al qaida

Despite an intensive US-led manhunt, there has not been a credible lead on the Saudi-born al-Qaida leader in years.

Saleh's autocratic regime has been a U. S. ally in the fight against al-Qaida, but the U. S. has been pressing him to negotiate his exit.

The United States is also working with the international financial community to deny resources to al-Qaida and its supporters, he said.

In a rambling discourse, he said al-Qaida forces had given hallucinogenic drugs to the city's youth to incite unrest.

Back in 2003, the al-Qaida leadership had been forced out of the Pakistani cities and up to the mountains.

In his suicide video Ali says that warnings from the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to the west to leave Muslims alone had been ignored.

Intelligence officials said the head of al-Qaida's operations in Afghanistan used a middleman to communicate with him.

General Petraeus said the threat from Sunni militants of al-Qaida in Iraq has been significantly reduced, but the group is still lethal.

"The footprints seem to be Taliban and al-Qaida, " said Talat Masood, a retired general turned security analyst.

In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the president said, the United States is determined to defeat al-Qaida and extremist forces.

Saifullah said he would not discuss America, al-Qaida or the war in Afghanistan.

"On the first floor of Bin Laden's building two al-Qaida couriers were killed, along with a woman who was killed in crossfire, " he said.

He also said the main thrust of U. S. and allied strategy is to dismantle and defeat al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

All of NATO understands that al-Qaida is a threat to all of us and that this collective security effort must achieve its goals.

It was not a religion that attacked that September day. It was al-Qaida, a sorry band of men who pervert religion.

Secretary Clinton says defeating the Taliban and al-Qaida is not only in Pakistan's vital interest, but that of the United States as well.

He said the United States believed in the rule of law, unlike Al-Qaida which had no such constrains.

On Thursday night Hillary Clinton said the plot originated with al-Qaida and its target was New York and Washington.

But he said al-Qaida does not represent Islam, and America's commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable.

While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaida in Iraq as well as Sunni militants.

Isn't US using Afghanistan and India trying to destory Pakistan in the name of Al-Qaida?

But the deputy prime minister said al-Qaida first recruited the young man in Britain when he was a student in London.

Brennan said the truth is that the United States is at war with al-Qaida and its violent, extremist allies.

Those al-Qaida suspects brutally tortured by CIA into confessions are unreliable sources of evidence that would never stand up in US courts.

Police in northern Pakistan say they have arrested an American who said he was on a solo mission to kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Al-Qaida confirmed bin Laden's death in an Internet statement Friday and warned that it would seek revenge by attacking the United States.

The UK aim is very clear - to stop him and al-Qaida coming back into Afghanistan, and the hope that the Pakistanis will deal with him.

He was kidnapped while walking to work just over a year ago by suspected al-Qaida members.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says Zarqawi's death is an important moment for Iraq and a blow to al-Qaida around the world.

Such was the sensitivity of his al-Qaida connections that the request was sent to the FBI for consideration.

I spent a year of my life covering al-Qaida for The New York Times.

Officials did not say why it was shut, but the move followed a series of high-profile arrests of al-Qaida suspects in neighboring Pakistan.

But he said more must be done to thwart al-Qaida terrorists, particularly in the Pakistani tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, Andy David, dismissed the latest Al-Qaida message and its attempt to link Israel with attacks on the US.

If it is, then we have to do whatever it takes because al-Qaida is out to annihilate us.

Mehsud is a self-proclaimed commander of the Pakistani Taliban militants and is believed to be closely linked to the al-Qaida network.

He's the Swedish cartoonist who an al-Qaida linked group wants killed for depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog.

And we're going to hear about other fronts in the war against al-Qaida and its allies.

Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at least 460 al-Qaida-linked militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

One of the al-Qaida leader's daughters did see the Americans kill her father, he said.

In Sanaa, fears of an al-Qaida attack led to temporary closures this week of the American, British and French embassies.

Al-Qaida's second-in-command says an offer the group made to President Bush for a conditional truce is still on the table.

The United States says al-Shabab has links to al-Qaida, and foreigners are believed to be fighting alongside the Somali insurgents.

She said some of the plots have clear links to al Qaida in Pakistan.

On an Internet Web site, an Iraqi insurgent group linked to al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the killings. Thousands of U.

US again began to ship the counterfeit machines for the Afghan war, this time for the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Baghdad security chief General Qassim Moussawi said the suicide bombings bore the hallmark of al-Qaida.

Some Pakistanis are shocked and angry over the U. S. commando attack that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

The report also is expected to say that al-Qaida has established a safe haven in tribal areas in northwest Pakistan.

He called Yemen a "tinder box" that could spark into a civil war that al-Qaida would take advantage of.

Here are the main areas where the official story of the raid on the al-Qaida leader's Abbottabad compound have changed.

That is because 'terrorism' is but a tactic -- a means to an end, which in al-Qaida's case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate.

Until now, Hamas has held the Islamist franchise in Gaza, fending off al-Qaida attempts to come on to its turf.

Al-Qaida has a negligible presence in Libya and is not considered a factor at all in the current fighting.

For the terrorists, Iraq was supposed to be a place where al-Qaida rallied Arab masses to drive America out.

The Egyptian-born doctor is said to have been the brains behind bin Laden and his al-Qaida network, and at times its most public face.

Uncover key operatives in al-Qaida's biological weapons program, including a cell developing anthrax to be used in terrorist attacks.

He believes his friend is one of the 12 men still being held by police over the suspected al-Qaida terror plot.

He asks Mr. Obama what he would do, if al-Qaida captured and took control of an American city?

S. Special Forces. swept into the Pakistani garrison town of Abbotabad, not far from the capital, to kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Those arrested are believed to be connected to the al-Qaida-linked group Islamic State of Iraq.

The United States' top military officer accused Pakistan of supporting attacks by the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network.

Obama is expected to discuss his plans for disrupting the terrorist group al-Qaida and for blunting the insurgency of the Taliban.

Brennan described Al-Rahman as a "workaholic" and an "operational mastermind" who kept al-Qaida's nodes from Yemen to Europe connected.

She says the phenomenon started with the search for al-Qaida and Taliban suspects, as part of the American-sponsored war on terror.

Think of these: spouse abuse, child neglect, al-Qaida, lying, racism, slander, rape, home invasion.

Intelligence officials say Balawi was a double agent, posing as a Jordanian informant but working for the al-Qaida terror network.

But he said in Turkey that he will not relent in the ongoing effort to destroy al-Qaida.

Terrorists? "Now let me be clear: We are indeed at war with Al-Qaida and its affiliates . "

Carney told reporters the al-Qaida-linked group was responsible for last week's attacks and a number of others.

Local militants were becoming more radical, following al-Qaida's teaching that the Pakistani state should be a target.

An American member of al-Qaida is calling on Pakistanis to put aside their differences and establish an Islamic state.

Our partnerships, including our close cooperation with Pakistan, have helped put unprecedented pressure on al-Qaida and its leadership.

Some, including within his own cabinet, had argued in favour of publication as proof that the al-Qaida leader was dead.

Al-Takhi was believed to be the leader of al-Qaida forces in and around Samarra .

U. S. troops in Iraq would give Iraqi government army more training to help them chase al-Qaida militants and protect law.

Others, however, were excited to be crossing into Afghanistan with the groups al-Qaida sent to aid and instruct the Taliban.

Paul says President Barack Obama was wrong to approve the killing of two American citizens who had become central figures in al-Qaida.

Despite a largely positive balance sheet, no one claims the fight against al-Qaida is over or that "victory" can be declared.

He told federal agents shortly afterward that he had been trained and instructed in the plot by Al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.

Yemen's defense ministry says that three al-Qaida militants have been captured along the border with Saudi Arabia.

We are building new partnerships around the world to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaida and its affiliates.

Al-Qaida struck the U. S. Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, with explosives and machine guns, killing nine people.

After we swept Al Qaida from Afghanistan, some of its members accepted this safe haven. They remain their today.

And he invited members of the Taliban movement that had no ties to al-Qaida and wanted peace to return to their country.

The act denied al-Qaida any sort of burial shrine for their slain leader.

S. Thousands of fugitive aliens come from countries where Al-Qaida' s active including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq.

American and European intelligence estimates now rate Hezbollah's military and technological prowess as a greater threat than al-Qaida's.

President Obama has made defeating al-Qaida the focus of his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The would-be bomber has told U. S. investigators he received training and instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.

So Israel obviously cannot be asked to negotiate with a government that is backed by the Palestinian version of al-Qaida.

Abdel Maged says al-Qaida is not a pyramid, rather it's an idea that lives in space, cyberspace in particular, nourished by American acts.

Taleban and al-Qaida forces have made gains in Pakistan and Afghanistan recently, threatening the stability of both countries.

The area borders Afghanistan and is considered a stronghold of Pakistani as well as al-Qaida fighters.

But the U. S. has been urging Pakistan to be more aggressive in moving against Taliban and al-Qaida safe havens.

The headline made me think Russia had lost track of her subs or had sold them off to al Qaida.

But political analyst Nasim Zahra says sectarian violence is being used as a cover for al- Qaida- linked militants to sow more chaos .

It also suggests it is unlikely that al-Qaida's central leadership has decided to stage attacks within China.

U. S. officials say they have stopped an al-Qaida bomb plot intended to destroy an airliner heading for the United States.

And one decision weighing heavily on him is whether to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.

The result of this fratricidal carnage is that al-Qaida has now lost what fatal attraction it once held for anti-imperialists.

NATO says he is one of several senior al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents captured in Balkh province this year.

On September eleventh, two thousand one, nineteen al-Qaida members hijacked four passenger planes in the eastern United States.

CIA chief Leon Panetta asserted that there were something less than 50 al-Qaida members in Afghanistan.

Speaking at the White House, Mr. Bush called Zarqawi's death a severe blow to al-Qaida.

The Taliban were in power in Afghanistan when al-Qaida terrorists attacked the United States in 2001.

With rebels in northern Mali linked to al-Qaida, the conflict holds risks for security across the region.

This senior Al Qaida terrorist was responsible for one of Al Qaida's training camps in Afghanistan.

The movement grew out of Sunni tribes in Anbar province who had fought US forces and rebelled against al-Qaida militants.

The message suggests that bin Laden wants to show he remains in direct command of Al-Qaida's many branches around the world.

Today in Afghanistan and beyond, we have gone on the offensive and struck major blows against al-Qaida and its allies.

Amid a mood of cautious optimism, some experts talk of a "tipping point" in the fight against al-Qaida.

Dozens of so-called high-value targets have been eliminated, like al-Qaida's No. 2, who was killed in an attack last month.

It is well known that al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is operating across the Sahel from Mauritania to Algeria, Niger and Mali.

Both countries are home to militant anti-West insurgent groups that have publicly claimed allegiance to al-Qaida .

Police believe an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group may have been behind the attacks.

Of course, no one text is going to change the world, but put together, these treatises will constrain al-Qaida's recruitment pool somewhat.

The news undercuts the US government's depiction of the al-Qaida leader as on the run, one terror expert said.

Islamic militants sympathetic to the Taliban and al-Qaida have been blamed for the attack.

Some admirers in fact did refer to KSM as "al-Qaida's James Bond, " adoring him as a mythic, untouchable figure.

S. 's alleged link to international terrorist group al-Qaida means that the region is a priority for AFRICOM on the continent.

The al-Qaida in Islamic Maghreb, which is believed to be al- Qaida's North African wing had claimed responsibility for abducting the pair.

Counterterrorism experts say a group based in Yemen, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, might try to stage an attack.

US National security adviser James Jones says Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden still spends some time inside Afghanistan.

Mr. Brown said attacking al-Qaida had to go hand-in-hand with a strategy of building capacity so that Afghanistan can take care of itself.

President Bush has met with senior national security advisors to discuss the newly-released videotape from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

The attacks accompanied an announcement that security forces have captured the head of al-Qaida in Iraq.

Afghanistan's Nuristan region and Pakistan's Chitral region are among several rumored hiding spots for the al-Qaida leader.

She notes the assault on India's commercial capital was sophisticated in the style of an al-Qaida terrorist act.

Defense lawyer Peter Quijano told the court that al-Qaida members tricked Mr. Ghailani into unknowingly helping them.

Top U. S. military officials have expressed concerns that al-Shabab intends to connect with other al-Qaida-linked militant groups in Africa.

It makes defeating al-Qaida and other terrorist groups the top priority, and calls for more regional cooperation, among other things.

Over seven years ago, the United States pursued Al Qaida and the Taliban with broad international support.

He is the most senior al-Qaida operative in US custody and is currently detained at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

But then Taliban and al-Qaida leaders fled into the mountains of Tora Bora, escaped into Pakistan and the fighting has raged ever since.

But Jones broke new ground by saying publicly that the al-Qaida chief may have slipped back into Afghanistan.

Captured al-Qaida members have pointed to the remote mountain passes and recalled sightings, or rumours of sightings.

The year before, an Israeli passenger plane leaving Kenya was targeted by terrorists affiliated with al-Qaida using the same kind of weapon.

A victory by the Taliban in Afghanistan would give al-Qaida terrorists more terrain from which to operate, he added.

Mr. Tenet noted the United States had captured several members of al-Qaida's leadership.

Last week, the troops were sent into South Waziristan, against Baitullah Mehsud, a Taliban leader also suspected of ties to al-Qaida.

The unit had spent weeks watching a Koran school in which the Americans believed the al-Qaida man and several aides were living.

The official also warned against foreign military intervention in Yemen, saying that could strengthen al-Qaida.

But every time rumours of the al-Qaida leaders' deaths seemed credible, one or other would resurface.

But his tactics, influenced by al-Qaida, were controversial even within the Taliban.

Bomb blasts kill six marines in Western Iraq where US forces kill dozens of militants and offensives to uproot Al-Qaida insurgents.

Both before and after Sept. 11, there were rumors in the media that al-Qaida had begun hiding messages in digital porn.

Last week one Islamist website promised a "Ramadan gift" from the al-Qaida leader but removed the posting without explanation.

Central to this approach is taking steps to undermine the appeal of al-Qaida's world view and to isolate violent extremists.

We need the tribes inside the system, al-Qaida outside, and the neighbours onside.

A suspected U. S missile strike in January in the adjoining North Waziristan region killed a senior al-Qaida leader, Abu Laith al-Libi .

But Mr. Bush acknowledged complications remain, including al-Qaida and Iranian-backed fighters.

The Obama administration said Mr. Brennan discussed the importance of cooperation against al-Qaida and its allies.

There have been calls by al-Qaida to attack Saudi oil facilities in the recent past. And these aren't new.

The president vowed once again to defeat, dismantle and destroy al-Qaida.

Bin Laden's death has led to speculation about who, if anyone, will take control of al-Qaida.

Today, the core al-Qaida in Pakistan consists of a handful of hunted men.

We know there was a connection to al-Qaida central.

We will close Guantanamo prison which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for al-Qaida.

He says a recent taped message from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden shows they still want to carry out an attack on American soil.

Mauritania and Mali say they have destroyed an al-Qaida-affiliated base camp and are pursuing terrorists who fled along their common border.

U. S. officials say al-Qaida and Taliban fighters use Pakistan's tribal region to launch attacks inside Afghanistan.

We saw that in Northern Ireland in 1972 and with the way the Awakening removed support for al-Qaida.

It also suggested that other al-Qaida groups in the Arabian peninsula "could well target Chinese projects in Yemen" .

Security forces in Africa's Sahel region are on high alert following last month's killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Unmanned drones are being used with increasing frequency in fighting terrorist groups like al-Qaida.

The main difference is the proliferation of al-Qaida so-called "franchises. "

Analysts speak of worries that al-Qaida activity in North Africa and the Sahel could spread to northern Nigeria and affect the UK.

A Yemen-based al-Qaida group has claimed responsibility for the mail bomb plot uncovered last week.

Wikileaks document claims that the Casio F-91W watch is considered a "sign of al-Qaida" by the US army, US media reported.

Those who want to join al-Qaida receive standard religious lessons and basic military training, after that they're considered members.

Pakistan must demonstrate its commitment to rooting out al-Qaida and the violent extremists within its borders.

He had been deputy to al-Qaida's slain leader, Osama bin Laden.

Al-Rimi is AQAP's senior military commander and played a critical role in reviving the regional al-Qaida affiliate.

U. S. and Saudi officials said they suspected the al-Qaida terror network was behind the bombings.

Mr. Obama also had a message for families who lost loved ones to al-Qaida's terror.

The offensive has provoked an al-Qaida-linked self-proclaimed commander of the Pakistani Taliban to suspend peace talks with the government.

The man became an al-Qaida terrorist while attending college in Saudi Arabia and got the assassination mission and training.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton indicated Friday that al-Qaida is behind the threat.

His arrest on Iraqi border after being dispatched by bin Laden to resurrect al Qaida in Iraq a major loss for al Qaida.

But the assessment does not suggest there is any direct link between Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province and al-Qaida.

There is no better rebuke to al-Qaida and its heinous ideology.

US President Barack Obama says the al-Qaida offshoot was behind the attempted bombing.

Al-Qaida terrorists, insurgents and Shia' militia militants compete to plunge the country into civil war.

Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al-Qaida who hide in your land.

German police have arrested a Syrian man accused of using the Internet to recruit members for the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Several al-Qaida leaders authored the internal communications.

S. officials have alleged has ties to al-Qaida militants and Pakistani intelligence agents.

Poverty can help breed extremism -- al-Qaida is a growing concern for the Yemenis.

BARACK OBAMA: "The death of Awlaki is a major blow to al-Qaida's most active operational affiliate. "

They also wonder what will happen to the al-Qaida chief's three-story concrete compound in the middle of town.

President Obama said al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula remains dangerous, but weakened.

The aim of the mission seems to have been to kill the prominent al-Qaida official Abu Laith.

Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah are considered to be sympathetic to the al-Qaida terrorist network.

These things are true for members of terrorist groups as diverse as the IRA and al-Qaida.

And we are seeing a major offensive taking place -- Al Qaida and Taliban crossing the border and attacking our troops in a brazen fashion.

American special forces killed the al-Qaida leader in May in a secret raid on the house in Pakistan where he lived for years.

Resolution 1617 carries forward a consolidated list of terrorists tied to the Taliban, Usama bin Laden, and Al-Qaida.

Most of the al-Qaida leader's children, like Omar, live as legitimate businessmen.

I do not believe we ought to add troops in Afghanistan unless it is indispensable in our war against al-Qaida.

Al-Qaida in Iraq was behind many of the bombings in a drive to escalate sectarian violence.

The fighting helped bolster support for the al-Qaida-backed militants.

The SITE Intelligence group said al-Qaida released a statement on militant websites.

Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5, warned this year that Somalia could become a safe haven for al-Qaida in the way Afghanistan was in 2001.

US and UK intelligence officials believe the cell was directed by al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan.

And it suggests bin Laden was "giving strategic direction" to al-Qaida affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, one defense official said.

They may have joined al-Shabab, an anti-government militia in Somalia, tied to al-Qaida.

Taliban and al-Qaida raids into Afghanistan from this mountainous tribal region are regularly launched from here.

That leaves about another 49, 000 out there, not being given permanent jobs, and could be a future source of al-Qaida-in-Iraq recruiting.

There is a reluctance to go into Baluchistan and the US hopes Pakistan's forces will fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.

However, Al Qaida and related groups have expressed a serious interest in using CBRN.

He produced an English-language magazine for al-Qaida that appeared on the Internet.

An always tense relationship with the al Qaida hardcore deteriorated badly towards the end.

He claims that Libya is fighting al- Qaida's North African branch (AQAM) and no one else.

He also warned against a withdrawal from Iraq and allowing al-Qaida to declare victory.

Fifteen months ago, al-Qaida was using bases in Iraq to kill our troops and terrorize Iraqis.

The six-day war is not over. Today, it brings the spectre of al-Qaida in Gaza.

Instead, Iraq has become the place where Arabs joined with Americans to drive al-Qaida out.

But Mr. Karzai emphasized there could be no dialog with Taliban allied with al-Qaida.

Al Qaida continues to have a deep interest in acquiring weapons of mass destruction.

The [al-Qaida leadership] are really under pressure now but could regroup.

Obama vowed to end the Iraq war responsibly and finish the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

American generals have said al-Qaida was strategically defeated in Iraq following the troop surge of late 2007.

The Pakistan army has been battling with al Qaida linked militants in this region for several years.

This week, there were reports that he had contact with al-Qaida leadership.

More now on areas where there's an al-Qaida threat outside of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

An extremist group with ties to al-Qaida is warning Pope Benedict that he and the West are doomed.

The few spikes in media coverage of Yemen over the past few years are all related to fears of al-Qaida presence.

The Navy ship USS Cole was bombed in 2000 by al-Qaida members in a speedboat in the Yemeni port of Aden, killing 17 U. S. sailors.

Senior al-Qaida figures are sheltering on his turf.

Under pressure financially, al-Qaida made recruits pay for their own equipment and rent, provoking further protests.

The US depends on co-operation with Algerian intelligence in tracking groups such as al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Arab north Africa).

Does his death mark the political end of al-Qaida?

The strategy says the United States aims to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida, but also to support democracy and human rights.

Today, we have put al-Qaida on the defensive in Iraq, and now we are working to deliver a crippling blow.

But they aren't al-Qaida and shouldn't be confused with it.

There have been 27 drone missile strikes against al-Qaida alone this year.

Mullen says he is worried about recent military and political gains the Taliban and al-Qaida have made in Pakistan and southern Afghanistan.

We recognize that some segments of the Muslim community work against this, such as the Taliban and al-Qaida.

It appeared on the as-Sahab website, which supporters of al-Qaida use.

Burns said not enough is being done to bring to justice top al-Qaida and Taliban leaders in the tribal regions.

If the security is so lax that they can do so every time an industry says it's too expensive, then al-Qaida begins to plot.

I was then very soon transferred to Paris, where I covered all of al-Qaida's operations in the Middle East and Europe.

There, he joined forces with Bin Laden, and together they founded al-Qaida in Peshawar in 1988.

Agreements with tribes have backfired in the past, providing the Taliban, al-Qaida and other groups with safe havens.

Yemen government demonstrated willingness to take the fight to al-Qaida and they're willing to accept our support.

In this region, and beyond, we will tolerate no safe haven for al-Qaida and their extremist allies.

In the 74-second audiotape, the al-Qaida leader explicitly mentions Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who was captured in Pakistan in 2003.

I think it's still possible for us to stamp out al- Qaida, to make sure that extremism is not expanding but rather is contracting.

For one, CSBA analysts "see a lot of upset young people" that will be tempted to join groups like al-Qaida.