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Clashes in Lebanon Kill 39

May 20, 07 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gunbattle between the Lebanese army and al-Qaeda-linked militants in Tripoli  today left 22 soldiers and 17 insurgents dead, the AP reports. The fighting—the worst in the city in two decades— began when police raided an apartment occupied by militants. The army later shelled a Palestinian refugee camp which... More »

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military • Lebanon • Syria • insurgents • radical • Tripoli • Fatah Islam • al-Qaeda

Guantanamo Detainee Returns to Australia

Al-Qaeda supporter goes straight to prison

May 19, 07 9:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - After five years in custody at Guantanamo Bay, David Hicks is back in his native Australia, where the convicted Al-Qaeda supporter will spend the next seven months in a maximum-security prison. His family and other supporters spent years campaigning for his release before Hicks pleaded guilty in March to providing... More »

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Afghanistan • terrorism • David Hicks • Australia • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda

Report: Iraq Nears Collapse

May 17, 07 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi government is becoming impotent and irrelevant as the country stumbles toward fragmentation and collapse, a new report by a British think tank concludes. The matter-of-fact name, "Accepting Realities in Iraq," belies the grim verdict that large areas are under the control of local factions rather than... More »

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Iraq • civil war • war • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • al-Qaeda in Iraq

'High-Value' Gitmo Detainee Alleges Torture

Pakistani national denies scouting for Al-Qaeda

May 16, 07 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 27-year-old Pakistani says he has been tortured since being moved last year from a CIA jail to the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Majid Khan, who once lived in Maryland, denies belonging to Al-Qaeda, but he was transferred to Cuba in September with 13 other "high-value" operatives after being... More »

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CIA • torture • terror plots • Majid Khan • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda Claims It Captured Soldiers

US troops comb area south of Baghdad
for three missing since Saturday

May 14, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda umbrella group claims it kidnapped the three US soldiers missing since Saturday. Thousands of troops continue to sweep the area south of Baghdad dubbed the Triangle of Death for their comrades, who disappeared in an ambush that killed four other solders. The so-called Islamic State of Iraq offered... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Islamic State of Iraq • missing soldiers • bomb • car bomb • Triangle of Death • al-Qaeda

Qaeda in Iraq Deputy Killed, But Masri Still on Loose

But says top Al Qaeda in Iraq official

May 3, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans have killed a senior Al-Qaeda in Iraq deputy, but there's no evidence that  the leader of the group died in fighting between rival factions, as the Iraqi government had claimed Tuesday. Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, killed in a Tuesday raid, was a minister of information for Al-Qaeda in Iraq. More »

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Iraq • Abu Ayyub al Masri • Muharib Abdul Latif al Jubouri • Abu Omar al Baghdadi • al-Qaeda • Jill Carroll

Tribes Claim Al-Qaeda Head Killed by Rivals

Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq said to be victim
of Insurgent infighting 

May 1, 07 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of al-Qaeda in Iraq is dead, according to the Iraqi government. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was killed in a skirmish between rival groups of militants, officials said today, suggesting the possibility of exploitable rifts in the Sunni insurgency. The U.S. military has not verified the claim because a... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • insurgents • Abu Ayyub al Masri • Abu Musab al Zarqawi • al-Qaeda

U.S. Unveils
7/7 Bombing Mastermind at Guantanamo

Bin Laden aide captured last year

Apr 28, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - U.S. officials revealed yesterday they have Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, widely considered the architect of the 7/7 London transit attacks, in custody at Guantanamo Bay. The CIA nabbed al-Hadi as he tried to enter Iraq last year, and the announcement suggests—the Times reports—that he's been in a "... More »

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Iraq • Pervez Musharraf • Abd al Hadi al Iraqi • london transit attacks • Guantanamo Bay • al-Qaeda

Saudis Sweep Terror Cell

Apr 27, 07 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi police have arrested 172 militants involved in a plot to launch suicide air attacks on oil fields and military bases, officials said this morning. They also seized massive weapon stores and millions in cash. "Almost all the elements for terror attacks were complete except for setting the zero... More »

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Saudi Arabia • terrorism • suicide bombing • al-Qaeda

Eight Dead
In Bombing
of Iraqi Parliament

Suspected suicide bomber was
bodyguard of Sunni MP

Apr 12, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eight people, including three lawmakers, were killed and at least 30 wounded when a suicide bomber eluded the normally heavy security around the Green Zone and  denonated an explosion in the cafeteria of the Iraqi parliament. Officials believe the culprit was the bodyguard of a Sunni legislator not among the... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • terrorism • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • Iraqi Parliament • Green Zone • bombing • US Army • al-Qaeda

Bombers Hit Algerian Capital

Apr 11, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two bombs, including one targeting the prime minister's office, killed at least 23 people in Algiers today, in the latest in a round of suspected Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror attacks that have rocked North Africa in recent weeks, the New York Times reports. More »

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terrorism • Algeria • Morocco • Tunisia • bombing • Algiers • North Africa • Salafist • Maghreb • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

Gitmo Detainee Pleads Guilty

Australian who trained with al Quaeda has spent five years in custody

Mar 27, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Hicks became the first person convicted under President Bush's much-maligned military tribunal system after entering a surprise guilty plea  to charges of providing material support to terrorists. The contentious proceedings may prove a new source of controversy, however, as the judge excluded Hicks' stwo civilian lawyers from court and... More »

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War on Terror • politics • David Hicks • Australia • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • court • conviction • detainee • guilty plea • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

Tribesmen Turn on Al-Qaeda

Mar 21, 07 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fifty people, including a group of children stranded aboard a school bus, have been killed in fighting between al-Qaeda terrorists and local tribesmen in one of Pakistan’s lawless regions on the border with Afghanistan. Taliban leaders, who have ties to both groups, are trying to broker a truce, according... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Pashtun • terrorist • Waziristan • Osama bin Laden • militant • al-Qaeda

New Terrorist Leader Trains
In Lebanon

Shakir al-Abssi boasts 150 operatives at his base in a refugee camp

Mar 16, 07 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new terrorist leader, Shakir al-Abssi, has emerged to pick up where Al Qaeda left off, assembling small teams to strike at Americans from his base in Lebanon.  His militant Islamic group, called Fatah al Islam, boasts 150 members who operate freely because Lebanese officials claim they have no... More »

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terrorism • Lebanon • Fatah al Islam • Shaker al Abssi • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

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