Islamic Militants

U.S. Releasing High-Level Insurgents In Exchange For Peace Pledges

The Washington Post | Associated Press May 2, 2012 | Posted 05.06.2012

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KABUL — The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negoti...

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Mind Over Jihad

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Islamic Militants, Jihad, Islam, Radical Islam, Islamists, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Islamic Extremism, Counter Terorrism, Department of National Defense, Religion News

With the growing difficulty to prevent radicalization and rehabilitate militants, there is a lot more that needs to be done by parents, imams, scholars, teachers and the entire society to promote the message of mercy and compassion.

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Taliban To Open Office In Qatar

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and PATRICK QUINN | Posted 03.04.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan Taliban said Tuesday they have reached a preliminary deal with the Gulf state of Qatar to open a liaison office there...

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U.S. Ups Extremist Fight In Pakistan

AP | By SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Islamic Militants, United States Pakistan Relations, Quran, Islamic Extremists, Violent Extremism, United States Pakistan, World News

OKARA, Pakistan -- Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of Islamist militants fighting in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India and even donated money...

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Mopping Up Abu Sayyaf

The Diplomat | Posted 12.13.2011

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The mopping up of Islamic militants in Southeast Asia continues. Philippine authorities have arrested Adzhar Mawalil, an Abu Sayyaf gunman linked to t...

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Al Qaeda Remains Threat After Al-Awlaki Assassination

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 12.01.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida's branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a U.S. drone strike that eliminated three ...

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AK-47 First Prize In Somali Radio Competition For Children

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Islamic Militants, Al-Shabab, Children, Africa, Somalia, Grenades, Weapons, Guns, Ak-47, Somalia Militants, World News

A Somali radio station with ties to a militant Islamist group awarded rifles and grenades as prizes in a Koran-reciting competition for children. ...

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Iraq Sentences 15 Alleged Al Qaeda Members To Death

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 08.16.2011

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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced 15 alleged al-Qaida members to death for their role in the 2006 wedding party massacre of 70 peop...

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Inside The CIA's 'Lethal Operation' Drone Strikes

Newsweek | Tara Mckelvey | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was an ordinary-looking room located in an office building in northern Virginia. The place was filled with computer monitors, keyboards, and maps. ...

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Salman Taseer Funeral Draws Thousands Under Tight Security (PHOTOS)

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Thousands of Pakistani police were on high alert in Lahore on Wednesday ahead of the funeral for an outspoken provincial gove...

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Taliban Abusing Children As A War Tactic, Say U.S. Marines

GlobalPost | Nichole Sobecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan -- Spc. Jaime Adame carried the young girl across the airfield, her tiny, gauze-wrapped body cradled in a polyester blanket, h...

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Afghanistan Peace Council Talks Lack Substance, Action

GlobalPost | Jean MacKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Suddenly, negotiations with the Taliban are all the rage. In American newspapers, on Afghan television, in high-level political ...

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Europe Terror Alert Has Link To 9/11 Militant

AP | JUERGEN BAETZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAMBURG, Germany — The Islamic militant whose disclosures under U.S. interrogation in Afghanistan triggered Europe's terror alert is an old frie...

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Karzai Pushes For Taliban Reconciliation With New Peace Council

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Calling the meeting a "source of hope" for the Afghan people, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday hosted the inaugural sessi...

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NATO: U.S. Helicopter Attack That Killed Pakistani Soldiers 'A Mistake'

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — The U.S. apologized Wednesday for a recent helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers at an outpost near the Afghan border...

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Taliban Steps Up Attacks In Kandahar With Second Day Of Blasts

AP | MIRWAIS KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday, the second day of deadly blasts in the southern Afghan city where Taliban ins...

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France Arrests 12 Suspect Islamic Militants

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Police in southern France arrested 12 people in sweeps against suspected Islamic militant networks on Tuesday, including three men being...

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Gunmen Trash UN Gaza Summer Camp

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Masked men trashed a U.N. summer camp Monday, tying up guards and slashing tents and an inflatable pool in the second su...

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Israel To Expel Hamas Politicians From Jerusalem, Could Set Off New Crisis

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel's decision to expel four Hamas politicians from Jerusalem threatened to set off a new crisis over the disputed city and could...

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Al Qaeda Recruiters Target Algeria's Young Jobless

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamic Militants, Unemployed, Algeria, Afghanistan, Algerian Security, Dellys, Algerian Youth@Y:World, Iraq, Osama Bin Laden, Militants, Al Qaeda, World News

Local officials say that Islamist insurgents, fighting a lingering conflict with Algeria's security forces, are targeting the town's small army of une...

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Somali Soccer Fans Executed For Watching World Cup Match

Posted 05.25.2011

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Gunmen believed to be from a radical Islamic group in northeast Mogadishu, Somalia, shot two people dead during an impromptu raid on a house where peo...

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The Propaganda of 'Holy Warriors'

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Propaganda of modern-day myths depicting angels fighting alongside "holy warriors" is being used to indoctrinate a minority of young disenfranchised Muslims with flights of fantasy and the glories of jihad.

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Karadzic Blames Islamic Militants For Bosnia Bloodshed

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 05.25.2011

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, defending himself against charges of Europe's worst genocide since the Ho...

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Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike On Yemen Terrorists

ABC News | By BRIAN ROSS, RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE, LUIS MARTINEZ and KIRIT RADIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, admini...

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Somali Man Stoned To Death By Militants For Adultery (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Sunday, Islamic militants stoned a man to death for adultery in front of hundreds of local residents in Somalia. The man, named Mohamed Abukar Ibra...

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