Al Qaeda video sends warning to Germany

September 25th, 2009 CAIRO/BERLIN - A new message purported to be from Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged European nations Friday to end their alliance with the US and withdraw their forces from Afghanistan. "We are neither asking for something trivial nor invalid; justice demands that you lift your oppression and withdraw your troops and reason demands that you don't hurt your neighbours," said the audio message posted on some Islamic websites.

September 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.

September 18th, 2009 BERLIN - An Al Qaeda video threatening Germany with a "rude awakening" if it refuses to withdraw troops from Afghanistan has been posted on the internet, security officials said on Friday - just over a week before the country's general election. German security agents confirmed the existence of the video to DPA following reports on state television channel ARD.

September 18th, 2009 Germany: al-Qaida posts video with new threatBERLIN — Al-Qaida has posted a new video threatening Germany, highlighting an increased threat level ahead of national elections and prompting authorities to step up security, the Interior Ministry said Friday. The ministry said the video underlines the fact the Sept.

April 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), US vice president Joe Biden said, adding that the 'most radicalised part of Taliban' is there. 'In the FATA, the western part of Pakistan in the mountains on the Afghan border...

February 21st, 2009 SANAA - The leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi, called on Yemeni tribes Thursday to rebel against the government and to confront security forces pursuing Al Qaeda members in their areas. In an audiotape posted on Islamist web sites, al-Wahishi linked the clampdown on Jihadists in five desert provinces to the deployment of Western navy forces in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy.

February 19th, 2009 SANAA - The leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi, called on Yemeni tribes Thursday to rebel against the government and to confront security forces pursuing Al Qaeda members in their areas. In an audiotape posted on Islamist web sites, al-Wahishi linked the clampdown on Jihadists in five desert provinces to the deployment of Western navy forces in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy.

February 19th, 2009 SANAA - The leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi, called on Yemeni tribes Thursday to rebel against the government and to confront security forces pursuing Al Qaeda members in their areas. In an audiotape posted on Islamist web sites, al-Wahishi linked the clampdown on Jihadists in five desert provinces to the deployment of Western navy forces in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy.

February 19th, 2009 SANAA - The leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi, called on Yemeni tribes Thursday to rebel against the government and to confront security forces pursuing Al Qaeda members in their areas. In an audiotape posted on Islamist web sites, al-Wahishi linked the clampdown on Jihadists in five desert provinces to the deployment of Western navy forces in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy.

February 16th, 2009 MOSCOW - The Al Qaeda terrorist organisation has not become weaker but gained in strength, a Russian diplomat said Tuesday. 'We said Al Qaeda had been weakened financially, but that did not result in management loss.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Warnings by the Al Qaeda were not new, Indian intelligence officials said Tuesday, as they began examining a video by the terror group that threatened India with Mumbai- style strikes if it sought to attack Pakistan. 'We will examine the video closely as it is in Arabic.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LONDON - India Tuesday asserted that it was prepared for any eventuality after the Al Qaeda threatened it with Mumbai-style strikes if it sought to attack Pakistan. 'Our army is ready to face any threat from anywhere,' said Defence Minister A.K.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LONDON/ISLAMABAD - India Tuesday asserted it was ready to face any threat after a senior Al Qaeda leader, who the Pakistani military said had died last year, threatened it with Mumbai-style strikes if it tried to attack Pakistan. 'One thing I can tell you.

February 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - India will have to 'pay a heavy price' if it tries to attack Pakistan, the Al Qaeda warned in a video sent to the BBC office here. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, said to be the Al Qaeda's military commander in Afghanistan and believed to have been killed in a US drone strike in August 2008, referred to India's Mumbai 'humiliation' in the video in Arabic and said it will face more Mumbai-style attacks, BBC News reported.

February 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Al Qaeda has warned India of 'Mumbai style attacks' if it tries to attack Pakistan, reports BBC News. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, said to be the Al Qaeda's military commander in Afghanistan and believed to have been killed in a US drone strike in August 2008, warned in a video in Arabic sent to the BBC in Islamabad that India 'will have to pay a heavy price if it tried to attack Pakistan'.