Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

35 Al Qaeda Militants Killed Days After Deadly Blast

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.24.2012

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SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's military launched an attack Thursday on an al-Qaida hideout in the country's south as part of a wider offensive, killing 35 mi...

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Feds Disclose New Details From Underwear Bomber

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 02.11.2012

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The United States on Friday submitted a memorandum to a Michigan federal judge revealing that terrorist leader Anwar al Awlaki had more direct involve...

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Congressman Sees U.S. Threat In Nigerian Terrorist Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Few terrorism experts would deny that a radical Islamist sect that has made a series of increasingly audacious attacks in Nigeria, inclu...

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Not Our Better Angels

Michael Brenner | Posted 12.03.2011

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The Anwar al-Awlak killing can only be interpreted and assayed meaningfully if placed in the context of the 'War On Terror." For America today is not the same country that it was before 9/11.

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Watch: U.S. Officials: Al Qaeda On Brink of Collapse

Posted 09.26.2011

The killing of Osama bin Laden and seven years of drone strikes against Al Qaeda's leadership have left the organization near collapse according to U....

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Al Qaeda On Brink Of Collapse, U.S. Officials Say

The Washington Post | Greg Miller | Posted 09.25.2011

U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toll of seven years of CIA drone strikes have p...

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Yemen Al Qaeda Offshoot Vows Loyalty To Bin Laden Successor

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 09.25.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — The leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot on Tuesday pledged his group's allegiance to Osama bin Laden's successor, and vowed to c...

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6 Killed As Fighting Erupts In Yemen, Say Opposition Sources

Reuters | Posted 09.17.2011

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SANAA, July 18 (Reuters) - Fighting between government forces and opposition supporters erupted in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Monday, killing six pe...

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U.S. Expands Drone War Into Somalia

The New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 08.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The clandestine American military campaign to combat Al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen is expanding to fight the Islamist militancy in Somal...

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U.S. Intensifying Covert War In Yemen

Reuters | Posted 08.08.2011

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June 9, 2011 3:10:21 AM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has intensified air strikes on suspected militants in Yemen in a bid to...

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Bin Laden Documents Help U.S. Piece Together Intelligence Puzzle

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 08.08.2011

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is tracking possible new terror targets and stepping up surveillance of operatives previously considered minor al-Qaida fi...

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U.S. Orders Nonessential Diplomats To Leave Yemen

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The State Department on Wednesday ordered nonessential U.S. diplomats to depart Yemen and urged all Americans there to leave as sec...

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Yemen Is the Next Big Battleground

John Kiriakou | Posted 07.16.2011

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The greatest threat to America's safety and security over the past five years has not been from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda, dug into Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's been from Yemen-based offshoot al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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New Details Revealed In Bin Laden Documents

ProPublica | Sebastian Rotella | Posted 07.11.2011

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By Sebastian Rotella ProPublicaDuring his final years, Osama bin Laden expressed interest in everything from killing President Obama to his deputies'...

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Anti-American Extremists Among Libyan Rebels U.S. Has Vowed To Protect

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In 2007, when American combat casualties were spiking in the bloodbath of the Iraq War, an 18-year-old laborer traveled from his home in...

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Thousands Take To Streets As Protests Continue To Sweep Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Thousands protested in Yemen for a fourth straight day Monday, demanding political reforms and the ouster of the U.S.-allied pres...

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Yemen Bomb 17 Minutes From Exploding

AP | ELAINE GANLEY and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — American and British officials moved quickly Thursday to downplay the French interior minister's comment that one of two mail bombs sent...

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Yemen Oil Pipeline BOMBED By Suspected Al-Qaeda

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN'A, Yemen — Suspected al-Qaida militants blew up an oil pipeline in southern Yemen on Tuesday, causing an oil leak and sending black smoke bi...

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9/11/10 -- Unfinished Business Take #9

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

It's 9/11 again... do you know where Osama Bin Laden is? Nine years later Al Qaeda is still plotting attacks in the name of a global jihad. The mission against Al Qaeda is being drowned out, and that strengthens our enemies. Americans deserve better.

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Theo Padnes, American Writer, Undercover With Yemen Islamists

GlobalPost | Tom Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON �" The dorm �" a long corridor lined with shoebox rooms shared by roommates �" was just like any other student dwelling, aside from the s...

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Saving States From Terrorists (or, Stand with Westphalia)

Mike Signer | Posted 05.25.2011

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As we enter a shiny new decade, we should embrace a cozy and decidedly pre-modern tradition: the system of sovereign states that has served us well since the 17th century.

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The Keystone Feds Mirandasize Umar Farouk

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have a real problem when President Obama declares we are at war with al Qaeda, only to witness the Justice Department according Miranda rights to alleged non-American terrorists captured on U.S. soil.

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Good Morning, Yemen? The Mouse That Roared Was Funnier

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

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You want some American "attention." Circulate reports that there is an Al Qaeda in [fill the space] and before you know, Uncle Sam, shows up with a nice economic stimulus package and American GI's.

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Yemen: We May Harbor Up To 300 Al Qaeda Suspects

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 ...

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Ali Abdullah Saleh: Yemen's Corrupt Leader

nytimes.com | STEVEN ERLANGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANA, Yemen -- The United States is quickly ramping up its aid to Yemen, which Washington sees as a revived new front against Al Qaeda. But one of the...

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