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Joe Biden Speaks at the West Point Commencementclear strategy. Our commanders refocused and redouble their efforts on disrupting. This ultimately destroying. Defeating al - Qaeda . Reversing ever televised momentum. And training to security forces. To prevent extremists. From gaining ground. Since
refocused and redouble their efforts on disrupting. This -- ultimately destroying. Defeating al - Qaeda . Reversing ever televised momentum. And training to -- security forces. To prevent extremists. From gaining ground. Since then. We've taken out you
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Yemen: 27 Al -Qaida Militants Killed in South
officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al - Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says has advanced deep into Zinjibar. The town fell last year to al - Qaida , who took advantage of political turmoil to extend their control
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Officials: Roadside Bomb Kills 3 Iraqi Soldiers
patrol in Badoush. The town is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city and a former al - Qaida stronghold. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. The
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Militants Post Appeal of Kidnapped Saudi Diplomat
a man identifying himself as a Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al - Qaida in Yemen appeals to Saudi Arabia's rulers to respond to his the Yemeni port city of Aden, was abducted in late March. Al - Qaida 's Yemen branch claimed responsibility. Saudi officials said
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Lawyers Suspect Kenyan Police in Terror Abduction
several occasions following a series of grenade attacks that intensified after Kenya sent troops to Somalia in October to pursue al - Qaida -linked militants blamed for a wave of kidnappings on Kenyan soil. Police say Opiyo is one of hundreds of Kenyan youths who
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Security: Suicide Attack Kills 12 in East Yemen
gathering near a school in al-Hazm, the capital of al-Jawf province. He said the attacker was suspected to belong to an al - Qaida -linked group, which views Shiites as renegade Muslims. In another incident, a security official said an attacker wearing
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Stuck In The Middle With You (The Note)
country? Will the U.S. have to escalate the battle against Al Qaeda in Yemen to prevent a terrorist attack? Check out Tapper country? Will the U.S. have to escalate the battle against Al Qaeda in Yemen to prevent a terrorist attack? And can Congress reduce
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Senate Protests Bin Laden Informant's Conviction With Threats to Cut Pakistan Aid
in prison plus a fine, Pakistani officials said Wednesday. Afridi ran a vaccination program on behalf of the CIA near the al Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in an attempt to collect DNA from bin Laden's relatives and verify that America
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Obama spokesman scolds Pakistan for sentencing doctor who helped find bin Laden
assistance rendered by anyone in the effort to bring Osama bin Laden to justice was assistance not against Pakistan, but against al - Qaida and against Osama bin Laden." "We've raised the issue with the Pakistani government, and we continue to have conversations
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Yemen: 35 Al -Qaida Militants Killed in Clashes
Yemen says its troops have killed 35 al - Qaida militants in an attack on a hideout in offensive. The attack comes four days after al - Qaida claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Arab, near the town of Jaar, another al - Qaida stronghold. For several weeks, Yemen
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Somali Journalist Gunned Down, Sixth Killed in 5 Monthsbeen rocked by violence for the past two decades as the transitional government battles militant Islamists, including the al Qaeda -allied terrorist organization al-Shabaab , for control of the country. Al-Shabaab, which includes in its ranks several
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Senate Panel Cuts Pakistan Aid Over Conviction
collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad where U.S. commandos killed the al - Qaida leader in May 2011. The United States has called for Afridi to be released. The vote came on a $52 billion foreign aid budget
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US Poised to Vet Possible Arms for Syrian Rebelsweapons don't wind up in the hands of al - Qaida -linked terrorists or other extremist groups Syrian opposition is not aligned with al - Qaida , the chance that weapons might fall into said a senior intelligence official. Al - Qaida has established a limited operational
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Texas Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Trying to Give Money, Equipment to Al-Qaida
Texas man sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to give money, equipment to al - Qaida .
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TechBytes: Al Qaeda Hacker, GoogleIn today's tech the US tax al - Qaeda website secretary of state Hillary Clinton says agents gained killing Americans to emphasizing the deaths of Muslim civilians in al - Qaeda terror attacks. Google is off the hook on job a federal jury
In today's tech -- the US tax al - Qaeda website secretary of state Hillary Clinton says agents gained access to the -- in Yemen. They changed ads from boasting about killing Americans to emphasizing the deaths of Muslim civilians in al - Qaeda terror attacks. Google is off the hook on job a federal jury says it did not infringe on Oracle's patents in developing -
Passenger Tackled on Plane in FBI Custodywoman on a flight from France claimed to have a device surgically implanted in her body. Without informing passengers knowing al - Qaeda is considering implanting bombs to doctors were asked to check her for scars. That aircraft made an unscheduled landing in
have a device surgically implanted in her body. Without informing passengers knowing al - Qaeda is considering implanting bombs to doctors were asked to check her for scars. That aircraft made an unscheduled landing in Maine where -
Joe Biden Speaks at the West Point Commencement
clear strategy. Our commanders refocused and redouble their efforts on disrupting. This ultimately destroying. Defeating al - Qaeda . Reversing ever televised momentum. And training to security forces. To prevent extremists. From gaining ground. Since
refocused and redouble their efforts on disrupting. This -- ultimately destroying. Defeating al - Qaeda . Reversing ever televised momentum. And training to -- security forces. To prevent extremists. From gaining ground. Since then. We've taken out you -
Yemen and U.S. Increase Strikes on Al QaedaAmerica's all out hunt for the most wanted al - Qaeda bomb maker the mastermind behind that help. Is now waging all out war against al - Qaeda . As some 20000. Yemeni army troops are pounding al - Qaeda strongholds in southern Yemen. The US
exclusive tonight were inside America's all out hunt for the most wanted al - Qaeda bomb maker the mastermind behind that new plot. To bring down American planes by selling bombs in the passengers' bodies. The USYemeni army with US help. Is now waging all out war against al - Qaeda .As some 20000. Yemeni army troops are pounding al - Qaeda strongholds in southern Yemen. The US is striking from above with armed drones. At least eighteen strike since March 3 just the last ten days. And no wonder an official tells ABC news tonight that there are as many as 3000. Al - Qaeda supporters in Yemen now that's. -- three times the number from a year ago. Dozens of terrorists have reportedly been killed but the hunt continues for Abraham I was series. The al - Qaeda bomb maker plotting to blow up an American airliner after three failed attempts including the most recent underwear bomb plot. Foiled by -
Al Qaeda Bomb Plot Foiled by Double Agentand much more critical intelligence and Al qaeda 's plans to attack America. And Brian as a suicide bomber. Infiltrating the al - Qaeda cell in Yemen and then bringing its latest Mission Impossible assignment. Inside Al qaeda 's most ruthless group of terrorists
Bob. The escape of the evidence and much more critical intelligence and Al qaeda's plans to attack America. And -- Brian Ross joins us -- some prime yet. Hints of this yesterday now the confirmation -- it now we have it was certainly an overnight we -- even more about the intelligence -- The foiled that plot with the double agent posing as a suicide bomber. Infiltrating the al - Qaeda cell in Yemen and then bringing its latest bomb design out to the CIA and the FBI.a top secret operations. It was like a Mission Impossible assignment. Inside Al qaeda's most ruthless group of terrorists that's quite an accomplishment to be able to pass yourself off as an al - Qaeda terrorist. In fact you're working for a US or allied intelligence. Details of the double agent's identity are being closely held butfrom the double agents undercover assignment details on the location of the al - Qaeda operations chief. Who was then killed over this -- by a US drone strike and this morning. Intelligence officials tell ABC news -
Rousting Al Qaeda in Iraqnational security advisor says that al - Qaeda in Iraq now faces serious leadership that the number of attacks by al - Qaeda in Iraq . Had not dropped off since because of the cellular nature of al - Qaeda in Iraq . Miguel ABC news Baghdad.
Begin -- our top story another arrest of senior al - Qaeda leader. In Iraq com led -- I'll read -- site -- was sent to be the second most senior operative in theIraqi forces along with the US forces -- key al - Qaeda operative in the last couple of days. -- all site ED also known as Abu -- bomb. He's number two after Abu I have all -- with the USS took the place of Abu Musab -- our colleague who was killed by the US on June 7. Iraq's national security advisor says that al - Qaeda in Iraq now faces -- serious leadership crisis. Also lady is said to have planned the bombing directly of the golden dome mosque in samarra in February. -- no one died in that mosque bombing it did destroy a historic Shiite site and inflame tensions badly. -- Shiite and Sunni Muslims here in Iraq. Iraqi forces also say that the capture of also -- led to the arrest or killing of twenty other al - Qaeda operatives. Just what this -- will mean is an entirely clear US forces release their quarterly report on the progress in Iraq this week saying that the number of attacks by al - Qaeda in Iraq. Had not dropped off since Zarqawi was killed on June 7 they say it's because of the cellular nature of al - Qaeda in Iraq. Miguel -- ABC news Baghdad. -
Suicide Bomber Kills 100 in YemenMartha Raddatz made her way they where al - Qaeda is building its bombs. And creating a spent time with the Yemeni forces fighting al - Qaeda there. This morning those fighters were America's Frontline forces fighting al - Qaeda . missed all against terrorism. Yeah
on earth but our Martha Raddatz made her way they -- where al - Qaeda is building its bombs. And creating a deadly state within a state she is the only network reporter on the ground. And yesterday she spent time with the Yemeni forces fighting al - Qaeda there. This morning those fighters were hit by a suicide bombers nearly 100 dead more than 200 wounded here's mice and --just yesterday at target practice yemen's counterterrorism. Unit. America's Frontline forces fighting al - Qaeda . -- missed all -- against terrorism. Yeah today it was the counterterrorism. Forces themselves. With the target of the suicide bomber. Theycarnage was soldiers -- Parts of uniforms are everywhere. Within hours the al - Qaeda affiliate Yemen claimed the bombing was in response to the deadly strikes from US drones. And Yemeni ground troops in recent weeks. This is the first time Al qaeda's history they are trying to dig it rather than living is a nomadic secret terrorist group always on the move. In Yemen they are seizing territory starting to grow went to a sort of terrorist nation. So far in Yemen al - Qaeda has a strong and significant presence in five provinces and presents in his sixth it. -- occupy the territory and you hold
