Tag Archives: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Somalia’s Al Shabaab is sending fighters to aid Al Qaeda in Yemen. They are returning as trained terrorists. Yemen, a stone’s throw from Somalia, has for years been the destination of choice for impoverished Somalis fleeing their troubled state. Now, … read more »
ABUJA — A Nigerian court on Thursday accused two men of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and of receiving funds from the militant group, court papers said. Olaniyi Babafemi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, were also … read more »
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President Obama is extending full constitutional due-process rights to a Somali terrorist. This sets a troubling precedent. Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was captured sometime in April on a boat traveling between Yemen and Somalia. He was detained on board a U.S. … read more »
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A senior member of Somalia’s Shebab insurgents was indicted Tuesday in New York on terror charges after being interrogated on a US warship for two months, officials said. Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was captured by the US military in the Gulf … read more »
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Plot linked to hardline Islamist terror cells in Yemen Fanatic: Computer expert Rajib Karim was – and is – ‘a committed jihadist’, according to the judge A British Airways computer expert was jailed for 30 years today for plotting to … read more »
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November 13, 2010 by benim
Tribal customs and a deadly ambivalence towards the West mean that the hunt for Anwar al-Awlaki will be long and frustrating. Sheikh Ahmed Shuraif certainly has the tools for the job the Americans and British want him to do. Kalashnikov … read more »
November 10, 2010 by benim
The bomb found on the cargo plane at East Midlands Airport last month was timed to detonate over the eastern seaboard of the United States, Scotland Yard have said. The device, which was removed from a UPS aircraft by Leicestershire … read more »
November 8, 2010 by benim
A U.S.-born radical Yemeni cleric has called for the killing of Americans in a new video posted on a radical Muslim website. Anwar al-Awlaki referred to Americans as “the devil,” adding that killing them does not require special religious permission … read more »
November 4, 2010 by benim
One of the al-Qaeda plane bombs from the Yemen discovered by security services was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off, it has been claimed. Anwar Al-Awlaki; America and the war on Yemen – talking about … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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November 4, 2010 by benim
Exclusive: Transcripts obtained by the Guardian of police interviews with Roshonara Choudhry, jailed for trying to kill Labour MP Stephen Timms, reveal extremist cleric’s influence. The gifted student jailed for life for trying to assassinate MP Stephen Timms told police … read more »
November 1, 2010 by benim
A Saudi bomb-maker believed to be working with al Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing is a key suspect in the parcel bomb plot against the United States. Governments around the world are reviewing security after the bombs were intercepted in Dubai and … read more »
November 1, 2010 by benim
Jabr al-Faifi spent time in US custody, held at Guantanamo Bay Saudi Arabia’s intelligence apparatus has emerged from the shadows this weekend by playing a key role in preventing a possible mid-air disaster. On Monday, a senior British official confirmed … read more »
October 31, 2010 by benim
The man believed to have made the parcel bombs is Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri, a Yemen-based terrorist described as one of the most ruthless and fanatical of all al Qaeda’s followers. Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri US intelligence officials say the … read more »
October 31, 2010 by benim
SAN’A, Yemen – Their first suspect in custody, Yemeni police continued to search for the terrorists believed responsible for mailing a pair of powerful bombs to attack the United States. U.S. and Yemeni officials were increasingly seeing al-Qaida’s hand in … read more »
October 30, 2010 by benim
YEMENI security forces have arrested a woman suspected of posting two US-bound parcel bombs. The swoop came after forces surrounded a house in Sanaa, the country’s capital, where the suspect was believed to be hiding. “Yemeni security forces are surrounding … read more »
October 30, 2010 by benim
An international terrorist alert over an al-Qaeda parcel bomb plot has been triggered following the discovery of a package containing explosive material at a British airport. The plot – described as a “credible threat” originating in Yemen – was uncovered … read more »
October 29, 2010 by benim
U.S. officials believe that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is behind an apparent plot to send explosive devices to U.S. destinations via cargo planes, a law enforcement source told CNN. Formed in 2009, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula … read more »
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