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Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida-linked group (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 were freed Monday in Mali after a multi-million-dollar ransom was reportedly paid — a sign…

Al-Qaida-linked group claims TV bombing in Baghdad (AP)

July 29th, 2010

A worker clears away blood and debris after a suicide attack on Shiite pilgrims in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq,Tuesday, July 27, 2010. According to police, a female suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint near the Imam Hussein shrine where pilgrims are gathered to mark an important religious holiday, known as Shabaniyah, that attracts devout Shiites from around the country. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of a pan-Arab television station, describing the deadly attack that killed six…

Al-Qaida-linked group claims World Cup bombings (AP)

July 12th, 2010

Damaged chairs and tables amongst the debris strewn outside the restaurant 'Ethiopian village' in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, July 12, 2010 after an explosion at the restaurant late Sunday. Simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant, killing at least 64 people including one American, officials said. Police feared an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group was behind the attacks. (AP Photo/Marc Hofer)AP - An al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group claimed responsibility Monday for twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people watching the World Cup final on TV, saying the militants would…

Al-Qaida-linked Somali group claims Uganda blasts (AP)

July 12th, 2010

Damaged chairs and tables amongst the debris strewn outside the restaurant 'Ethiopian village' in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, July 12, 2010 after an explosion at the restaurant late Sunday. Simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant, killing at least 64 people including one American, officials said. Police feared an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group was behind the attacks. (AP Photo/Marc Hofer)AP - An al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group claimed responsibility Monday for twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people watching the World Cup final on TV, saying the militants would…

Somali army trains to fight al-Qaida-linked rebels (AP)

April 1st, 2010

Somali army recruits train using sticks instead of guns at Camp al-Jazira, the government's main military base, in Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Officials say a long-planned government offensive against Islamist insurgents has been delayed partly because of a lack of training and equipment, a problem the European Union hopes to remedy with its plan to train 2,000 Somali soldiers, announced Wednesday. (AP Photo / Katharine Houreld)AP - Somali army recruits are using sticks instead of guns as they train for combat against battle-hardened Islamist rebels. With the army lacking equipment and training, Somalia’s prime minister…

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