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Al-Qaida leader are urging kidnapping of Westerners

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CAIRO—The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence in the United States for a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks. In an undated two-hour videotape posted this week on militant forums, the Egyptian-born jihadist Ayman al-Zawahri also More >

UK radical islamist cleric asks court to halt extradition

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LONDON—A radical Islamist cleric accused in British and Spanish courts of being a senior al-Qaida figure is asking a London court to halt his extradition to Jordan, something British authorities have sought for a decade. Abu Qatada is taking his case Wednesday to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which handles deportation and national More >

Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden revealed in book

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When US Navy SEALs gunned down Osama bin Laden in his bedroom, it was up to one commando to take photos that would serve as proof of the al-Qa’ida leader’s bloody demise.  ”I started to wipe the blood away from his face using a blanket from the bed. With each swipe, the face became more familiar. He looked younger than I expected. “His beard was More >

Missile from US drone kill 5 militants in Pakistan

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A MISSILE launched from a U.S. drone struck a suspected militant hideout in a tribal region in northern Pakistan where allies of a powerful warlord were gathered Saturday, killing five of his supporters, Pakistani officials said. The strike in North Waziristan against allies of Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a militant commander whose forces frequently More >

Yemen town attacked by Al-Qaida, 4 troops killed

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SANAA, Yemen—Al-Qaida gunmen shot dead four soldiers Wednesday in one of the militants’ former south Yemen strongholds, officials said, as the local governor declared that the country’s ill-equipped police force is incapable of filling the security void left by months of clashes.

The militants staged a bold pre-dawn attack on a security building More >

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