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Best U.S. option in Yemen? Help it fight al Qaeda: Gates (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday he believed the best tool to fight al Qaeda in countries like Yemen was boosting local capabilities, adding, “We don’t need…

Al Qaeda denies plot to target Muslim pilgrims (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula denied on Sunday it would stage any action to coincide with the Muslim haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia after a Saudi…

Yemen needs aid to fight al Qaeda: foreign minister (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - Yemen needs more help from its allies to combat al Qaeda, its foreign minister said on Monday, just two days after the militant group said it had been…

Al Qaeda Yemen wing claims parcel plot, UPS crash (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - Al Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing claimed responsibility for a foiled plot to send explosive parcels to the United States last week, and for the crash of a UPS jet…

Yemen al Qaeda warned tribe against helping government (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Reuters - Al Qaeda in Yemen has warned kinsmen of a U.S. born radical preacher against collaborating with the government, according to a statement from the group that appeared to…

Freed al Qaeda hostages arrive back in Spain (Reuters)

August 24th, 2010

A general view shows the road between Nouahibou and Nouakchott, where three Spanish aid workers were abducted from, December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rafael MarchanteReuters - Two Spanish aid workers held by al Qaeda’s North African wing returned to Barcelona after being freed on Monday, ending a kidnapping that lasted nearly nine months.


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Sarkozy vows to punish Qaeda killers of Frenchman (Reuters)

July 26th, 2010

Michel Germaneau, the late French hostage, is seen in this undated handout picture released by the city of Marcoussis July 26, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed on Monday that the 78-year-old French hostage Germaneau who was held by Al Qaeda's North African wing was dead and urged French citizens to avoid travel to the Sahel region. REUTERS/Handout/Mairie de Marcoussis/Association EnmilalReuters - President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday to punish al Qaeda’s north African wing for killing a 78-year-old French hostage after a commando raid in Mali failed to free…