CIA thwarts al-Qaida underwear bomb plot
The Associated Press has learned the CIA thwarted a plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Al-Qaida releases video of American hostage
In a video released Sunday by al-Qaida, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands.
Top al-Qaida leader killed in airstrike in Yemen
The government of Yemen says an airstrike has killed a top al Qaida leader who was on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list because of his role in the attack on the USS Cole.
Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida leader
An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The airstrike resembled earlier U.S. drone attacks, but the U.S. did not immediately confirm it.
Obama: ‘Time to focus on nation-building’
President Barack Obama says his goal of defeating al-Qaida is within reach and that it's time to turn the country's attention to domestic concerns.
Obama: Time to shift attention from wars to home
President Barack Obama says his goal of defeating al-Qaida is within reach and that it's time to turn the country's attention to domestic concerns.
Al-Qaida on Fox News: ‘Let her die in her anger’
The terror group's top spokesman expressed disdain for Fox News and wrote about other cable networks.
Osama bin Laden documents released: 6,000 files declassified
More than 6,000 pages documents seized during the May 1, 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden were released on Thursday by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center, giving the public a rare glimpse into the Al-Qaida leader's terror plans and largely solitary life. The raw documents--both the Arabic originals and versions translated and summarized in [...]
Bin Laden’s last words to be posted online
The Army's Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., is releasing a selection of documents seized in last year's raid on the al-Qaida leader's Pakistan compound.
On bin Laden anniversary, Obama makes surprise Afghan visit
President Barack Obama on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, touching down in the war-torn country one year to the day after al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden died at the hands of elite American troops in neighboring Pakistan. Obama planned to make a televised address to the nation at 7:30 p.m. from Bagram Air [...]
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