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6 Feb 2014, 11:45 am
Well, the Sunni city was retaken by jihadist militants primarily belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—which was itself an Al Qaeda affiliate until recently. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 10:11 am
To Iraq: NPR’s Larry Kaplow explains how Iraq has been subsumed by Al Qaeda; a pair at the Times explore what appears to be an increase in support for Al Qaeda over the central government. [read post]
28 Nov 2013, 4:24 am
Americans vacillate over national security and government power. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 7:11 am
Samir al-Baraq, a Palestinian man accused of planning biological weapons attacks against Israeli targets as a member of Al Qaeda, is challenging his detention in Israel’s highest court. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 8:22 am
Yesterday Reuters reported that air strikes in southern Yemen killed five suspected al Qaeda fighters last week. [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 6:19 pm
Bogdan’s statement does not require one to conclude that al-Qaeda had an “ocean-going navy,” any more than one would have had to conclude that al-Qaeda had an air force prior to September 11, 2001. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 2:38 pm
Navy SEALs attempted the capture of an al Shabab figure in Somalia earlier this month, contemporaneous with the successful capture of an al Qaeda target in Libya, it generated a considerable amount of coverage and discussion, including speculation about what this might signify regarding the administration’s position on the use of lethal force outside of the Af-Pak region. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 9:02 am
Jamal is known to be a key member of Al Qaeda and a close adviser and subordinate to Ayman al Zawahiri, one of the most influential leaders of the organization. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 7:58 am
The attack is being attributed to the al-Qaeda-linked Al Nusra Front rebel faction, says the LA Times. [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 9:37 am
Retired Navy Commander J.D. [read post]
11 Oct 2013, 11:22 am
Politico’s Josh Gerstein reports: A federal judge has rejected an attempt by defense lawyers to challenge the Obama administration’s decision to hold alleged Al Qaeda member Abu Anas Al-Libi aboard a U.S. [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 2:00 pm
While no navy captain likes stormy weather, the controversy over the temporary detention on a navy vessel of the captured Al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Libi is a tempest in a teapot. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 7:09 am
” Meanwhile, according to Benjamin Weiser and Eric Schmitt of the Times, the accused al-Qaeda operative seized in Libya, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (better known as Abu Anas al-Libi), is being held on a Navy ship. [read post]
6 Oct 2013, 9:12 am
Option 1: The 2001 AUMF One possibility is that the raid was understood by the Obama administration to fall within the scope of the 2001 AUMF, either on the theory that the particular individual whom they hoped to capture is himself not just part of al-Shabaab but also part of al Qaeda or on the theory that al Shabaab at this point has at last become not just an associated force of al Qaeda but an associated force of al Qaeda… [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 8:55 am
Benjamin Weiser writes in the Times about the sentence handed down this week for a man who pleaded guilty to providing material support to Al Qaeda and conspiracy. [read post]
20 Sep 2013, 7:56 am
In southern Yemen, Al Qaeda militants killed 33 Yemeni soldiers in what looks to be a coordinated attack on two targets. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 5:50 am
Zero Dark Thirty (Movie) - A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 12:07 am
Can the targeted killing program be reformed? [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 1:28 pm
For those of us that have been jonesing for words of wisdom from Al Qaeda head honcho Ayman Al-Zawahri, the AP reports that he posted a new audio message on militant websites over the weekend. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 10:52 am
That actually wouldn’t be altogether unprecedented, given the 2008 raid by special operations forces that bled into eastern Syria from Iraq and resulted in the death of Al Qaeda leader Abu Ghadiya, the article reminds us. [read post]
