantánamo in a death penalty case against a Saudi prisoner who is accused of orchestrating Al Qaeda’s suicide bombing of the U.S.S. Coast Guard Ends Post-9/11 Antiterrorism Patrols at Guantánamo Bay 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The U.S. and its allies say the Taliban harbor members of al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban. Exclusive: Qatar prime minister, Taliban chief hold secret Afghan talks 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Russia’s top diplomat said Moscow reaffirmed its readiness to meet the material needs of the Somalian army in its fight against extremists that remain on Somalian territory including al-Shabab and al Qaeda. Russia offers support to Somalian army in fight against terrorist groups 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z But the medical investigation may offer insights into the long-term effects of the C.I.A.’s use of nudity, sleep deprivation and physical abuse to get the prisoners to disclose Qaeda plots. Hearings in Sept. 11 Case Could Resume Despite Unresolved Issues 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z She was a member of a team that shared a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for a series of stories about Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 attacks. South Carolina Senate Passes 6-Week Abortion Ban 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z "T.M. is one of the most prominent leaders of Al Qaeda and the founder of its cells in Lebanon," it added. Lebanese army says it arrests prominent Al Qaeda leader in Deir Ammar town 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The American military swiftly invaded Afghanistan, ruled by an extremist Sunni Muslim faction known as the Taliban, for sheltering Al Qaeda. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Qatar always denied it backed militant groups with al Qaeda ties. Factbox: Then and now: How Arab states changed course on Syria 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb then said it had kidnapped the couple and would release the woman unconditionally because of public pressure and guidance from leaders not to involve women in war. Australian doctor freed by al Qaeda after 7 years in captivity 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z The executive branch has interpreted that law as a legal basis to wage an armed conflict against Al Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Somali militant group Al Shabab. Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The pilgrimage has had tight security since al Qaeda militants attacked the synagogue in 2002 with a truck bomb, killing 21 Western tourists. Tunisia synagogue attack toll up to 6, local media says 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z American forces easily toppled the Taliban but failed to destroy it or Al Qaeda. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Qatari mediation helped secure the release of numerous hostages held in Syria by the Nusra Front, which was for years al Qaeda's official affiliate in the conflict. Factbox: Then and now: How Arab states changed course on Syria 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z The authorities have provided tight security to the pilgrimage since militants detonated a truck bomb at the synagogue in April 2002, killing 21 Western tourists in an attack for which Al Qaeda claimed responsibility. Naval Guardsman Kills 2 Visitors at Synagogue in Tunisia 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The pilgrimage has had tight security since al Qaeda militants attacked the synagogue in 2002 with a truck bomb killing 21 Western tourists. Shots heard near Tunisia Jewish pilgrimage site 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Qaeda fighters became active in Iraq soon after the American-led invasion in 2003, gaining support, weapons and knowledge of the terrain from former supporters of Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s longtime dictator. Iraqi Man Accused of War Crimes Is Arrested in Belgium 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z France withdrew its forces from Mali last year after the junta there started working with Russian military contractor Wagner Group to fight the insurgents liked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Burkina Faso interim leader hails Russia as a strategic ally 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Djibouti’s economic rise in the early 2000s was sparked when U.S. naval forces arrived to carry the fight to Al Qaeda after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Look to the maritime domain to revive failed U.S. statecraft 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z "At 11:42 a.m. local time on May 3rd, U.S Central Command forces conducted a unilateral strike in Northwest Syria targeting a senior Al Qaeda leader," the statement added. US targets senior al Qaeda leader in strike in northwest Syria -statement 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Mali is overrun with militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State who have waged a decade-long insurgency that has killed hundreds. Western countries pile pressure on Mali over Wagner Group role 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z These former regime supporters shared Al Qaeda’s goal of forcing the American military and their Iraqi partners out of the country. Iraqi Man Accused of War Crimes Is Arrested in Belgium 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z A former F.B.I. agent testified about gathering up the remains of the 17 sailors who were killed in Al Qaeda’s bombing of the Navy warship off Yemen in 2000. War Court Proceedings Stream to Guantánamo From a Secret Chamber in Virginia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z U.S. government assessments have regularly concluded that major terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, are still active in the country. Enemy of my enemy: ISIS hit shows where U.S., Taliban interests align 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Seventeen American sailors were killed in Al Qaeda’s suicide bombing of the Cole off the coast of Yemen on Oct. Forensic Psychiatrist Calls Ex-C.I.A. Prisoner’s Confession Voluntary 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have seized swathes of territory across the region, killed thousands and displaced millions. Mali interim president's chief of staff and three others killed in ambush - govt 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z After the 2001 attacks by al Qaeda militants the U.S. made it easier to share intelligence across government agencies. U.S. leaks show clash between 'need to know' vs 'need to share' 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The Guantánamo court was established to try foreign prisoners who were captured around the world in the war against Al Qaeda. War Court Proceedings Stream to Guantánamo From a Secret Chamber in Virginia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He was speaking after visiting a camp in Baidoa, south-west Somalia, for people displaced by the drought and by fighting between al Shabaab, an al Qaeda affiliate, and government forces. Somalis suffering from climate crisis they did nothing to create - U.N. chief 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Last year, he was brought to court to testify about what he knew about the Qaeda bombing of the destroyer in Yemen in October 2000. Appeals Court Punts on Due Process Rights for Guantánamo Detainees 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z He had also been in contact with supporters of Al Qaeda and so-called Islamic State. Manchester Arena attack: M15 'negligence' claim over bombing 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The measure authorized then-President George W. Bush to target al Qaeda for the assault on New York and Washington. Explainer: What are the "zombie" war powers Congress may repeal? 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Most of the groups are affiliated with the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, he said. Along the Volta, African Commandos Train to Battle Terrorists by Land and Sea 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z On March 20, 2003, the U.S. invaded Iraq as part of its “war on terror” after the Al Qaeda attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Your Monday Briefing: Putin and Xi to Meet in Moscow 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z First it became clear that the invasion was predicated on false intelligence that then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was colluding with Al Qaeda and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. Commentary: Iraq is the war no one wants to remember. As an Iraqi American, I can never forget 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Bush officials also manufactured phony links between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks orchestrated by Islamist militant Osama bin Laden and his terrorist group Al Qaeda. Column: The 20th anniversary of the Iraq war also marks a colossal failure of the mainstream media 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Some U.S. officials also said Mr. Hussein had links to Al Qaeda, a charge that intelligence agencies later rejected. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z They were injured during fighting between American forces and fighters from Al Qaeda in the western part of the city. In Photos: The Iraq War 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z As violence spiralled, Al Qaeda militants seized control of Falluja, prompting two U.S. offensives. Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished' 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda began a devastating insurgency, unleashing bombs and beheading people. Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z As exhumations dragged on, more atrocities were committed in sectarian conflict and amid the rise and fall of armed groups, such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State militants, as well as Shi'ite Muslim militias. Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearances 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z About 200,000 civilians died at the hands of American forces, Al Qaeda militants, Iraqi insurgents or the Islamic State terrorist group, according to Brown University’s Cost of War project. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda waged an insurgency, often targeting members of Haidari's Shi'ite faith. 'Every victim of Saddam Hussein was waiting for this moment' 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z U.S. officials over the years depicted al Sharbi as a loyal al Qaeda supporter and collaborator. Al Qaeda suspect transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z In October 2004, Sunni insurgents affiliated to Al Qaeda kidnapped Amer's father, brother and cousin from the family field while they were working and took them to an unknown destination only because they were Shi'ites. Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z It set off sectarian warfare and spurred the growth of Al Qaeda in Iraq, later paving the way for the rise of the Islamic State as well. U.S. Defense Secretary Affirms Support for Iraq on Baghdad Visit 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The United States invaded Iraq as part of its “war on terror” announced by President George W. Bush after the Al Qaeda attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Al Shabaab, an affiliate of al Qaeda, has come under intense pressure from the military and allied clan-based militias, who launched a major offensive last year. Somalia's al Shabaab recaptures base it lost to military offensive 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Our domestic terrorism and intelligence officers are much less resourced, and prosecutors are much more cautious about charging white supremacist groups than they are about charging Al Qaeda cells. The fight for progress — and why it requires reaching out to conservatives 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The arid West African country has been spared the kind of violence unleashed by Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that has killed thousands in nearby countries in the Sahel region. Two guards killed in gunfire as four break out of Mauritania jail 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z U.S. forces are training an elite Somali unit to fight the country’s branch of Al Qaeda, part of America’s “forever wars” against terrorism. A Challenge to Student Debt Relief 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z It was led initially by former officers in Mr. Hussein’s military and intelligence services, who were quickly joined by Islamist extremists connected to Al Qaeda. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Since last August, the unit, called Danab, has spearheaded a string of Somali army victories against Al Shabab, an Islamist terrorist group that is considered the deadliest of Al Qaeda’s global branches. U.S. Commandos Advise Somalis in Fight Against Qaeda Branch 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The West African nation is battling a violent insurgency with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State that took root in its arid north following a Tuareg separatist rebellion in 2012. Gunmen kill at least 12 civilians in central Mali village 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Ahmed Rabbani’s name also came up this week in hearings at Guantánamo over which evidence might be used in the trial of a prisoner who is accused of plotting the Qaeda suicide attack U.S.S. U.S. Sends Home Brothers Held for Nearly 20 Years at Guantánamo Bay 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Now he is being held in Al-Ha’ir prison, a facility in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, that houses members of Al Qaeda alongside political activists. ‘Equality of Injustice for All’: Saudi Arabia Expands Crackdown on Dissent 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Zawahiri’s death piled pressure on the group to choose a strategic leader who can carefully plan deadly operations and run a jihadi network, experts on al Qaeda say. Al Qaeda's new leader Adel has $10 million bounty on his head 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z In late 2007, The New York Times reported that the Central Intelligence Agency had secretly destroyed tapes of interrogations conducted in 2002 of two Al Qaeda operatives that the agency had in its custody. From a Parole Board to the Senate: 9 Key Moments in Dianne Feinstein’s Career 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Referring to Al Qaeda of Iraq, it said, “AQI is down but not out and a series of elections will define Iraq’s future.” From George to Barack: A Look at Secret Bush Memos to the Obama Team 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Niger, alongside neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso are struggling to quell insurgents linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State who carry out raids, and control swathes of territories in the vast Sahel region. Niger says at least 10 soldiers killed in insurgent ambush 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Insurgents liked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have spread across West Africa's Sahel region and beyond in the past decade despite international interventions, killing thousands and displacing millions. Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali juntas plan three-way partnership 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z The department’s Rewards for Justice programme is offering up to $10 million for information on Adel, whom it says is a member of “al Qaeda’s leadership council” and heads the organisation’s military committee. Al Qaeda's new leader Adel has $10 million bounty on his head 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The outage prompted the FAA to halt departing flights for about two hours, the first nationwide ground stop since the Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on the United States. Acting FAA chief to testify before U.S. Senate panel on computer outage 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Burkina Faso is one of several West African countries grappling with violent jihadist militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. MSF suspends operations in northwest Burkina Faso after gunmen kill two staff 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z No mention of North Korea, nor of the Islamic State, al Qaeda, or other extremist groups beyond an early throwaway reference to U.S. efforts to combat terrorism. Nothing to see here: Foreign threats, national security a no-show in Biden speech 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Burkina Faso is one of several West African countries grappling with militant groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Gunmen kill two MSF workers in west Burkina Faso 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Adel, one of the few remaining al Qaeda old guard, has been close to the central command for decades, experts say. Al Qaeda's new leader Adel has $10 million bounty on his head 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z After the 9/11 attacks, Musharraf joined what Washington called its war on terror, giving U.S. forces ground and air access into landlocked Afghanistan to chase down al Qaeda militants. Pakistan's former President Musharraf buried in Karachi 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The Sahel region has been the most affected, as groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State expand their attacks in one of the world's poorest regions. Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa - report 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Burkina Faso is battling a jihadist insurgency with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State that spilled over from neighbouring Mali in 2015. Burkina Faso assailants kill at least 15 Nigerian pilgrims travelling to Senegal 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Burkina Faso is one of several West African nations battling a violent insurgency with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State that took root in neighbouring Mali in 2012. At least 25 killed in Burkina Faso attack in Seno province 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z One of al Qaeda’s leading military chiefs and often called by experts its third-ranking official, Adel set up training camps for the organisation in Sudan, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1990s. Al Qaeda's new leader Adel has $10 million bounty on his head 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Local and foreign troops have been unable to quash the militants, now linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. U.N. mission still committed to Mali despite human rights chief expulsion 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z In return, Mr. Musharraf handed over for detention at the Americans’ Guantánamo Bay hundreds of suspected Qaeda members — some of whom turned out to be innocent. Musharraf’s Legacy: A Conflicted Pakistan and a Bristling Military 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Every time Musharraf made even a tentative effort to crack down on foreign fighters from the Taliban and Al Qaeda, he faced mass protests, often led by religious leaders. Your Monday Briefing: The U.S. Shoots Down China’s Balloon 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Mali is engaged in a fight against militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State who have waged a decade-long insurgency that has spread to neighbouring countries. Mali says Russia's Lavrov to visit to strengthen defence ties 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z He and other Al Qaeda leaders were placed under house arrest in April 2003 by Iran, which released him and four others in exchange for an Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Yemen. Al Qaeda's new leader Adel has $10 million bounty on his head 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z A year later, he survived a bomb attack by the Jaish-e-Muhammad group, the first of several assassination attempts by Islamist militants angered by his support for the U.S.-led war on al Qaeda. Factbox: Facts about Pakistan's late former President Pervez Musharraf 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden launched the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks from Afghanistan, sheltered by the country’s Taliban rulers. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z That the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, was widely believed to be living in those areas after his escape from Afghanistan in 2001 only intensified American anger. Pervez Musharraf, Former Military Ruler of Pakistan, Dies at 79 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Still, the army's allegiances were never unambiguous: its powerful intelligence services cut deals with the Taliban and al Qaeda, and bolstered an insurgency fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan's Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Adel gained more jihadi credentials after he joined other Arab militants fighting Soviet occupation troops in Afghanistan, where he eventually headed a training camp before becoming a senior figure in al Qaeda. Al Qaeda's new leader Adel has $10 million bounty on his head 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Somalia is better known as a sanctuary for Al Shabab, the terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda, than for the Islamic State. Ties to Kabul Bombing Put ISIS Leader in Somalia in U.S. Cross Hairs 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z According to a High Court ruling, the perpetrators were linked to Al Qaeda and the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group. Spain church machete attack suspect was 25-year-old Moroccan, police confirm 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Yet every time Mr. Musharraf made even a tentative effort to crack down on foreign fighters from the Taliban and Al Qaeda, radicals and fundamentalists at home — often led by religious leaders — staged mass protests. Pervez Musharraf, Former Military Ruler of Pakistan, Dies at 79 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z He enjoyed strong support for many years, his greatest threat al Qaeda and other militant Islamists who tried to kill him at least three times. Pakistan's Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Mohammed and the other four prisoners were captured in Pakistan in 2002 and 2003 and tortured by the C.I.A., which prioritized gathering intelligence on Al Qaeda and future attacks over obtaining lawful evidence. Biden Leery of Involvement in Potential Plea Deal in Sept. 11 Case 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Burkina Faso is one of several countries in West Africa battling a rampant insurgency with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Over 60 women, children freed in Burkina Faso after kidnapping 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z An offshoot of al Qaeda, Islamic State seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014 before being ousted by U.S.-backed counter-offensives, losing its last territorial redoubt in 2019. German lawmakers recognise Islamic State crimes against Yazidis as genocide 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z News reports, however, suggested that Mr. Musharraf covertly allowed American and British commandos to stage raids aimed at capturing Taliban or Qaeda fighters. Pervez Musharraf, Former Military Ruler of Pakistan, Dies at 79 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z But his heavy-handed use of the military to quell dissent as well as his continued backing of the United States in its fight against al Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban ultimately led to his downfall. Pakistan's Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The insurgency linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State spread into Burkina Faso from neighbouring Mali in 2015. Abducted Burkina women flee jihadist gunmen through bush 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He had the same role previously in the Nusra Front, formerly al Qaeda’s wing in Syria, they said. Dutch authorities arrest alleged Syrian ISIS security chief 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Assailants from the al Qaeda affiliate rammed the base in the village of Hawadley with a suicide car bomb and then opened fire, Captain Aden Nur, a military officer in a nearby town, told Reuters. Al Shabaab kills seven soldiers in attack on military base 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z It was later taken over by al Shabaab, which first rose up against the government in 2007 before pledging its allegiance to al Qaeda. Somalia says it has seized key port town from al Shabaab 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Burkina Faso has been battling a violent insurgency with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State that spread from neighbouring Mali in 2015 despite costly international military efforts to contain it. Burkina Faso: Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women on Jan. 12, 13 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The incidents took place in central regions where militants with ties to al Qaeda and Islamic State regularly attack civilians, Malian soldiers, U.N. peacekeepers and other international forces. Fourteen Malian soldiers killed in two militant attacks -army 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The succession of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a U.S. raid last year, remains unclear, a U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday. Iran sentences British dual citizen to death for spying - State media 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Boumediene, an Algerian, said he never trained with or joined Al Qaeda. They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Abizaid also addressed the threat landscape in the United States and said the country faced an "unpredictable" environment, adding that Americans must remain vigilant about overseas-based extremist organizations such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State. Al Qaeda succession after al-Zawahiri's death still unclear -U.S. official 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Al Shabab, an extremist group that swears allegiance to Al Qaeda, was quick to claim responsibility for the blasts, asserting that it had killed 87 people, including military officials and soldiers. Twin Car Explosions Kill More than 20 in Somalia 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z No one has claimed responsibility, but the attack occurred in an area where the government is battling insurgents linked to al Qaeda in north Africa and Islamic State fighters. Ten killed after Burkina Faso bus hits landmine on Christmas Day 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The country, one of the world’s poorest, is battling militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State who have killed thousands of civilians. U.N. says Burkina Faso has no grounds to expel senior official 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z But Saif al-Adel, a mysterious, low-key former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda, is seen by experts as the top contender. Al Qaeda releases video it claims is narrated by leader al-Zawahiri who was believed dead -SITE 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z National Counterterrorism Center, said in an event organized by the Washington Institute when asked about Al Qaeda's "center of gravity" after Zawahiri's death. Al Qaeda succession after al-Zawahiri's death still unclear -U.S. official 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The rebels were defeated, but Mali has since descended into a cycle of violence in which local affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State have taken control of large areas, killing thousands of civilians. Mali's northern armed groups pull out of Algiers peace talks 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The al Qaeda franchise continues to make cross-border raids as part of its campaign to pressure Kenya into withdrawing its forces from Somalia, who make up part of the African-Union mandated peacekeeping force ATMIS. Al Shabaab militants kill two policemen, one civilian in eastern Kenya 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Bout, nicknamed the Merchant of Death, has been accused of supplying arms to Al Qaeda, the Taliban and rebels in Rwanda. Glimpses of Democracy 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Accused of supplying weapons to Al Qaeda, the Taliban and militants in Rwanda, he was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and convicted in New York in 2011 on charges that included conspiring to kill Americans. Your Friday Briefing 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Saif al-Adel, a mysterious, low-key former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda, is seen by experts as the top contender. Al Qaeda succession after al-Zawahiri's death still unclear -U.S. official 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Viktor Bout has been accused of supplying arms to Al Qaeda, the Taliban and rebels in Rwanda. Who Is Viktor Bout, the Arms Dealer in the Swap for Brittney Griner? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z But just as Mexican traffickers took cues from Al Qaeda and ISIS, terrorizing civilians and beheading their enemies on video, Veytia and his commanders seemed to take a page from the C.I.A. The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda franchise that is seeking impose its interpretation of Islamic law across the country, frequently stages deadly attacks in the capital Mogadishu and elsewhere. Somalia says around 40 al Shabaab fighters killed in clashes 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch killed 19 people and wounded 33 when they opened fire on the beach. Ivory Coast trial opens for 18 accused in Grand Bassam beach attack 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z With the rise of Al Qaeda nearly a decade later, terrorism became the target, requiring different military investments and lighter, more expeditionary forces. U.S. and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Box cutters were prohibited on airplanes amid a security overhaul following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when four domestic flights were commandeered by members of Al Qaeda wielding box cutters. Flight Is Diverted When Passenger Is Seen With Box Cutter, Airline Says 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The killings and kidnappings of foreigners for ransom were more common during Iraq’s civil war, when Al Qaeda and Shiite militias fought in the streets after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. American Aid Worker Is Shot Dead in Baghdad 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda franchise, claimed responsibility for two car bombs that blew up outside the education ministry in Mogadishu on Oct. Somalia army says at least 100 al Shabaab fighters killed in clashes 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The group had promised, among other things, to never again allow al Qaeda or other terrorist groups to use the country as a safe haven. Missing in action: 15 months later, Afghan debacle all but absent from campaign trail 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z And an inspector general has reported that Homeland Security didn’t always have access to a key Defense Department database that tracked things like fingerprints taken from explosives or from inside al Qaeda caves. Afghan criminals will be released into U.S., former ICE director says 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Burkina Faso has been battling militants, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, since 2015. Militants kill 15 in attack on Burkina Faso military supply mission - army 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z He denied having ties to Al Qaeda, described himself as a businessman with a Jewish partner and challenged the notion that the United States could declare the world a battlefield against the terrorist group. U.S. Releases Guantánamo’s Oldest Prisoner 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Biden administration officials have justified the continued U.S. role in fighting Al Shabab by describing the group as the deadliest and wealthiest of Al Qaeda’s global branches. Somalia Asks U.S. to Step Up Drone Strikes Against Qaeda-Linked Fighters 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z United Nations and Pentagon reports ahead of the August 2021 withdrawal made clear that al Qaeda fighters and other terrorists were inside the country. Missing in action: 15 months later, Afghan debacle all but absent from campaign trail 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Threats from Iran, North Korea and terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State persist — and new challenges, like global climate change, are emerging. Pentagon’s Strategy Says China and Russia Pose More Dangerous Challenges 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Al-Shabaab is the largest and most “kinetically active” al Qaeda network in the world, and has proved its will and capability to attack U.S. forces and threaten U.S. security interests, Africa Command officials said. U.S. launches airstrike on Africa-based terror group 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Islamist militants, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have been waging an insurgency in northern Burkina Faso since 2015. Ten soldiers killed, 50 wounded in attack on Burkina Faso army base 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Prosecutors in the Sept. 11 case were alarmed by the dynamics at the sentencing hearing last year of another former C.I.A. prisoner, Majid Khan, a suburban Baltimore high school graduate turned courier for Al Qaeda. Sept. 11 Case Awaits Biden Administration’s Reply on Plea Deal 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Kurds who escaped Al Qaeda in Syria, they have felt nothing but welcome, flashing photos on their cellphones of community meals and celebrations they have been invited to. A Shrinking Town at the Center of France’s Culture Wars 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z But the militants - some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State - have since regrouped and spread across the Sahel and further south towards coastal states. Mali threatens to defend against French sovereignty violations 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Islamist militants, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have been waging an insurgency in northern Mali for the last decade. Two U.N. peacekeepers killed, four injured in Mali attack 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Blaming our country for Al Qaeda’s atrocities is an insult to the memory of the thousands of innocent Americans and brave first responders who died that day. These disgusting lies don’t belong in our party.” For GOP’s attorney general nominee, God’s law comes before Maryland’s 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda’s justification for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks has shifted, but the group has said that one aim was to compel American withdrawal from the Middle East. Bombing Kyiv Into Submission? History Says It Won’t Work. 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z In the 2002 attack, the strike destroyed a car carrying a suspected member of Al Qaeda in Yemen. White House Tightens Rules on Counterterrorism Drone Strikes 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z An Al Qaeda branch this week claimed an attack that killed at least 27 soldiers in northern Burkina Faso days before the coup unfolded. Burkina Faso military leader commits to predecessor's transition timeline 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z After the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration feared that a terrorist group like Al Qaeda might get a nuclear weapon and use it to destroy the New York subways or irradiate downtown Washington. Russia’s Small Nuclear Arms: A Risky Option for Putin and Ukraine Alike 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Wagner's entry into Mali last year spelled the end to France's decade-long mission to contain Islamists linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State who have since spread into Burkina Faso. Who is Ibrahim Traore, the soldier behind Burkina Faso's latest coup? 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z But Americans, rather than rising up against their country’s overseas deployments as Al Qaeda leaders had hoped, rallied in support of invading Afghanistan and then Iraq. Bombing Kyiv Into Submission? History Says It Won’t Work. 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Drone strikes increased still further early in the Obama administration, including in Yemen with the emergence of a dangerous Qaeda affiliate. White House Tightens Rules on Counterterrorism Drone Strikes 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z He was seen as a moderate by those who cited his denunciation of terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State and his edicts supporting women’s rights. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Influential Muslim Scholar, Dies at 96 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The assault took place in the commune of Gaskinde in Soum province, an area where jihadists linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have escalated attacks and seized territory since 2015. Several feared dead, trucks destroyed in Burkina Faso convoy attack 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z In any case, talks are largely frozen for now: Following a U.S. drone strike on a house in Kabul that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in July, Washington paused discussions with DAB, Mehrabi said. Afghanistan's money is crumbling to pieces, just like its economy 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Smaker would remain more than a year exploring what leads men to embrace groups such as Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Presidents in both parties have stretched that law beyond the original version of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan to cover many other groups and places. White House Tightens Rules on Counterterrorism Drone Strikes 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z A U.S. intelligence report from January described him as an explosives expert who “probably provided operational support to key Al Qaeda figures.” Libyan Held at Guantánamo Bay Is Approved for Transfer 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z They were also backed by Judea Pearl, whose son — the school’s namesake — was kidnapped and killed by Al Qaeda extremists while reporting for the Wall Street Journal in Pakistan in 2002. Suspension rescinded for L.A. journalism teacher who refused to censor student article 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z On the bench, Dearie was one of multiple judges presiding over cases against several men accused in 2009 of plotting to bomb New York City's subway system at the direction of al Qaeda leaders. Judge proposed by Trump named to vet records seized by FBI 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Men described being drawn to Al Qaeda out of boredom, poverty and defense of Islam. Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks have argued that the funds were sufficiently linked to the Taliban that they could seize the money as compensation for the their role in hosting Al Qaeda. U.S. Establishes Trust With $3.5 Billion in Frozen Afghan Central Bank Funds 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Attacks by militants linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda have continued unabated since the coup. Burkina Faso military leader takes over defence portfolio in cabinet reshuffle 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Radical Islamic terrorists financed by Osama bin Laden-led al Qaeda targeted landmarks that symbolized the economic and political power of the United States of America. Never forgetting 9/11 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Sunday marks the anniversary of the attacks, in which Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners and crashed them into both towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Poll finds 9/11 legacy fading among younger adults 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The situation is also complicated by the threat from Al Shabab, the militant group linked to Al Qaeda. ‘Famine Is at the Door’ in Somalia, U.N. Warns 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Throughout the months-long American military drawdown, reports from the Pentagon, the United Nations and other organizations consistently said that al Qaeda remained present in Afghanistan, despite the Taliban’s public assurances to the contrary. More questions than answers: A counterterror success in Afghanistan reveals depth of the problem 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Militant groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have taken over large swathes of territory in Burkina Faso and conduct frequent attacks on the army and civilians. American nun kidnapped in Burkina Faso has been freed - bishop 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The Pentagon has consistently said that Afghanistan, despite the Taliban’s assurances to the contrary, remains home to Islamic terrorists, including those affiliated with al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Former CENTCOM chief says Biden told that Afghanistan would fall if U.S. pulled out 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Pakistani authorities have denied involvement in or advanced knowledge of a drone strike the United States said it carried out in Kabul in July that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing U.S. drones to use its airspace 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a drone while he stood on a balcony at his hideout in July, U.S. officials said, in the biggest blow to al Qaeda since U.S. Taliban say they've not found body of al Qaeda leader 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z In addition, a ruthless offshoot of Islamic State, a rival to al Qaeda, has been able to establish its own beachhead inside Afghanistan. More questions than answers: A counterterror success in Afghanistan reveals depth of the problem 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Other wins included the U.S.’ killing of the world’s most wanted terrorist, Al Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri, receding gas prices and an unemployment rate at the lowest level in 50 years. Biden’s approval rating ticks up after a series of wins 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, a U.S. drone strike in Kabul killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, fueling questions about whether the Taliban is once again allowing al Qaeda to use Afghanistan as a safe haven. Former CENTCOM chief says Biden told that Afghanistan would fall if U.S. pulled out 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The Taliban said it is investigating the July air strike and that it has not found the Al Qaeda leader's body. Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing U.S. drones to use its airspace 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Islamic extremists didn’t buy into his walk-back; as recently as 2010 his name was reported to be on an Al Qaeda hit list. Salman Rushdie and the long shadow of 'The Satanic Verses' 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z “Ask the members of al Qaeda how safe they feel in Afghanistan right now,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters last month following the al-Zawahri strike. More questions than answers: A counterterror success in Afghanistan reveals depth of the problem 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z He was also in Crawford in 2001 when intelligence agencies warned of a possible attack by Al Qaeda months before Sept. 11. ‘Go Get Your Bathing Suits!’: Biden Takes a Vacation as Washington Beckons 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “And needless to say, the Taliban’s sheltering of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri reinforces deep concerns we have regarding diversion of funds to terrorist groups.” U.S. Will Not Release $3.5 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds, Citing Terror Fears 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z International isolation is exacerbating Afghanistan’s economic and humanitarian crisis, which may deepen after U.S. officials accused the Taliban of harboring the leader of Al Qaeda this month. Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Contrary to pessimists’ fears, the Afghan-based core of Al Qaeda hasn’t succeeded in rebuilding. Column: Kabul's fall was a debacle, but long-term impact hasn't been as catastrophic as feared 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z On its face, last month’s strike on al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri proved U.S. forces can still carry out military and intelligence missions in Afghanistan even with American boots no longer on the ground. More questions than answers: A counterterror success in Afghanistan reveals depth of the problem 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Instead, it said, Al Qaeda will rely on, at least for now, an array of loyal affiliates outside the region to carry out potential terrorist plots against the West. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded since the drone strike that while a handful of longtime members of Al Qaeda remain in Afghanistan, the group has not reconstituted a major presence there since the American withdrawal. U.S. Will Not Release $3.5 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds, Citing Terror Fears 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The Trump administration released just one prisoner from Guantánamo, a confessed Qaeda operative who is currently serving a prison sentence in Riyadh under an Obama-era plea agreement. As U.S. Seeks to Close Guantánamo, Saudi Center Could Be an Option 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda has loomed large to Americans since its Sept. 11, 2001, attack on New York and the Pentagon. Column: Kabul's fall was a debacle, but long-term impact hasn't been as catastrophic as feared 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z The fight had shifted from Al Qaeda to the Taliban. Last Days in Afghanistan: 8 Americans Reflect on the U.S. Withdrawal 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Last October, a top Pentagon official said Al Qaeda could be able to regroup in Afghanistan and attack the United States in one to two years. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Such attacks were carried out by Islamic State, Al Qaeda and other groups. Terrorism suspect blew himself up in Jeddah, injuring four, Saudi media says 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z But some of the dead are known, notably those who were sent during the George W. Bush administration and then fled to Yemen, where they joined Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. As U.S. Seeks to Close Guantánamo, Saudi Center Could Be an Option 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z In 2020, a Saudi Air Force cadet influenced by Al Qaeda killed three American sailors in Florida, but it isn’t clear whether the organization directed the attack. Column: Kabul's fall was a debacle, but long-term impact hasn't been as catastrophic as feared 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z The group that perpetrated the attacks was, of course, Al Qaeda, and Commander Eggers believed a “right-sized” response would have been a campaign focused only on terrorism. Last Days in Afghanistan: 8 Americans Reflect on the U.S. Withdrawal 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z A U.N. report warned this spring that Al Qaeda had found “increased freedom of action” in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z U.S. policymakers, however, are now preoccupied with Russia's onslaught against Ukraine and soaring tensions with China, even as the Taliban erase women's rights, harbor al Qaeda militants and execute and torture former government officials. A year after Biden's Afghanistan exit, accountability in short supply 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z That pact was predicated on several promises, including a guarantee that the Taliban would sever all ties with al Qaeda and not allow the country to become a terrorist sanctuary for foreign attacks ever again. Bitter anniversary: Old fears resurface as Taliban mark year in power in Afghanistan 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z “Al Qaeda still has grand aspirations, but its core is actually very weak,” Daniel L. Byman, a terrorism scholar at Georgetown University, told me last week. Column: Kabul's fall was a debacle, but long-term impact hasn't been as catastrophic as feared 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Getting the enemy wrong in Afghanistan meant that the U.S. strategy was inevitably flawed, overextending the U.S. military and depleting American resources, which might have been Al Qaeda’s goal from the start. Last Days in Afghanistan: 8 Americans Reflect on the U.S. Withdrawal 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z He added that the summary said “little about the longer-term prospects of Al Qaeda.” U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Concern about bin Laden and Al Qaeda was growing, and it grew faster after bin Laden orchestrated the attacks on two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998. Gary Schroen, Who Led the C.I.A. Into Afghanistan, Dies at 80 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z In the short term, the mission also will surely have an impact on al Qaeda in Afghanistan and could hamper the group from rebuilding its operations inside the country. Bitter anniversary: Old fears resurface as Taliban mark year in power in Afghanistan 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z But his lawyers say he cannot go back to Pakistan, where his wife and daughter live, because he fears persecution there as a former Qaeda member who offered testimony against other Guantánamo prisoners. U.S. Is Urgently Seeking a Country to Resettle a Qaeda Informant 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Groups linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have been active in the region since at least 2015. Roadside bomb in northern Burkina Faso kills 15 soldiers 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Al-Zawahri’s death has once again cast a spotlight on Al Qaeda, which after Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011 has largely been overshadowed by an upstart rival, the Islamic State. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z He was one of a handful of former C.I.A. officials to openly criticize the decision to invade Iraq, which he felt detracted attention and resources from the fight against Al Qaeda. Gary Schroen, Who Led the C.I.A. Into Afghanistan, Dies at 80 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z “Ask the members of al Qaeda how safe they feel in Afghanistan right now,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters last week. Bitter anniversary: Old fears resurface as Taliban mark year in power in Afghanistan 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Justice Department lawyers said Mr. Khan’s detention was lawful because “hostilities with Al Qaeda remain ongoing.” U.S. Is Urgently Seeking a Country to Resettle a Qaeda Informant 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Mali is facing a worsening insurgency by Islamist armed groups, some linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, which has expanded to its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger. Militants kill 17 soldiers in Mali attack 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z “Basically, I find the I.C. assessment convincing,” said Daniel Byman, a professor at Georgetown University, referring to the U.S. intelligence community and its new analysis of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z He was the deputy to Al Qaeda’s founder, Osama bin Laden, and took over the organization in 2011. Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The killing of Al Qaeda’s leader shows the U.S. can still fight terrorism without troops in Afghanistan, says the Brookings Institution’s Vanda Felbab-Brown. Travel Troubles 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Hundreds of Afghans carried anti-American banners on Friday to protest against a U.S. drone strike that Washington says killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri this month. Palestinian Islamic jihad group confirms killing of a senior commander in Gaza 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The U.S. drone strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in Kabul last weekend jolted Americans, reminding them that Islamic extremists are still active. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Byman has in the past voiced skepticism about a resurgent Qaeda threat. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Prosecutors in federal civilian court and in the military commissions system at Guantánamo Bay have filed multiple indictments against Qaeda operatives accused of helping plot the Cole bombing. Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Rossini is a former F.B.I. supervisory agent who, before the Sept. 11 attacks, was assigned to a C.I.A. task force investigating Al Qaeda, but was criminally charged for illegally accessing the F.B.I. database. Former Puerto Rico Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He used his prestige as a veteran militant to help rebuild al Qaeda in the face of a U.S. onslaught following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z A CIA drone strike has killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in Afghanistan, according to five people familiar with the matter. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z “Al Qaeda doesn’t need large training camps to be dangerous.” U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z His charges mention al-Zawahri as one of 26 participants in a Qaeda conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism in general, but not as the mastermind. Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Officials of the Islamist group, long-time allies of al Qaeda, initially confirmed the Sunday drone strike but said the house that was hit was empty. Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after U.S. says Zawahiri killed 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z But analysts say the identity of the top man has become less relevant, because tactically independent al Qaeda franchises run the day to day operations in their countries. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda proper has not successfully attacked the United States or Europe since 2005, an eternity for a terrorist group seeking to grab world attention. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z “Their numbers of active, hard-core Al Qaeda in AfPak make no sense,” said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations, referring to Afghanistan and Pakistan. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z But he considered al-Zawahri to be more of a “strategic thinker of Al Qaeda.” Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The West African country has been battling an insurgency by Islamist militant groups, some linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, which control large swathes of territory and wage frequent attacks. Burkina Faso army admits killing civilians in counter-terrorist strike 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The mysterious former Egyptian special forces officer was widely regarded as al Qaeda’s number 3 and one of its military chiefs. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Bin Laden’s No. 2 could claim one gain during his tenure, the group’s expansion, often through converting terrorist groups in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia into Al Qaeda affiliates. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z “At least three dozen senior Qaeda commanders were freed from Afghan jails a year ago. I very much doubt they have turned to farming or accounting as their post-prison vocations.” U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z But as a senior leader, he said, al-Zawahri helped set the strategic direction for Al Qaeda’s major actions during that time. Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The 9/11 Commission noted in 2004 that it found no evidence that “the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials within the Saudi government funded al Qaeda.” Killing of Zawahiri draws praise from bipartisan lawmakers, Saudi Arabia 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z He studied software programming in Germany before moving to Afghanistan where he was selected to manage al Qaeda’s main media wing, said the FBI, which wants him for questioning in connection with his al-Qaeda membership. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Finally, the threat posed by Al Qaeda and its ilk will depend on whether a new cause makes them urgently relevant again. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Hoffman said that Qaeda operatives or their affiliates had been given important administrative responsibilities in at least eight Afghan provinces. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The killing put the focus back on Al Qaeda, which has lost eight of its top leaders in recent years but now has more total fighters than it did on Sept. 11, 2001. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Pelosi says U.S. chip bill offers opportunity for U.S.-Taiwan cooperation 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda has faced setbacks since it carried out the 9/11 attacks, including U.S. military pressure and competition from Islamic State, which ruled over vast areas in Iraq and Syria. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z As much as the success of the manhunt demonstrates necessary resolve against terrorists who attack the U.S., the Al Qaeda that Zawahiri left behind was already diminished by internal and external forces. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The intelligence summary also said that members of the Qaeda affiliate in Afghanistan, formerly known as Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, or AQIS, were largely inactive and focused mainly on activities like media production. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Yet Al Qaeda is in more countries and has more total fighters than it did on Sept. 11, 2001, when it attacked the United States. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden justified his decision to pull out last year on the grounds that Al Qaeda was no longer there. Killing of Qaeda Leader Crystallizes Debate Over Biden’s Afghanistan Strategy 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But jihadi watchers say al Qaeda’s structure is unlikely to change dramatically after Zawahiri’s death. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z A new leader might revive its fortunes somewhat, but Al Qaeda’s threat to the U.S. homeland will remain limited. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z But a U.N. report in July estimated that the Qaeda affiliate had between 180 to 400 fighters — “primarily from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistan” — who were in several Taliban combat units. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z None of these affiliates pose the same kind of threat to the American homeland that Al Qaeda did on Sept. 11. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point, with Al Qaeda gone?” he said at the time. Killing of Qaeda Leader Crystallizes Debate Over Biden’s Afghanistan Strategy 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda’s general command consists of senior leaders who represent a new generation of leaders with no historical ties to Afghanistan, where militants fought Soviet occupation troops. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Speculation has grown that the U.S. used a secret Hellfire missile nicknamed the ‘knife bomb’ to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z And government analysts as well as outside terrorism experts agreed that Al Qaeda in Afghanistan would, in the short term, most likely call upon a range of affiliates outside the region to carry out plots. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The Qaeda affiliate in East Africa killed three Americans at a U.S. base in Kenya in 2020. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan as well as getting Osama bin Laden. And we did.” Killing of Qaeda Leader Crystallizes Debate Over Biden’s Afghanistan Strategy 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Aaron Zelin of the Washington Institute said that al Qaeda’s top leaders, scattered across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa, would share the burden of leading the group through its various branches. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Continued counterterrorism efforts, however, make another 9/11 or an attack such as Paris in 2015 difficult — one reason Al Qaeda turned to the local campaigns of its affiliates in the first place. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z None of these affiliates pose the same kind of threat to the American homeland that Al Qaeda did on Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. Says Al Qaeda Has Not Regrouped in Afghanistan 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The officer acted on his own but was in contact with the Qaeda branch in Yemen as he completed his attack plans. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Al-Zawahri was killed Saturday night when a U.S. intelligence drone fired two Hellfire missiles at him as he stood onto the balcony of an al Qaeda safe house in Kabul, a senior administration official said. Al Qaeda leader’s death renews debate over hasty U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z He said Zawahiri’s death had left a “legitimacy” gap at the top of al Qaeda. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 electrified the Muslim world and vindicated Al Qaeda’s argument that the United States was bent on regional domination. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z For years al-Zawahri was thought to be hiding in the border area of Pakistan, where many Qaeda and Taliban leaders took refuge after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z And as al-Zawahri’s presence in Kabul suggests, Al Qaeda and its leaders feel confident moving around Afghanistan, now that the Taliban are back in control of the country, counterterrorism officials said. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Intelligence operatives had been tracking the Egyptian-born al Qaeda leader since April, updating the president over the past three months. Al Qaeda leader’s death renews debate over hasty U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z One group linked to al Qaeda is Somalia’s Al Shabaab, which has carried out bombings and attacks at home and has killed hundreds of civilians in Kenya and Uganda. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Without another galvanizing Iraq or Syria, Al Qaeda and like-minded groups may fade even further into yesterday’s news. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The examination of that network intensified with the U.S. exit from Afghanistan last year and a belief among some intelligence officials that senior leaders of Al Qaeda would be tempted to return. How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “The question isn’t what this does to Al Qaeda, but what does this do to the witches’ brew of terrorists in Afghanistan?” said Brian Katulis, the vice president for policy at the Middle East Institute. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda has faced only limited interference from the Taliban, and some of its senior officials are providing advisory services to the Kabul government, the report said. Al Qaeda leader’s death renews debate over hasty U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in Africa, militants linked to al Qaeda have repeatedly launched raids across Mali during a decade-long insurgency concentrated in the country’s north and centre. Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z According to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, the trainee was “more than inspired” by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, he “was sharing plans and tactics” with it. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The C.I.A. continued to search for him as he rose to the top of Al Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden and after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last year. How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda is not the only global terrorist network in transition. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “Ask the members of al Qaeda how safe they feel in Afghanistan right now,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters. Al Qaeda leader’s death renews debate over hasty U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Much of that was a result of a relentless two-decades-long campaign by the U.S. to disrupt Al Qaeda and hunt down its leaders. Al Qaeda leader's death raises concerns over Taliban links, Afghanistan's future 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Daniel Hoffman, a former senior CIA covert operations officer and station chief, said the presence of Zawahiri and other al Qaeda militants in Afghanistan should be "ringing alarm bells." Zawahiri strike gives Biden counter-terrorism strategy boost, but concerns persist 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “They provide Al Qaeda with a lot of tactical support that they need.” How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But al-Zawahri’s death puts the focus back on Al Qaeda, which had largely been overshadowed by its upstart Islamic State rival, also known as ISIL, after Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011. Al-Zawahri’s Death Puts the Focus Back on Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But the administration has also released concerning evidence about al Qaeda’s presence in Afghanistan and indications that the Taliban is offering refuge to the terror organization that has waged attacks on the U.S. Al Qaeda leader’s death renews debate over hasty U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “A lot of people thought he was already dead. Strategically and operationally for Al Qaeda he was no longer that important,” said Ashley Jackson, co-director for the Center of the Study of Armed Groups. Al Qaeda leader's death raises concerns over Taliban links, Afghanistan's future 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z A United Nations report last year said as many as 500 al Qaeda fighters were in Afghanistan and that the Taliban maintained a close relationship with the Islamist extremists. Zawahiri strike gives Biden counter-terrorism strategy boost, but concerns persist 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Still, the U.S. hunt forced al-Zawahri to remain in the tribal areas of Pakistan, possibly limiting the effectiveness of his leadership within Al Qaeda. How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z |
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