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  • May 2008

    • CIA Chief: Tide Turning Against Al-Qaeda

      Washington Post  |  May 30, 08 8:57 AM CDT

      CIA Chief: Tide Turning Against Al-Qaeda

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda is "near strategic defeat" in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and the tide is turning against it elsewhere, CIA chief Michael Hayden says in a surprisingly upbeat Washington Post interview today. In contrast to a  reports of an al-Qaeda resurgence a year ago, Hayden now cites “significant setbacks for al-Qaeda globally,” as "a lot of the Islamic world pushes back on their form of Islam.” He says the Iraq war is no longer a boon to al-Qaeda recruitment. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • CIA  • War on Terror  • Saudi Arabia  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Michael Hayden

    • Rogue al-Qaeda Backers Call for Nuke Attack in Online Video

      Reuters  |  May 28, 08 8:52 AM CDT

      Rogue al-Qaeda Backers Call for Nuke Attack in Online Video

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda supporters will use an Internet video to call for the use of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons in a new attack on civilians in the West, reports ABC News. FBI officials have alerted US law enforcement of the tape, said a spokesman, but emphasized that there is no evidence of a specific plot. More »

    • '20th Hijacker' Tried Suicide at Gitmo

      Reuters  |  May 21, 08 7:48 AM CDT

      '20th Hijacker' Tried Suicide at Gitmo

      (Newser) - A man accused of being al-Qaeda's 20th 9/11 hijacker tried to kill himself at Guantanamo Bay last month, Reuters reports. A lawyer for the Saudi said he cut his wrist open after learning that the Pentagon had filed capital charges against him. The charges were dropped last week without explanation but the Pentagon has reserved the right to reinstate them. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Pentagon  • Guantanamo Bay  • suicide  • September 11  • Guantanamo prisoners  • detainee  • hijacker

    • Lieberman Calls on Google to Cut Terrorist Clips

      Associated Press  |  May 20, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Lieberman Calls on Google to Cut Terrorist Clips

      (Newser) - Sen. Joseph Lieberman yesterday urged Google to crack down on YouTube videos aimed at spreading terrorist messages, AP reports. The Connecticut senator cited al-Qaeda-produced clips that “show attacks on US forces in which American soldiers are injured and, in some cases, killed.” Google relies heavily on users to police the site, to which hundreds of thousands of videos are submitted daily. More »

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      Google  • al-Qaeda  • YouTube  • online videos  • Joseph Lieberman  • terrorist groups

    • US Bounty Program Fails to Rein In Terrorists

      Washington Post  |  May 17, 08 1:17 PM CDT

      US Bounty Program Fails to Rein In Terrorists

      (Newser) - Money may be the root of all evil, but the almighty dollar is doing a poor job to stop it: Washington’s efforts to catch terror suspects using steep bounties is largely a bust, the Washington Post reports. “The program could use some rejuvenation,” said one ex-official. “You can’t just put a price on someone’s head and expect something to happen.” More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Osama bin Laden  • State Department  • counterterrorism  • Ayman al Zawahiri

    • 'Bin Laden' Tape Urges Ongoing Fight With Israel

      BBC  |  May 16, 08 7:05 AM CDT

      'Bin Laden' Tape Urges Ongoing Fight With Israel

      (Newser) - Just in time for Israel’s 60th anniversary, a speaker claiming to be Osama bin Laden has released a new audio recording calling for Muslims fighting Israel not to “give up a single inch of Palestine,” the BBC reports. The tape, posted on a website frequented by al-Qaeda, couldn’t be verified as authentic. The 9-minute message said that the Palestinian cause was the key factor driving al-Qaeda's war with the West and that it had sparked the 9/11 attacks on the US. More »

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      Israel  • al-Qaeda  • Palestine  • Osama bin Laden  • tape

    • Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      New York Times  |  May 8, 08 3:29 AM CDT

      Freed From Gitmo&mdash;to Kill in Iraq

      (Newser) - One of the suicide bombers responsible for a series of attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul last month is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, reports the New York Times. The Kuwaiti, originally detained in Afghanistan, is said to have traveled to Iraq via Syria to join jihadists after his release in 2005. Several Gitmo detainees are known to have returned to insurgent status, officials say. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Guantanamo Bay  • Mosul  • enemy combatants  • detainees  • Hoshyar Zebari  • suicide bombers

    • 8 Years On, USS Cole Case Cold

      Washington Post  |  May 4, 08 11:46 AM CDT

      8 Years On, USS Cole Case Cold

      (Newser) - Eight years after the daring terrorist attack on the USS Cole, the men responsible for the bombing have all either escaped prison or been released—or are in Guantanamo Bay, outside the reach of US courts. Though Bill Clinton promised justice, George Bush took office three months later, and 9/11 followed—making the case "the forgotten attack," a counterterrorism official told the Washington Post . More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Guantanamo Bay  • Yemen  • extradition  • terrorist attack  • USS Cole

    • Newsman Freed From Gitmo After 6 Years

      CNN  |  May 2, 08 6:24 AM CDT

      Newsman Freed From Gitmo After 6 Years

      (Newser) - A cameraman was released yesterday from the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay after being held without charges for 6 years. Al-Jazeera's Sami al-Hajj, who has been on a hunger strike, was immediately taken to a hospital in Khartoum. "I've been dreaming of this moment," said the Sudanese journalist, who was arrested in 2002 as he covered the US invasion of Afghanistan. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Guantanamo Bay  • Guantanamo prisoners  • al-Jazeera  • hunger strike

    • Al-Qaeda Involved in Karzai Shooting Plot: Kabul

      New York Times  |  May 1, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Al-Qaeda Involved in Karzai Shooting Plot: Kabul

      (Newser) - The Afghan government today implicated al-Qaeda in the botched Sunday shooting attempt on President Hamid Karzai, the New York Times reports. Security forces captured or killed several suspects linked to the assassination plot. Among them was a man with links to militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, who is based in Pakistan’s border regions and has ties to al-Qaeda. More »

    • Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq

      Associated Press  |  May 1, 08 4:52 PM CDT

      Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq