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Indonesia believes has killed top wanted militant

Source: The Sun Daily

JAKARTA (March 9, 2010): Indonesian police believe they have shot dead a top fugitive militant, wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings, in what could be a major coup in the country’s fight against Islamist radicals, police and [...]

5 killed in U.S. drone attack in Pakistan

Target was house in North Waziristan, officials say

NBC News and news services
updated 57 minutes ago
Source: MSNBC

MIR ALI, Pakistan – A U.S. drone fired two to three missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, killing at [...]

AF budget request calls for 48 new Reapers

STAFF SGT. BRIAN FERGUSON / AIR FORCE The Air Force's FY 2011 budget request calls for the purchase of 48 MQ-9A Reapers. Above, a Reaper prepares to land after a mission in Afghanistan.

By Michael Hoffman – Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 21:26:05 EST
Source: Air Force Times

The Air Force avoided the budget ax it fell under last year and increased its investment in unmanned aircraft, according to fiscal 2011 budget recommendations [...]

Bin Laden wording ‘indicator’ of upcoming attack: monitor

(AFP) – 3 hours ago
Source: Google

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden’s word choice in the latest audio message attributed to him is seen as a “possible indicator” of an upcoming attack by his Al-Qaeda network, a US monitoring group warned Sunday.
IntelCenter, [...]

American Ex-convicts In Yemen Pose ‘Significant Threat’

U.S. Worried About Three Dozen Criminals Who Converted to Islam in Prison, Most from New York

By RICHARD ESPOSITO, REHAB EL-BURI, BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
Jan. 19, 2010
Source: ABC News

As many as three dozen criminals who converted to Islam in American [...]

Yemen threatens more strikes on al-Qaida

English.news.cn 2010-01-19 07:14:00

SANAA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Yemen army will continue strike al- Qaida as long as it threats Yemen’s security and stability, the official Saba news agency quoted Yemeni Interior Minister Mutahar al-Masri as saying on Monday.

The [...]

UK intelligence on Detroit bomb suspect was passed on to Americans

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US counterterrorism officials were warned Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had links to Islamic extremists in Britain, [...]

US General Petraeus in Yemen talks on tackling al-Qaeda

Page last updated at 21:18 GMT, Saturday, 2 January 2010
Source: BBC News

Top US soldier Gen David Petraeus has visited Yemen’s president amid a renewed offensive against militants, local media and officials say. The general – responsible for US Middle East [...]

Yemen says may harbor up to 300 Qaeda suspects

LONDON (Reuters) – Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said on Tuesday there could be up to 300 al Qaeda militants in his country, some of whom may be planning attacks on Western targets.

“Of course there are a number of al [...]

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for attack on plane

Last Updated: Monday, December 28, 2009 | 4:38 PM ET
Source: CBC News

A wing of al-Qaeda has claimed it was behind the attempt to blow up a Christmas Day transatlantic flight, saying it was in retaliation for U.S. attacks in Yemen.

On [...]

US reiterates support for Yemen forces after Qaeda raid

(AFP) – 6 hours ago
Source: Google

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The White House on Thursday reiterated its support for Yemeni authorities after Yemeni aircraft killed 34 suspected Al-Qaeda members.

A soldier manning a tank during clashes with Shiite rebels in [...]

India clueless on top al-Qaeda leader’s visit

PRAVEEN SWAMI
Source: The Hindu

Mohammed’s visit to India has been public knowledge for several years. In Malaysia, he forged a pact that provided base for terror attacks across East Asia and the West.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen after a raid [...]

Secretary Gates Conducts Town Hall Meeting at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq

U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Transcript

Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
December 11, 2009

SEC. GATES: (Applause.) I want to thank all of you for coming today, although I suspect more than [...]

Pakistani militants rebuffed U.S. volunteers

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Official says al-Qaida-linked group wary of Americans’ lack of references

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updated 59 [...]

U.S. war planners woo skeptical Pakistanis

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Afghanistan’s neighbor weighs insurgency, anti-American sentiment

Associated Press
updated 12:08 p.m. PT, Thurs., Nov . 19, 2009
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French Police Arrest Hadron Collider Physicist for Suspected Link to Al Qaeda

Friday, October 09, 2009
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GENEVA — A nuclear physicist working at the world’s largest atom smasher has been arrested on suspicion of links to the Algerian branch of Al Qaeda, another blow to a project that has [...]