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'Bin Laden Was A Good Dude'

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 06.04.2012

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CAIRO -- Osama bin Laden spent all his personal wealth on jihad, considering meat and electricity as luxuries so he could save his money to help fund ...

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Al Qaeda Releases Video Of American Hostage

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.07.2012

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ISLAMABAD — A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed ...

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LOOK: On Bin Laden Anniversary, Al Qaeda Most Wanted

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

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By The Associated Press -- On May 2, 2011, Navy SEALs shot and killed al-Qaida leader and Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in his home in Abbotta...

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U.S. Offers $10 Million Bounty For Pakistani Militant Chief

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 06.02.2012

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ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani militant accused of directing deadly attacks in neighboring India on Tuesday dismissed a U.S. decision to put a bounty o...

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New Video From Al-Qaeda Urges Muslims To Help Syrian Rebels

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 04.13.2012

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BEIRUT — Al-Qaida's leader has called for the ouster of Syria's "pernicious, cancerous regime," raising fears that Islamic extremists will try t...

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Al Qaeda Leader Calls For Islamic State In Libya

AP | Posted 12.12.2011

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CAIRO -- Al-Qaida's new leader called on Libyan fighters who overthrew Moammar Gadhafi to set up an Islamic state and urged Algerians to revolt agains...

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The Fifth Step Against Terror: Enlightenment

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 11.27.2011

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America hasn't always found peaceful alternatives to stop aggression. Since 9//11 we've taken four steps along the path to end terrorism, but haven't yet taken step 5 -- the one with perhaps the greatest potential to de-claw terrorism, and to do it peacefully.

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Top U.S. Intelligence Officials: Al Qaeda Weaker, But Far From Done

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — America's top two intelligence officials said Tuesday that al-Qaida is weaker and U.S. intelligence agencies are smarter since the ...

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Al Qaeda Chief: 9/11 Paved The War For The Arab Spring

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 11.13.2011

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CAIRO — In a message Tuesday marking the Sept. 11 anniversary, al-Qaida's new leader sought to claim credit for this year's Arab uprisings, sayi...

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Al Qaeda Leader Zawahri Ordered Attacks Against USA On 9/11 Anniversary

Posted 11.09.2011

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The terror threat that has New York City on high-alert today was orchestrated by al-Qaeda's leader to avenge the death of Osama Bin Laden. The Dail...

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Expert Says 9/11 Terror Threat May Not Match Size Of Previous Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As counterterrorism officials here and in New York search frantically to confirm a "credible" report of an "active plot" to set off expl...

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Al Qaeda Chief Urges Attacks On 'Criminal' America

AP | By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 10.15.2011

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CAIRO -- Al-Qaida's new leader called on his followers to continue to fight the United States despite the killing of Osama bin Laden, calling America ...

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The U.S. Hunt For Al-Zawahiri Begins

Time | Posted 08.17.2011

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Hayden, Chertoff Buck Republican Call To Bring Troops Home From Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 08.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman want a faster withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and a growing nu...

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Al Qaeda Chooses Bin Laden Successor

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.15.2011

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CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaeda has selected its longtime No. 2 to succeed Osama bin Laden following last month's U.S. commando raid that killed the terror le...

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Al Qaeda's No. 2 Issues Eulogy For Bin Laden

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 08.08.2011

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CAIRO — Osama bin Laden's deputy warned Wednesday that America faces not individual terrorists or groups but an international community of Musli...

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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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Last Gasp: Q&A With Osama bin Laden

John Bobey | Posted 07.11.2011

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Osama... Osama bin Laden -- is that you? Yes, yes it is -- who is this? It's me, John Bobey.

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Al Qaeda May Not Name A Bin Laden Successor

AP | By REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 07.10.2011

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BAGHDAD -- A week after the death of Osama bin Laden, his longtime deputy is considered the front-runner to succeed the iconic al-Qaida founder. But u...

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Al Qaeda In Iraq Pledges Support For Bin Laden Deputy

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 07.09.2011

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BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq reaffirmed its support Monday for the terror network's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, a week afte...

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Analysts: Afghan Taliban, Al Qaeda May Rethink Ties

AP | By DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 07.04.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, some analysts are speculating that al-Qaeda and its Afghan Taliban allies could go their separ...

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Al Qaeda's New Leader?

Posted 07.03.2011

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Ayman al-Zawahiri, a 59-year-old Egyptian-born doctor, is expected to become the leader of al Qaeda now that Osama bin Laden has died. The Wall Str...

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Egypt's Al-Zawahri Likely To Succeed Bin Laden

AP | LEE KEATH and HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 07.02.2011

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CAIRO — For years, Osama bin Laden's charisma kept al-Qaida's ranks filled with zealous recruits. But it was the strategic thinking and the org...

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U.S. Official Warns Of Libyan-Backed Terrorist Attacks

The New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

The United States is bracing for possible Libyan-backed terrorist attacks, President Obama's top counterterrorism official said on Friday....

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Arab Freedom Is Good for Israel

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whatever their rivalries, the authoritarian leaders of the Middle East did not want to see Hosni Mubarak removed from power. When you are a dictator -...

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