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‘Al Qaeda 3.0 will come roaring back’ after US withdrawal from Afghanistan, says congressman
We’ve been speaking to the US Republican Congressman Mike Waltz, a former US Army green beret who served in Afghanistan.
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I was MI6’s spy inside Al Qaeda
“Betrayal of the treacherous is loyalty in the eyes of God. I betrayed a bunch of criminals, it’s as simple as that” – the words of one of MI6’s most important spies in the war on terror, Aimen Dean. He worked with Al Qaeda’s master bombmaker in a training camp in Afghanistan in the nineties.…
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Al Qaeda hostages released after six years in captivity
It’s a remarkable story two former Al-Qaeda hostages who survived six years in captivity in Mali have finally been freed. They were kidnapped by extremists in Timbuktu in 2011 who demanded a ransom of 10 million euros for each of them. Both have now said they’re not clear if any money changed hands in return…
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Al Qaeda backs Syrian opposition
Al Qaeda urges the Syrian opposition not to rely on the West or the Arab League for help toppling President Bashar al-Assad.
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Al Qaeda crackdown ‘fuelled Yemen unrest’
As Arab leaders finalise the details of a plan for the Yemen President to step down, Jamal Osman looks at how his Government’s crackdown on Al Qaeda suspects helped fuel the uprising against him.
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Debate: What next for al-Qaeda after leader killed by US drone strike?
We spoke to Mary Beth Long, who served as assistant secretary of defence under George W. Bush; and Colin Clarke, a counter-terrorism expert and director of research at security consulting firm The Soufan Group.
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Bin Laden ally and al-Qaeda terrorist leader killed by US drone strike
He was Osama Bin Laden’s right hand man and following his death became the leader of al-Qaeda. Last night President Biden announced that Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed by a US drone strike in the heart of downtown Kabul. The FBI’s most wanted terrorist he played a pivotal role in the planning of the September…
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The rebels and former al-Qaeda forces still on Syrian battlefield
Civilian areas of Idlib Province are being heavily bombed as President Assad makes his final push for total victory in the eight-year long civil war.
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Italian and US hostage die in US strike on Al-Qaeda compound
President Obama apologises to the families of hostages Giovanni Lo Porto and Dr Warren Weinstein, saying he takes “full responsibility” for their deaths during a US counterterrorism operation.
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Al-Qaeda loses second key member in as many days
Omar Farooq dies in a drone strike a day after another senior member of the Islamist terror network is shot dead by the Pakistani military.
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Al-Qaeda leader who planned to bomb New York is shot dead
Adnan el Shukrijumah, who was wanted in the US for planning to blow up the New York subway system, is the most senior al-Qaeda operative to be killed by the Pakistani military.
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Senior al-Qaeda leader calls for followers to support Isis
The leader of an al-Qaeda faction in Yemen has urged Muslims to back rival Islamist faction Isis – evidence of a deep split in the ranks of the extremists.
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Al-Qaeda spiritual leader: Islamic State are ‘deviants’
Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, regarded as the most influential voice in Salafist Islam, forcefully rejects the Islamic State’s declaration of a new caliphate and brands them a “deviant group”.
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Is Djibouti al-Qaeda’s new front?
On Saturday, suspected suicide bombers struck a restaurant popular with westerners in Djibouti. Three people died and more than a dozen were injured, including European nationals.
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As al-Qaeda takes Fallujah, what next for Iraq?
Iraq is descending into yet another bloody conflict. Thousands have fled the city of Fallujah, which is now held by militants. So what next for this blood-stained state? Lindsey Hilsum explains.
