Al Qaeda-type terrorists in US: Homeland Security chiefOctober 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has told Bloomberg Television that Al Qaeda-type terrorists are present in the country and are being tracked.
Al-Qaeda looks to set up safe havens in YemenOctober 10th, 2009 SANAA - Al Quada is exploiting the poverty, conflict and corruption in Yemen to set up safe havens in the country. "The threat level from al-Qaeda is now critical," one diplomat said.
Al-Qaeda 'suppository bombs' cast doubt on airport security: ReportOctober 5th, 2009 PARIS - Suicide bombers associated with Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network have begun carrying bombs inside their bodies in the form of suppositories to circumvent strict security controls, the French daily Le Figaro reported Monday. Citing information supplied by the newly formed French anti-terrorist service DCRI, the report highlighted a recent assassination attempt in Saudi Arabia in which the terrorist carried the bomb within his body.
FBI Director concerned about Al-Qaeda using Pak, Afghanistan as sanctuaryOctober 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Top US security officials have expressed concern over terrorists brewing up plots to attack America from the Pak-Afghan border area. "My greatest concern still is the ability of Al Qaeda to use Pakistan and Afghanistan as a sanctuary," The Daily Times quoted FBI Director Robert Mueller, as saying.
Qaeda 's 'Butt Bomb' tactic spooks American security expertsOctober 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new al Qaeda terror technique called the "Butt Bomb" has spooked American security experts. A suicide bomber recently put himself next to a member of the Saudi royal family, having outwitted bomb-detection machines in the palace, to set off an explosion using a charge that had been hidden in his rectum, reports the New York Post.
Security tightened in Germany following Al-Qaeda warningSeptember 19th, 2009 BERLIN - A new Al-Qaeda video threatening Germany of a terror attack ahead of the national elections has prompted the Germany government to beef up security across the country. In the 26-minute video, a man reportedly identified as Bekkay Harrach, speaking in German and using the pseudonym Abu Talha, demanded Germans to push their political parties to withdraw soldiers from Afghanistan to avoid "a rude awakening" after the polls on September 27.
Suicide car bomb blast kills two at Kabul airportSeptember 8th, 2009 KABUL - At least two civilians were killed and six others were injured when a suicide car bomb exploded near Kabul's military airport on Tuesday. The windows of the city center were rattled due to the blast.
Pak Qaeda hand in 2006 trans-Atlantic bomb plot revealedSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - New evidence put before a British jury during a retrial of three Brit Muslim convicts suggests that the men used code words to discuss their plans with an al-Qaeda fixer based in Pakistan. The e-mails and conversations suggest that the plot was in its final stages, possibly days away from execution in 2006.
Car bomb explodes near Kabul airportSeptember 7th, 2009 KABUL - An explosion, believed to be a bomb in a car driven by a suicide bomber, went off early Tuesday close to the airport of the Afghan capital Kabul, an airport official said. The official told DPA that casualties were likely, as the blast was strong enough to break his office windows some distance away, but did not give any further details.
Bomb hoax at New York airportAugust 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - Flights in many parts of the US were disrupted after New York's La Guadia airport was put out of action for three hours Saturday following a bomb threat apparently by a drunk man. Police said the man claimed to have a bomb in his bag and threatened security staff.
Al Qaeda financier held in YemenJune 14th, 2009 SANAA - Yemeni police have detained a Saudi man suspected to be the main financier of Al Qaeda operations in Yemen and neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the defence ministry said Sunday. It said in a statement posted on its website that the suspect, identified as Hassan Hussein bin Alwan, was "the financier of the operations carried out by members of Al Qaeda in Yemen and Saudi Arabia".
Pak men 'part of al-Qaeda network planning attacks in Britain'May 13th, 2009 LONDON - The ten Pakistani men released without charge after an investigation into an alleged plot to bomb shopping centres in Manchester were part of an al-Qaeda network planning attacks in Britain and should be deported, a tribunal has heard. The men were arrested on April 8 after former Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick entered Downing Street with details of the operation against the men visible under his arm.
Arrested Pak students' part Al-Qaeda network, claims British officialMay 13th, 2009 LONDON - All the 10 Pakistani students who were arrested last month from different parts of London on suspicion of plotting bomb attack across Britain were actually part of Al-Qaeda's network, a British official has claimed. Robin Tam QC for the Home Secretary told the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) in London that all the so-called students, who were arrested, had links with Al-Qaeda.
Lashkar eclipsing Al Qaeda, even beyond PakistanMarch 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Lashkar-e-Toiba is close to eclipsing Al Qaeda as the most feared terror group in Pakistan. According to Sky News, Islamic extremism in Pakistan has taken on a new hue under the LeT.
US drone attack kills four Al Qaeda militants in PakistanDecember 31st, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Four Al Qaeda militants were killed and several others injured Thursday in a suspected US drone attack in northwestern Pakistan, an official and residents said. The drone fired two missiles targeting a vehicle carrying several Islamist insurgents at around 11:15 a.m.
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