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Sep 10 2014
News
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
Sep 24 2014
News
U.S. Feared Al Qaeda Group Targeted in Syria Was Plotting Terror
Obama Administration Says Attacks by Khorasan on U.S. or Europe Were Imminent
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jan 14 2015
News
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.
CBN
Jan 22 2014
News
Al Qaeda-Linked Cell Nabbed in Jerusalem, Accused of Plotting Three Attacks
Israeli intelligence services say they have uncovered an Al Qaeda plot that may have originated with terror leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri to target three sites including the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.
The Blaze
Dec 31 2013
News
Intel community: NY Times wrong, al Qaeda links in Benghazi are clear
Current and former U.S. officials congressional sources and outside analysts briefed on the attack told The Washington Times on Monday that the U.S. intelligence community's assessment about al Qaeda's links to the Benghazi tragedy has not changed.
Washington Times
Jan 09 2014
News
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 Times
Jan 15 2014
News
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)
Aug 12 2013
News
U.S. to reopen most diplomatic posts closed due to al Qaeda threat
All but one of the U.S. diplomatic posts closed in a sweeping response to fears of a possible al Qaeda attack will reopen Sunday the State Department said.
CNN (Online News)
Aug 07 2013
News
Al Qaeda intercept challenges narrative of terror group 'on the run'
Reports that top-level communications among 20 Al Qaeda operatives prompted the ongoing security alert affecting U.S. embassies around the world have raised even more questions about the Obama administration's repeated claims that Al Qaeda is "on the run." The assertion that Al Qaeda -- with the death of Usama bin Laden and of many of his lieutenants -- is a shell of its former self was a
Fox News (Online News)
Sep 10 2013
News
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 Times