http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alqaeda/ en-us Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:06:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284366/posts WASHINGTON, July 2, 2009 – Iraqi forces, aided by coalition advisors, detained an alleged senior leader of a terrorist group along with other suspected terrorists June 29 and 30 in operations in Iraq, military officials reported. In June 30 operations: -- The Emergency Response Brigade and coalition advisors arrested a suspected senior leader in Taji, north of Baghdad. The leader is believed to be responsible for organizing sophisticated operations against coalition forces in the area. -- In Baghdad, the Emergency Response Brigade, along with coalition advisors, arrested an alleged terrorist during an Iraqi-led operation. The man is believed to be... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284366/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:06:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283947/posts Among those charged is a man from Minneapolis who went to war-torn Somalia and then, about four months ago, relocated to Seattle, according to the two sources and a leader in the Minneapolis Somali community. The man was then arrested in a Seattle airport and transferred to a jail in Minneapolis, where he is currently being detained, according to the law enforcement sources. The law enforcement sources said the man, described as in his 20s, has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist group, in this case al-Shabaab, which has been warring with the moderate Somali government since... FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283947/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:07:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283926/posts More than 80% of Pakistanis view the Taliban and Al Qaeda as a critical threat to the country, according to an opinion poll released Wednesday, marking a turn in public opinion that stands to bolster the army's ongoing offensive against militants close to the Afghan border. The findings will be welcomed by Washington, which is pressing Islamabad to take the fight to insurgents blamed for scores of bloody bombings in nuclear-armed Pakistan in recent years as well as attacks on NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. The army has been battling militants in the Swat Valley in the country's northwest... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283926/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:13:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277858/posts PARIS (AP) — A top Muslim group in Britain lashed out at Nicolas Sarkozy as "patronizing and offensive" on Tuesday, after the French president said body- and face-covering Islamic garments such as the burqa turn women into prisoners. In Paris, parliament formally created a commission Tuesday to study the wearing of body-cloaking Muslim robes in France, a day after Sarkozy told lawmakers that the burqa would not be welcome in the country. A top official with the Muslim Council of Britain, an umbrella organization for British Muslim groups, accused Sarkozy of "divisive politics," and said his comments could fan an... AP via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277858/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:09:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283652/posts Al Qaeda terrorists have vowed to 'wreak dreadful revenge' on France over its plans to ban the burkha. The chilling warning comes after President Nicolas Sarkozy said the Islamic garment which covers the head and body 'debases women' and is not welcome in his country. French MPs have set up a commission to decide if it should be made illegal for women to hide their faces in public. Now leaders of Al Qaeda's North African network have called on French Muslims to react 'with the utmost hostility'. One Islamic extremist website carried the message: 'We will seek dreadful revenge on... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283652/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:53:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283200/posts Ever since the failure to find WMDs in Iraq, the American public and the media have demanded a nearly unreachable standard of proof before indicting a foreign government. When someone calls Iran a state sponsor of terrorism, proof that they are “linked” to al-Qaeda is demanded. Once al-Qaeda’s refuge in Iran is offered as a counterpoint, proof that the regime knows of their presence and that the group isn’t merely working with “rogue elements” of the government, but the government as a whole, is required. Then, inevitably, the topic is diverted to Afghanistan and Pakistan, arguing that whatever base of... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283200/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:19:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282902/posts ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, June 30, 2009 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he’s heartened that al-Qaida hasn’t been able to reignite sectarian violence in Iraq despite its acts of violence leading up to today’s deadline for U.S. troops to leave Iraqi cities. Commanders on the ground anticipated for weeks that al-Qaida and other extremists would take advantage of the U.S. troops’ compliance with the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement to launch attacks, Gates told reporters returning to Washington with him after a change-of-command ceremony at U.S. European Command headquarters in Germany. While capitalizing on what they perceive... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282902/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282900/posts WASHINGTON, June 30, 2009 – Iraqi forces, aided by coalition advisors, arrested suspected terrorists June 28 in operations in Iraq, military officials reported. Iraqi special operations forces and coalition advisors arrested a suspected terrorist in Baghdad. The suspect is believed to be the low-level commander of an insurgent group responsible for coordinating a local resident’s murder and an attack against Iraqi army forces. Elsewhere, Iraq’s 7th Regional Commando Battalion, assisted by coalition advisors, arrested two suspected terrorists in Ninevah province. One of the men is suspected of being a financier for a terrorist cell, and the other is believed to... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282900/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282602/posts Muslim fighters are being told they may be justified in cannibalizing U.S. soldiers, it emerged Friday. The chilling message is contained in a recent jihadist Internet entry that quotes from the work of a prominent jihadist ideologue, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi. In one section of his work, Maqdisi discusses the idea of having to do something that is otherwise forbidden, including eating food "sacrificed for an idol," according to the Washington-based SITE Intelligence Group, which translates jihadist "chat" sites. Maqdisi adds some scholars believe this has evolved to mean that Muslims, faced with hunger, are allowed to kill an enemy and... Canada.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282602/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:06:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282080/posts Note: The following text is a quote: YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report Warden Message: Mauritania Kidnapping Threat CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS Sub-Saharan Africa - Mauritania 27 Jun 2009 U.S. Embassy Nouakchott released the following SMS Warden Message on June 27: Embassy advises American citizens in Nouakchott of a credible threat of a kidnapping attempt tonight, June 27. Americans should exercise utmost security and remain securely locked in their residences and take extreme caution while in vehicles or offices. RELATED REPORTS 23 Jun 2009 WARDEN MESSAGE: MAURITANIA SECURITY AWARENESS FOLLOWING U.S. CITIZEN MURDER 12 Jun... OSAC.GOV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282080/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:29:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281381/posts Well, we have a couple Democrat scandals coming across the plate courtesy of John Conyers and John Edwards. Oh, and in case you were distracted by all the Michael Jackson music video tributes, terrorists are still killing people and the Iranians are still dying on the streets. Beyond that, our one-party "democratic" system is taking huge strides to shove universal healthcare and Cap and Tax legislation down the unwilling throats of Americans. Here are your Sunday digg suggestions. If we missed anything you think should be on the list, let us know! http://diggsandburies.blogspot.com/ Conservative Diggs & Buries http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281381/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:45:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1604035/posts ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House. Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom as he disclosed details he had never revealed before. It was in stark contrast to Moussaoui's previous statements in which he said the White House attack was to come later if the United States refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier terrorist convictions. Moussaoui testified Monday he lied to investigators when arrested... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1604035/posts#comment Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1613019/posts Defense lawyers for confessed Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui have asked a judge to subpoena testimony from shoe-bomber Richard Reid. Moussaoui’s court-appointed lawyers, trying to spare him from a death sentence, are seeking to show that Moussaoui was lying when he testified he was training to pilot a fifth plane as part of the Sept. 11 operation. They asked U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema to issue the subpoena late Monday. Moussaoui told the jury at his death-penalty trial that Reid, who later was convicted of trying to ignite a shoe bomb aboard a trans-Atlantic flight, was to be part of his... StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1613019/posts#comment Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:53:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280858/posts After repeated questioning about links to al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden Saddam Hussein admitted meetings between the two (after initial denials) but said his regime denied al Qaeda's requests for support reportedly due to such vastly differing ideologies. Below is a summary of one of FBI agent George Piro's question and answer sessions. In this June 28, 2004 document Hussein said his country did not support the group because the U.S. was not his enemy. He previously indicated the exact opposite, that the U.S. was his enemy as mentioned in Saddam Hussein's FBI interview and in other private and... Regime of Terror, FBI docs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280858/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280110/posts James Gordon Meek of the New York Daily News has posted two recent stories based on documents he obtained through FOIA on the FBI's interview of Saddam Hussein. Meek says that, according to the documents, Saddam denied links to al Qaeda just as he did prior to the invasion and the Baath party recently denied again on their website. In one of the documented interviews Hussein referred to America as his enemy and in another interview discussed Iraq's relationship with, and level of support for anti-Israel groups linked with Abu Nidal and Abu Abbas, who he referred to as "guests." Regime of Terror, NY Daily News, FBI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280110/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:31:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280034/posts The Obama administration yesterday announced that it will increase assistance of arms and funds to Somalia’s government, as it tries to beat back a terrorist insurgency that includes an international who’s-who of jihadists, including Al-Qaeda. It does not exaggerate the stakes in Somalia to say that for the first time in its history, Al-Qaeda is about to have rule over an entire country. The Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based affiliate of the group, assassinated the country’s national security minister on June 18 and currently controls the entire south and large portions of the central parts of the nation, along with parts of... FrontPage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280034/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:00:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279874/posts Al-Qaedastan By: Ryan Mauro FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, June 26, 2009 <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; dummy:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:maroon; mso-text-animation:none; text-decoration:none; text-underline:none; text-decoration:none; text-line-through:none;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; dummy:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> The... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279874/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279640/posts WASHINGTON, June 25, 2009 – Iraqi forces arrested a suspected terrorist and U.S. and Iraqi forces seized a massive weapons cache in Iraq in recent days, military officials reported. In Anbar province yesterday, the Iraqi special weapons and tactics team in Qaim arrested a man who is suspected of smuggling materials and foreign fighters into Iraq and is believed to be responsible for the deaths of police officers in Ramana, Iraq. Elsewhere, Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers seized a massive weapons cache June 23 near Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad. The cache contained 26 grenades, 35 rocket-propelled grenades,... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279640/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278763/posts WASHINGTON, June 24, 2009 – Iraqi forces and coalition advisors arrested suspected terrorists, including a senior leader, in operations in Iraq in the past five days, military officials reported. Yesterday, Iraqi police from the Basra special weapons and tactics team, aided by coalition advisors, arrested a suspected terrorist during an Iraqi-led operation in southern Iraq. The man is suspected in the development and use of roadside bombs and indirect-fire attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces in Maysan province. Southwest of Baghdad, the Emergency Response Brigade, an elite police force, and coalition advisors arrested three suspected terrorists June 22 in Amariyah.... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278763/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277992/posts WASHINGTON — An Iraqi Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) from Nasiriyah and U.S. advisors arrested two suspects, including a violent extremist leader, during an operation conducted in Fadhiliyah, Sunday. The extremist leader, Walid Abbass, is linked to several acts of violence committed in Dhi Qar province, including several assassination attempts on local officials and a rocket attack that struck a mosque in Ur last month. In other recent operations in Iraq: An Iraqi SWAT team accompanied by Coalition forces advisors killed a suspected former leader of a criminal network during an operation in Basrah province, June 20. As... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277992/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:10:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277641/posts The potential loss of tens of billions of dollars in damages is not what the Saudis fear most, should the Supreme Court allow this lawsuit to move forward. Way down in the Washington Times' article today about the Obama administration irking 9/11 families by asking the Supreme Court to deny their appeal of a ruling barring a lawsuit against Saudi princes was this gem: "A Justice Department spokesman said the administration held the meetings to hear from family members and declined to discuss details. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said that while he sympathized with the families, the State... 911FamiliesForAmerica.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277641/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277183/posts Senior al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban leaders are reported to have met with Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud to advise him to move his group's operations into Afghanistan and halt attacks against the Pakistani state. Several meetings were said to have been held last week after an 11-man delegation of al Qaeda and Taliban heavy hitters arrived in Waziristan to deliver a request from Mullah Omar, the Amir al Mumineen, or the leader of the faithful in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to a report in The Nation. The Taliban dispatched Sirajuddin Haqqani, the powerful military commander of the Haqqani Network,... LONG WAR JOURNAL.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277183/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277173/posts WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 – An Iraqi police special weapons and tactics team from Nasiriyah and U.S. advisors arrested two suspects, including a violent extremist leader, during an operation conducted in Fadhiliyah, Iraq, yesterday. The extremist leader, Walid Abbass, is linked to several acts of violence committed in Dhi Qar province, including several assassination attempts on local officials and a rocket attack that struck a mosque tower in Ur last month. In other recent operations in Iraq: -- An Iraqi SWAT team accompanied by coalition forces advisors killed a suspected former leader of a criminal network during an operation in... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277173/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:35:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277157/posts Note: Video included. SNIPPET: "In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Mustafa Abul-Yazeed, al-Qaeda's third in command, gives a rare insight into the group's campaign. He even said al-Qaeda would use Pakistan's nuclear weapons against the US should his group get hold of them." ALJAZEERA.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277157/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:07:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276451/posts Al Qaeda says would use Pakistani nuclear weapons 21 Jun 2009 21:01:19 GMT Source: Reuters By Inal Ersan DUBAI, June 21 (Reuters) - If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan's nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired on Sunday. Pakistan has been battling al Qaeda's Taliban allies in the Swat Valley since April after their thrust into a district 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital raised fears the nuclear-armed country could slowly slip into militant hands. "God willing, the... alertnet.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276451/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:19:06 GMT