Samir Khan and Al Qaeda

US puts faith in mobe-issued boarding passes Michael Chertoff, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, reckons that putting boarding passes onto mobile phones will stop terrorists boarding plans with forged documents, making the skies a safer place for all.…  

New Regional Struggle between Iran & al-Qaeda? Some observers are speculating that the abduction of an Iranian diplomat in Peshawar, northern Pakistan, may signal a ...  

The policy of al-Qaeda in Iraq in its fight against Awakening Councils in Sunni tribal areas has been to assassinate the movement's leaders. Al-Qaeda has now set its sights on recruiting council youths disenchanted by the Iraqi government's attempts to integrate them into the regular security...  

Is Pakistan's shadowy Inter-Services Intelligence agency supporting and even fighting alongside the Taliban and allied groups against NATO and Afghan forces? Defense Tech's Christian Lowe posted a snippet of an interview with Eric Edelman, the Under ...  

Libya's external security apparatus announced on its website that it had acted to free the Austrian hostages abducted by Al-Qaeda in Tunisia in February, out of its commitment to the struggle against terrorism. The announcement did not give ... November 17, 2008, 2:29 pm  

The terrorist network was on life support after September 11—until a new front opened in Baghdad and revived its mission. Illustration by Edel Rodriguez for FP “The Americans are between two fires,” declared Osama bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al ...  

"Turkmen Denounce 'Kurdo'-Fascism and Al Qaeda Terror in Iraq as US-Promoted In nine previous articles, entitled "William GuthrieA s Turcomania: the Correct Name for Inexistent Kurdistan" , "Jews and Turkmen ...  

The Bush Administration had given secret orders to the US military to carry out attacks against the al-Qaeda and other militants in Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere.  

Bin Laden is reportedly planning another terrorist operation against the US. The abduction of an Iranian attaché in Pakistan can be interpreted as the onset of war between Iran and al-Qaeda, says a senior militant. "This is payback time for Iran and ...  

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that US president-elect Barack Obama, European and Russian heads of state in Washington for the G20 conference over the weekend were briefed about a probable early al Qaeda attack. Obama and his team have been advised that a new al Qaeda strike is highly...  

The head of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says Al Qaeda remains the single greatest threat to the United States. CIA director General Mike ...  

14 (Xinhua) -- The US-led Coalition forces on Thursday killed four Al-Qaeda associated militants in an operation to thwart the foreign fighter network in ...  

Nov 13 (Interfax) - The Russian ban on Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrib is a contribution by Moscow in international anti- terrorist cooperation, ...  

Al-Qaeda had claimed that Patneau, who worked at the Embassy, died due to its September 17 th attack on the US embassy. Al-Qaeda also claimed in a new ...  

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