http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alqaida/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:04:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049821/posts AMMAN: The US Democratic candidate Barack Obama said that a conspiracy is being planned in tribal areas for attacking the United States. Talking with journalists on arriving in Jordan from Iraq, Barack Obama said that the situation in tribal areas is deteriorating and more US troops are needed in Afghanistan. Obama said that he is willing for the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan within 16 months after he becomes the US president. King Abdullah warmly received him on arriving in Jordan. geo.tv (Pakistan) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049821/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:04:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048469/posts JERUSALEM – The 9-11 attacks were carried out because of a lack of "empathy" for others' suffering on the part of al-Qaida, whose terrorist ideology "grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair," Sen. Barack Obama explained in largely unreported comments eight days after the mega-terror attacks that rocked the nation. Obama went on to imply the September 11th attacks were in part a result of U.S. policy, lecturing the American military to minimize civilian casualties in the Middle East and urging action opposing "bigotry or discrimination directed against neighbors and friends of Middle-Eastern descent." "Even... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048469/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047928/posts One recurring question that has been at the forefront of most intelligence agencies since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaida on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon just 1 mile outside Washington concerns the ongoing efforts by terrorist groups to acquire weapons of mass destruction: chemical, biological and mostly nuclear. Each of the NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) weapons comes with a certain advantage and disadvantage -- for the terrorist, that is. Of the three sorts, biological weapons are quite possibly the easiest to safely reproduce in a lab, assuming one knows what to do. A... The Middle East Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047928/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:51:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046743/posts LONDON/ISLAMABAD: US troops in Afghanistan are massing close to the border with Pakistan, poised to launch bombing raids on suspected terrorist bases in the North Waziristan region, British and Pakistani newspapers reported on Wednesday. Nine American soldiers were killed and 15 wounded on Sunday in an attack by militants on a US base in Kunar province, close to the Pakistani border. The Times said troops have been airlifted from the village of Lowara Mandi and that heavy artillery and armoured vehicles were also being moved into position for possible cross-border attacks on Pakistan. The paper said US admiral Michael... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046743/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:17:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043174/posts DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda Yemeni wing called in an Internet posting on Wednesday for kidnappings of tourists in the Arab country to press for the release of jailed militants. "It is a duty that detainees be freed through any rough way such as kidnapping tourists, who are numerous, or through various other ways," an article in the e-magazine of al Qaeda in the South of the Arabian Peninsula read. The group said it was pained some militants "had turned themselves in voluntarily to the ruling regime to improve their situation", in an apparent reference to a Yemeni-American thought... Reuters India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043174/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043669/posts BAGHDAD — Iraq experienced the lowest number of acts of violence in more than four years last week, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq said July 9. Security progress in Iraq is unmistakable, Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner said. Civilian deaths around the country were at their lowest point in three years, the general told reporters, adding that the reduction in violence is allowing the Iraqi government and the coalition to put in place projects that improve the quality of life in the country and create jobs for Iraqis. The general said the security improvements are due in large part... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043669/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:32:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043039/posts Two Israeli Beduin from the Negev town of Rahat were charged Wednesday with plotting terrorist outrages over the internet with al-Qaida members overseas and marking out civilian and military sites in Israel for attack. The suspects were named by police as Taher Abu Sakut, 21, and Omar Abu Sakut, 22. They were arrested in late May and early June in a joint Israel Police-Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operation. An indictment was filed against them on Wednesday in the Beersheba District Court, accusing them of membership in a terror organization, aiding the enemy during a time of war and transferring... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043039/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:23:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042149/posts What would happen if the U.S. won a war but the media didn't tell the American public? Apparently, we have to rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've defeated the last remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq. London's Sunday Times called it "the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror." A terrorist force that once numbered more than 12,000, with strongholds in the west and central regions of Iraq, has over two years been reduced to a mere 1,200 fighters, backed against the wall in the northern city of Mosul. Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042149/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:57:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041468/posts As the global war on terror approaches the start of its eighth year, the NYPD says it has never been more prepared - but also warns that the city can never let its guard down. In a two-part series, Daily News reporter Patrice O'Shaughnessy looks at the terror threat in New York - and around the world. Sunday's installment focuses on an NYPD undercover officer who dug deep into the potential terrorists in our midst. A young undercover city detective spent four years in the shadowy world of terrorist wanna-bes - taking part in jihadist discussions and training in parks... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041468/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:48:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041364/posts via translation - Thousands of Islamists commemorate the storming of the Red Mosque Thousands of Islamist radicals gathered in Islamabad to celebrate the first anniversary of the bloody storming of the Red Mosque. The capital of Pakistan is placed under high surveillance. Many demonstrators deemed close to the Taliban and Al Qaeda brandissaient black flags and slogans scandaient paying tribute to the "martyrs" of the headquarters of the Red Mosque. The police established a security perimeter around the mosque, inaccessible by car, with son barbed wire and search pedestrians in the search for possible weapons. "We demand to act against... ATS Swiss News Agency via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041364/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:07:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040466/posts An Islamist group has sent threatening letters to Assyrian churches in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, asking them not to cooperate with US forces. The letter sent by The Batallion of Just Punishment, Jihad Base in Mesopotamia, also opposes the establishment of a sectarian Assyrian-Christian police force, reported the Assyrian International News Agency on Wednesday. "We caution and warn anyone who tries to rob us through dealings with the Americans or through the spreading of American forces and/or police to protect the Holy Shrines in the Islamic Republic of Iraq, that these shrines would remain target of the freedom... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040466/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:50:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday. Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology. Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More Qaeda Targets U.S. Oil Interests in North Africa U.S.... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039290/posts NO one should feel safe without submitting to Islam, and those who refuse to submit must pay a high price. The Islam ist movement must aim to turn the world into a series of "wildernesses" where only those under jihadi rule enjoy security. These are some of the ideas developed by al Qaeda's chief theoretician, Sheik Abu-Bakar Naji, in his new book "Governance in the Wilderness" (Edarat al-Wahsh). Middle East analysts think that the book may indicate a major change of strategy by the disparate groups that use al Qaeda as a brand name. The Saudi police seized copies of... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039290/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:45:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038440/posts SOURCES: BUSH ANGER AT COMING NEW YORK TIMES STORY DETAILING HUNT FOR BIN LADEN... The newspaper planning to expose internal debate surrounding 'highly classified Pentagon order'; Special Operations forces hunt al-Qaida leader in mountains of Pakistan... DEVELOPING.... Thats the Story from drudge, OMG if the Times is gonna report this... Good GOD.... This is Huge. ( yea and Series) This is NOT a good thing for national Security and I am just a housewife. Even I can see and call a Traitor, a Traitor, but the Editor and the signing off authority that Prints this, to bee seen by the... http://www.drudgereport.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038440/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:09:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036379/posts Text of report in English by Yemen News Agency Saba website Hadramout, June 25 (Saba)-The security services have arrested allegedly one of the most wanted al-Qaeda militants and four others in Hadramout province, east of Yemen. Security sources said that Haytham bin Saad has been arrested with along four of his companions. The sources affirmed that the five al-Qaeda militants have been in a prison of the state security in Sayoun city of Hadramout. Source: Yemen News Agency Saba website, Sanaa, in English 25 Jun 08 BBC Monitoring http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036379/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:50:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034822/posts The SurrenderMedia recently misreported (there’s a surprise) that Saddam Hussein had no ties to al-Qaeda, when in fact the report the SurrenderMedia was trying to cover said just the opposite. As I noted at the time the analysis showed Saddam Hussein had long time ties with Ayman Zawahiri, who at the time ran the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group. A group that was integrated into al-Qaeda when Zawahiri joined forces with Bin Laden in the 1990’s. Gateway Pundit has a link to a recent news article out of Iraq showing evidence that Saddam Hussein continued his ties with Zawahiri after... Strata Sphere http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034822/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:26:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031557/posts "IT'S going to be us and al-Qaeda against Hezbollah." Sitting in a disused warehouse in the Bab-al-Tebbaneh district of Tripoli, a Sunni fighter explains how the ad-hoc militia that he helped command in the recent fighting are preparing for the future. Softly-spoken and courteous, speaking to The Scotsman on condition of anonymity, he pauses to offer cigarettes. "When we hear al-Qaeda are threatening the Shia, we do celebratory gunfire," he says. Al-Qaeda has had major setbacks recently. In Iraq, at least according to the CIA, it has suffered "near-strategic defeat", while missile strikes have killed some top figures in Pakistan.... The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031557/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:53:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020632/posts LONDON – Officers in Britain's MI6 intelligence service, working alongside Pakistani intelligence officers in that nation's remote North West province, have located a training camp where children, some as young as six years old, were being trained as suicide bombers, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The camp – one of several al-Qaida training camps in the region – is under the direct control of the terror group. The intelligence officers led Pakistani Special Forces to the children's camp outside the village of Spinkai in the mountainous region. An MI6 report on the school describes it as... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020632/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 10:35:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031053/posts June 13, 2008 HP-1023 Washington - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) for providing financial and material support to al Qaida and al Qaida affiliates, including Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jemaah Islamiyah, and Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya. RIHS has also provided financial support for acts of terrorism. "Designating and freezing the assets of an organization engaged in charitable work is a decision not taken lightly because the last thing we want to do is cut off needed humanitarian assistance," said Stuart Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. "However, the reality is that... US Treasury Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031053/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:02:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030245/posts WASHINGTON, June 12, 2008 – Although al-Qaida’s operations in Iraq have been battered, the terrorist organization remains a threat to be reckoned with, the U.S. military’s top officer said here today. Al-Qaida is “on the run in Iraq,” Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted at a Government Executive Magazine-hosted breakfast at the National Press Club. The terrorists, he said, are being pressured by U.S. and Iraqi security forces, as well as concerned citizens who want al-Qaida out of their country. However, al-Qaida remains a “lethal foe” of the United States, Mullen cautioned, noting the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030245/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:38:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028326/posts "Notable progress" has been made in Iraq, said UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at a conference in Stockholm May 29. "I have a feeling that things are better," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a surprise visit to Iraq last weekend. "The Iraqis themselves, with their army, their administration, are taking charge of their own problems." If the UN and the French can see progress in Iraq, why can't Sen. Barack Obama? Maybe because he hasn't been there in more than two years. Sen. Obama's ignorance is understandable if he's been relying for his information on reporting from... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028326/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:37:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028187/posts Osama Bin LadenNew Yorkers last week were reminded yet again of the horrors of the 9/11 attacks, when their unrepentant mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was arraigned in Guantanamo Bay. But few are aware a tectonic shift has taken place beneath the headlines in the wider war on terrorism - one that could within a few years significantly lower the likelihood of terror returning to New York's streets. This is because Al Qaeda has gotten itself into hot water with the one constituency that it cannot afford to alienate: its fellow jihadists.Over the past year, a growing number of very consequential... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028187/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 05:48:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027325/posts This is alarming. There has been a lot of talk on various jihadi forums regarding a nuclear strike by AQ. Fallujah Forums http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027325/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:42:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027223/posts McLean, Va. (AP) -- A federal appeals court upheld the conviction Friday of a Virginia man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush, but said that he must be resentenced. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a 30-year prison term and ordered a new sentencing hearing for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali. Prosecutors had argued that the judge improperly deviated from federal sentencing guidelines that called for life in prison. The ruling is a major victory for prosecutors in one of their most high-profile terrorism cases. Abu Ali grew up in northern Virginia and was valedictorian... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027223/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:50:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024661/posts ISLAMABAD (AFP) — A blast occurred Monday outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, causing casualties, police and security officials said. "Yes, there has been a blast at the Danish embassy but we are not sure whether it was inside or out," local police official Mohammad Shabir told AFP. Security officials said there were several casualties. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024661/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:05:15 GMT