US War on Terror Hasn't Hurt Al-Qaeda: World Poll

Related Newser Stories

• CIA Missile Strike Kills 2 al-Qaeda Leaders

  Jan 8, 09 7:00 PM CST
  A secret CIA airstrike on New Year's Day killed two high-ranking al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan, the Washington Post reports. The missile strike took out al-Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan and his lieutenant. The men were linked to high-profile suicide bombings throughout the nation—including a blast at the Islamabad Marriott in September that killed 53—as well as the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa. More »

• Pakistan Moves Troops Toward Indian Border

  Dec 26, 08 8:40 AM CST
  Pakistan began moving thousands of troops away from the Afghan border toward India today amid tensions following the Mumbai attacks, intelligence officials said. The move represents a sharp escalation in the standoff between the nuclear-armed neighbors and will hurt Pakistan's US-backed campaign against al-Qaeda and the Taliban taking place near Afghanistan's border.
  More »

• Alleged Mumbai Masterminds Test Pakistan

  Dec 4, 08 6:42 AM CST
  As evidence mounts that the Mumbai attackers had links to a Pakistani militant organization, the nation's new civilian government is facing the toughest test yet of its ability—and its will—to stop terrorism. Pakistan has banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the attacks. But the Islamist group has operated openly in Lahore for years, writes the New York Times, often with the support of Pakistan's intelligence agencies.
  More »

• Obama's Inheriting Troubles Darker Than Economy

  Nov 27, 08 4:56 AM CST
  The attacks in Mumbai are a stark reminder that some things are worse than a slumping economy, David Hallaway writes in Marketwatch. Barack Obama is also inheriting some huge foreign policy challenges, and the days of the war on terror taking a backseat to the financial crisis look certain to be short-lived, Hathaway warns.
  More »

• How the US Made Somalia a Terrorist Haven

  Nov 18, 08 9:35 AM CST
  Iraq and Afghanistan loom largest among the fiascos undertaken in the name of a "war on terror," Martin Fletcher writes in the Times of London, but there has been a third front in that offensive: Somalia. After 15 years of anarchy, the US helped destroy the country's first ever stable government, paving the way for "virulently anti-Western jihadists" who are now taking over. Fletcher calls it the "forgotten debacle" that has provided al-Qaeda with a new base.
  More »