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Mauritanian army fights militants, kills 12 (AP)

September 18th, 2010

AP - The Mauritanian army has launched an offensive against the North African branch of al-Qaida in neighboring Mali.

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French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists (AP)

September 5th, 2010

In this photo taken Aug. 6, 2010, a veiled woman walks past luxury shops in the so-called Golden Triangle, a high-priced shopping district centered around the Champs-Elysees Avenue, in Paris. A bill to outlaw face veils, aimed at upholding French values but with binternational/b implications, is expected to win Senate approval this month. If it passes this key hurdle, French diplomats will have their work cut out for them, ensuring the ban doesn't alienate governments, deter devout foreign shoppers loaded with cash, or inspire Islamist terrorists. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France’s plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.


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France declares war against al-Qaida (AP)

July 27th, 2010

A photo released Monday July 26, 2010 by the City of Marcoussis, south of Paris, showing French aid group Enimilal member, Michel Germaneau, in 2007. The leader of al-Qaida's North African branch (AQIM) said in a message broadcast Sunday that the 78-year-old French engineer was killed in retaliation for the killing of six al-Qaida members in a raid. Humanitarian worker Michel Germaneau was abducted April 22 in Niger. (AP Photo/Mairie de Marcoussis/Enmilal)AP - France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network’s North African branch, after the…

Sarkozy: French aid worker executed in Africa (AP)

July 26th, 2010

AP - A 78-year-old French aid worker kidnapped by al-Qaida was executed in the Sahara after a failed attempt to free him left six militants dead, President Nicolas Sarkozy said…

Al-Qaida: No. 3 official killed with family (AP)

June 1st, 2010

This image released by the Site Intelligence Group made from undated video shows Sheikh Sa'id al-Masri, also known as Mustafa al-Yazid. In what could be one of the hardest blows to al-Qaida since the U.S. campaign against the terrorist organization began, the group's No. 3, al-Masri, is believed to be dead, killed by a U.S. Predator drone strike, a U.S. official said Monday, May 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Site Intelligence Group) MANDATORY CREDIT: SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP; ON-SCREEN LOGO MUST NOT BE OBSCURED; NO SALESAP - Al-Qaida announced Monday that its No. 3 official, Mustafa al-Yazid, had been killed along with members of his family — perhaps one of the most severe blows to…

Al-Qaida in Iraq confirms deaths of top 2 figures (AP)

April 25th, 2010

FILE - In this Wednesday April 21, 2010 file photo, an Iraqi military helicopter flies over the site of a joint U.S.-Iraqi raid that reportedly killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, two top-ranking al-Qaida figures, about six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Tikrit. An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has declared in a statement posted on the Internet that its two top figures have been killed. The statement Sunday April 25, 2010, provided the first confirmation from the terror network of the Iraqi and U.S. governments' claim April 19 that the two men were killed in a joint operation while hiding at a safehouse near the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has confirmed the killing of its two top leaders but vowed in a statement that its members were not cowed by their…

Al-Qaida confirms deaths of top 2 figures (AP)

April 25th, 2010

FILE - In this Wednesday April 21, 2010 file photo, an Iraqi military helicopter flies over the site of a joint U.S.-Iraqi raid that reportedly killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, two top-ranking al-Qaida figures, about six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Tikrit. An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has declared in a statement posted on the Internet that its two top figures have been killed. The statement Sunday April 25, 2010, provided the first confirmation from the terror network of the Iraqi and U.S. governments' claim April 19 that the two men were killed in a joint operation while hiding at a safehouse near the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has confirmed the killing of its two top leaders but vowed in a statement that its members were not cowed by their…

Al-Qaida statement confirms death of 2 top figures (AP)

April 25th, 2010

FILE - In this Wednesday April 21, 2010 file photo, an Iraqi military helicopter flies over the site of a joint U.S.-Iraqi raid that reportedly killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, two top-ranking al-Qaida figures, about six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Tikrit. An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has declared in a statement posted on the Internet that its two top figures have been killed. The statement Sunday April 25, 2010, provided the first confirmation from the terror network of the Iraqi and U.S. governments' claim April 19 that the two men were killed in a joint operation while hiding at a safehouse near the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq declared in a statement posted on the Internet Sunday that its two top figures have been killed.


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On the run, Pakistan militants find new haven (AP)

April 21st, 2010

In this photo released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations department on Nov. 2, 2009, Pakistani soldiers are seen detaining alleged militants at undisclosed location during their ongoing military operation along the border with Afghanistan in Pakistan's tribal area of Waziristan. The influx of militants in North Waziristan during the last three months will add to pressure on the army to launch an offensive there. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations) NO SALESAP - They were never routed, no matter what Pakistan claimed. Instead, the Taliban and al-Qaida fighters have merely relocated. They’re still near the Afghan border.


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Pakistan seeks identity of American suspect (AP)

March 8th, 2010

This image from video released by IntelCenter Sunday, March 7, 2010, shows Adam Gadahn, featured in a video posted Sunday, coincidentally the day that his arrest by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi was announced. In the video the 31-year-old American al-Qaida spokesman called for Muslim violence, praising the U.S. Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas, as a role model for other Muslims. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)AP - Intelligence officials are trying to establish the identity of an American militant suspect arrested in Pakistan, but doubts grew Monday that he is al-Qaida’s U.S.-born spokesman.


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