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Al-Qaida group releases tape of French hostages (AP)

September 30th, 2010

This image taken from video and provided by U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group Thursday Sept. 30, 2010 shows the first images of a group of foreign hostages working for a French energy company who were seized in Niger two weeks ago by an al-Qaida offshoot, according to the group that monitors terrorism. The hostages were grabbed in the middle of the night on Sept. 16 from their guarded villas in the uranium mining town of Arlit in Niger where they worked for French nuclear giant Areva. Five are French citizens, the other two are from Togo and Madagascar. (AP Photo/SITE) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - A tape released Thursday on a jihadist forum shows the first images of a group of hostages including five French citizens since they were seized two weeks ago…

Spain arrests American al-Qaida suspect (AP)

September 29th, 2010

AP - Spanish police have arrested a U.S. citizen of Algerian origin who is suspected of financing al-Qaida’s North African affiliate, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.

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Al-Qaida gunmen ambush bus carrying Yemeni forces (AP)

September 25th, 2010

Yemeni policemen guard the state security court in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, as the trial of four al-Qaida suspects takes place. The four, including a Yemeni-German teenager, have been brought to trial in Yemen to face accusations they plotted attacks on tourists, binternational/b institutions and security forces. (AP Photo)AP - A Yemeni security official says two al-Qaida militants have ambushed a bus carrying security personnel in the capital, spraying the vehicle with gunfire and injuring 10 passengers.


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Al-Qaida in Iraq claims Baghdad bombings (AP)

September 24th, 2010

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, file photo, Iraqis inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Kazimiyah neighborhood. Two car bombs exploded during the morning rush hour killing and wounding scores of people, police said. Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for two bombings last week in Baghdad that killed at least 31 people at a government security agency and what it termed an 'evil' mobile phone provider. The Islamic State of Iraq said in a statement Friday that it targeted the National Security Ministry and an Asia Cell store because they are an inseparable part of the Shiite-led government's crackdown on insurgents. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - Al-Qaida’s front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for two Baghdad bombings last week that killed at least 31 people at a government security agency and what it…

Thousands of Yemenis flee battle with al-Qaida (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Yemeni policemen guard the state security court in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, as the trial of four al-Qaida suspects takes place. The four, including a Yemeni-German teenager, have been brought to trial in Yemen to face accusations they plotted attacks on tourists, binternational/b institutions and security forces. (AP Photo)AP - Thousands of people have fled a village in southern Yemen where security forces are laying siege to al-Qaida militants, a security official said Monday, signaling an escalation in…

Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls (AP)

August 29th, 2010

FILE - A Monday July 26, 2010 photo from files showing David Jakobsen as he was lead out of Oslo municipal court.He is one of three presently accused of plotting acts of terrorism. When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month, they insisted the public was never in danger despite turning up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building. An Associated Press investigation shows authorities learned early on about the alleged cell by intercepting e-mails from an al-Qaida operative in Pakistan and — thanks to those early warnings — were able to secretly replace a key bomb-making ingredient with a harmless liquid when one of the suspects ordered it at an Oslo pharmacy. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Erlend Aas, File) ** NORWAY OUT **AP - When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month they turned up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building.


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Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida arrive in Spain (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

Spanish aid worker, Roque Pascual , left, Spanish Secretary of State, Soraya Rodriguez, 2nd left, Albert Vilalta, 3rd left, and Spanish Ambassador, Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil , talk after leaving a helicopter in the grounds of the presidential palace in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso after their release Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. The two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate were freed Monday in Mali after a multi-million-dollar ransom was reportedly paid — a sign of the terrorist group's growing sophistication in bankrolling operations through kidnappings, experts said Monday. Aid workers Roque Pascual and Albert Vilalta were abducted last November when their convoy of 4-by-4s was attacked by gunmen on a stretch of road in Mauritania. They were whisked away to Mali, whose northern half is now one of the many stretches of remote desert where al-Qaida of Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has stretched its tentacles. (AP Photo/Brahima Ouedraogo)AP - Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate arrived Tuesday in Barcelona after a multi-million-dollar ransom was reportedly paid for their freedom —…

Al-Qaida group frees 2 Spanish in Mali (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

AP - Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate have been set free, Spain’s prime minister said Monday, ending a hostage drama that involved…

Gitmo jury recommends 14 years for al-Qaida cook (AP)

August 11th, 2010

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, 50-year-old al-Qaida cook from Sudan, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi,, left, attends his war crimes trial at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP - A Guantanamo jury recommended a 14-year sentence Wednesday for an al-Qaida cook, though its decision may be overruled by a plea bargain that will limit the time he…

Gitmo jury to choose sentence for al-Qaida cook (AP)

August 11th, 2010

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, 50-year-old al-Qaida cook from Sudan, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi,, left, attends his war crimes trial at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP - A Guantanamo jury began deliberations Wednesday to determine a sentence for an al-Qaida cook, though its decision may be overruled by a plea bargain that will limit the…

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