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Ayman Al Zawahri

A Field Guide to Jihadi Dagestan and Chechnya

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The Northern Caucasus of Russia have for decades been an "off-the-radar" safe haven for Islamic salafist terrorism. Tamerlan Tsarnaev's alleged terrorism in Boston has changed all that.

It Would Be Polite If Americans Who Are OUTRAGED by Hugo Chavez Would Shut Up

Jonathan Schwarz | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
Jonathan Schwarz

And when countries are under attack, the space for civil liberties diminishes. Sometimes that's for legitimate reasons, and sometimes it's not and is opportunistic on the part of would-be authoritarians. But it's essentially a law of nature; it always happens.

Al Qaeda Urges Muslims To Kidnap Westerners

AP | Posted 10.27.2012 | World

CAIRO -- The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life s...

Al Qaeda Urges Egypt To End Peace With Israel

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 06.19.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Al-Qaida's leader has urged Egypt to cancel its peace treaty with Israel and to establish Islamic rule, according to an audio message release...

Al Qaeda Leader Incites Tunisians Against Gov't

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 08.10.2012 | World

CAIRO — Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on the Tunisian people to rise up against the country's Islamist ruling party for accepting a c...

Reports: Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda Deputy

Reuters | Posted 08.04.2012 | World

By Mark Hosenball and Jibran Ahmad WASHINGTON/PESHAWAR, June 5 (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan killed one of al Qaeda's mo...

'Bin Laden Was A Good Dude'

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 06.04.2012 | World

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 ...

Al Qaeda Releases Video Of American Hostage

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.06.2012 | World

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 ...

LOOK: On Bin Laden Anniversary, Al Qaeda Most Wanted

AP | Posted 04.30.2012 | World

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...

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

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 06.02.2012 | World

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

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

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 04.13.2012 | World

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

Al Qaeda Leader Calls For Islamic State In Libya

AP | Posted 12.12.2011 | World

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...

The Fifth Step Against Terror: Enlightenment

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 11.27.2011 | Religion
Terry Kelhawk

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.

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

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 11.13.2011 | World

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

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

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 11.13.2011 | World

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...

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

Posted 11.09.2011 | New York

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...

Andrea Stone

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.09.2011 | Politics

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

Al Qaeda Chief Urges Attacks On 'Criminal' America

AP | By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 10.15.2011 | World

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 ...

The U.S. Hunt For Al-Zawahiri Begins

Time | Posted 08.17.2011 | World

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Andrea Stone

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 08.16.2011 | Politics

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

Al Qaeda Chooses Bin Laden Successor

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.15.2011 | World

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...

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

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 08.08.2011 | World

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

New Details Revealed In Bin Laden Documents

ProPublica | Sebastian Rotella | Posted 07.11.2011 | World

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

Last Gasp: Q&A With Osama bin Laden

John Bobey | Posted 07.11.2011 | Comedy
John Bobey

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

Al Qaeda May Not Name A Bin Laden Successor

AP | By REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 07.10.2011 | World

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...