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.
US open to work with Al-Qaeda, Taliban members who cut terror ties: ClintonOctober 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States is planning to work with those Al-Qaeda and Taliban members who cut-off their ties with these banned outfits, in order to resolve the Afghan crisis, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. "The US government is considering working with those Al-Qaida members who part their ways with the outlawed outfit and obey the law," The News quoted Clinton, as saying.
Obama vows to target Al Qaeda in Pakistan and beyondOctober 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has vowed to continue targeting the Al Qaeda that is threatening the US from Pakistan and beyond, even as the terror network is said to have "lost operational capacity" after a series of recent missile strikes. "We know that Al Qaeda and its extremist allies threaten us from different corners of the globe-from Pakistan but also from East Africa and Southeast Asia; from Europe and the Gulf," Obama said in a visit Tuesday to the National Counterterrorism Centre just outside Washington in McLean, Virginia.
Pak won't allow US drones strike in Balochistan : KayaniSeptember 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said Islamabad would not allow US drones to carry out strikes in Balochistan. Kayani, who was attending the 28th Tripartite Commission, which consists of senior military representatives from Pakistan and Afghanistan, told the military leaders that Pakistan does not support the US view regarding the targeting of militants inside Pakistan's boundary.
Al-Qaeda's second man in command Zawahri resurfaces in latest videoSeptember 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Al-Qaeda has released a latest video apparently marking the eight anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US. The video shows Al-Qaeda's second man in command Ayman al-Zawahri along with other top militant leaders speaking about various topics including the global financial crisis and Barack Obama's election, a US based monitoring group SITE said.
CIA's operations against Al-Qaeda in Pak 'very successful', says PanettaSeptember 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Director Leon Panetta has said that the agency's operation against Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups in Pakistan has been 'very successful'. Panetta said the CIA was establishing more bases in Afghanistan as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda were constantly expanding their network, and added that the influence of these outfits was also on the rise.
US drone strikes slowly but surely breaking Pak Taliban's back: ExpertSeptember 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Experts believe that the US drones have successfully targeted Al-Qaeda and Taliban hideouts in Pakistan killing several top and most wanted extremist commanders. Analysts believe that elimination of tier two extremist leaders was very significant, as it has broken the back of the terror organization, and it would be hard for them to fill the gap.
Al Qaeda leader killed in clash with HamasAugust 15th, 2009 RAFAH - The leader of pro-Al Qaeda group Jihad al-Salafi was killed during Friday's clash with Hamas in which 20 other people died and 120 were wounded, hospital sources said Saturday. Abdel Latif Moussa, leader of the Jihad al-Salafi group also known as the Warriors of God, died during the fighting, hospital sources in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah said.
Al-Qaeda's leadership based in 'terror safe haven' Pakistan: ClintonJuly 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has once again highlighted that Pakistan is a terror safe haven and said that Al-Qaeda's leadership is based in that country. Clinton's comments came a day before her significant visit to India, where she will be meeting the country's leadership.
Lashkar trying to increase India-Pakistan tensions: UN officialJuly 15th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has ties with the Taliban and is trying to increase tensions between India and Pakistan, says a UN official dealing with the Al Qaeda and allied groups. Richard Barrett, coordinator of the UN Sanctions Monitoring Team, told the media that the Pakistan-Afghan border and North Africa, especially Algeria, were the main contributors to the sanctions list for Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives.
Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions list needs fixingJuly 15th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The sanctions list for Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives contains names of dead people and entries with missing information, says Thomas Mayr-Harting, Austria's ambassador to the United Nations. "It is not the purpose of the list to contain dead people," he told the press at the UN, noting that members of the deceased person's family were unfairly deprived of the assets.
No talks with Taliban until it 'repudiates al-Qaeda publicly': USJuly 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has ruled out any negotiations with the Taliban until it lays down arms and severe all its ties with Al-Qaeda. When enquired about the statement of the Pakistan Army's spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, that the Pakistan military can bring the Taliban to the discussion table with the United States, the US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, said such a possibility can only occur when the Taliban 'repudiates al-Qaeda publicly'.
US nurturing long term ties with Pak to help counter militancy: MullenJuly 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen has said that the United States is in the process of nurturing a long-term relationship with Pakistan to help the troubled nation counter the threat emanating from extremist organizations like the Taliban and Al-Qaeda better. Mullen said it is very important for the US to help the security forces of both Pakistan and Afghanistan to quell terrorism more effectively.
Mali army raids Al Qaeda base, dozen militants killedJune 17th, 2009 BAMAKO - Mali's army has killed at least a dozen militants in an attack on an Al Qaeda base near the border with Algeria, a media report said Wednesday. The attack was the first against Al Qaeda on the Malian soil and came weeks after a British hostage was killed and a senior Malian intelligence official investigating the group was shot dead.
Pictures of detainee-abuse could have a 'destabilising effect' on Pak : General PetraeusMay 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus has said that publishing images of the abuse of prisoners in US custody could dent Pakistan's efforts to counter extremism. General Petraeus, in his statement to a court, urged it to keep the photographs under a veil, as they could have a 'destabilising effect' on Pakistan and other US allies in the war against Al Qaeda.
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