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Nov 20 2015
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Islamic State Tactics Shift, Borrowing From al Qaeda
U.S. and European counterterrorism officials believe Islamic State has changed its operational tactics by borrowing from al Qaeda’s playbook, deploying trusted lieutenants to engineer larger, more coordinated plots against the West.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 14 2015
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Al Qaeda Claims 'Charlie' Attacks, Vows More Ahead
Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch is claiming responsibility for last week's deadly attacks in Paris that killed 14 people, including three gunmen.
CBNJan 14 2015
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Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility Wednesday for last week's rampage that killed 12 people at France's Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper.
CNN (Online News)Dec 29 2015
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As U.S. Focuses on ISIS and the Taliban, Al Qaeda Re-emerges
Training camps have sprouted up in Afghanistan, leading to questions on whether they could again become breeding grounds for attacks on the United States.
New York Times (News)Jan 14 2015
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Al Qaeda In Yemen Claims Responsibility For Charlie Hebdo Attack
Yemen's al-Qaida branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week's massacre at a Paris satirical newspaper, with one of its top commanders saying the assault was in revenge for the weekly's publications of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, considered an insult in Islam.
HuffPostJan 09 2014
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Iraqi diplomat wants Obama engagement in al Qaeda crisis
Iraq's ambassador to Washington says the Obama administration doesn't fully grasp the consequences of failing to more aggressively combat a surging al Qaeda threat inside his country pointedly suggesting that President Obama has been less engaged with Baghdad than his predecessor.
Washington TimesJan 15 2014
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Senate report: Benghazi attackers tied to Al Qaeda groups
A comprehensive report by the Senate Intelligence Committee definitively declared that individuals tied to Al Qaeda groups were involved in the Benghazi attack, challenging recent claims that the terror network was not a factor.
The report was released Monday, nearly one year after then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, under congressional questioning over the nature of the attack,
Fox News (Online News)Jan 14 2015
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Al Qaeda in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack
Senior Leader Says Organization Financed, Planned Operation
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 10 2013
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Intel clashes with Obama's election-year al Qaeda claims
As President Obama ran to election victory last fall with claims that al Qaeda was decimated and on the run, his intelligence team was privately offering a different assessment - that the terrorist movement was shifting resources and capabilities to emerging spinoff groups in Africa that posed fresh threats to American security.
Washington TimesSep 10 2014
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Al-Qaeda morphs into a new movement since 9/11
The terrorist group responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has changed dramatically since then. Instead of a central organization with a strong leader based in Afghanistan, it is mostly a series of offshoots fighting for control of countries in the Middle East and Africa.
USA TODAY