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Jan 06 2014
News
Al Qaeda Scores Major Victory in Iraq
In case you missed it over the weekend, al Qaeda fighters in Iraq took over Fallujah, a major city close to the Capitol of Baghdad despite President Obama repeatedly saying in 2012 that the terrorist group is on the run. Obama was in Hawaii on vacation when the violent takeover occurred.
TownhallJun 02 2024
News
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AL.comAug 04 2022
Opinion
Al Qaeda leader Zawahri's death and questions that need answers
President Biden gave a rare primetime address Monday night to announce that the CIA, on his orders, conducted a drone strike that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Zawahri is a longtime radical Islamist leader who succeeded Usama bin Laden as head of al Qaeda in 2011 and masterminded the deadly terrorist attacks against the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
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Fox News (Opinion)Jun 16 2015
News
Al Qaeda’s Leader in Yemen Killed in U.S. Airstrike
Al Qaeda said its second in command was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Yemen, the biggest blow to the terrorist organization since Osama bin Laden was gunned down in a 2011 U.S. commando raid in Pakistan in 2011.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 16 2015
News
Yemen crisis: Al-Qaeda seizes southern airport
Militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have seized an airport in southern Yemen, officials say. Troops guarding the site in the major port city of Mukalla, Hadramawt province, have fled, they said. AQAP has exploited the chaos gripping the country, overrunning Mukalla earlier this month and freeing inmates from a prison. A Saudi-led coalition has been bombing Shia Houthi
BBC NewsFeb 04 2015
News
Moussaoui Calls Saudi Princes Patrons of Al Qaeda
In highly unusual testimony inside the federal supermax prison, a former operative for Al Qaeda has described prominent members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family as major donors to the terrorist network in the late 1990s and claimed that he discussed a plan to shoot down Air Force One with a Stinger missile with a staff member at the Saudi Embassy in Washington.
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New York Times (News)