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Retired Pakistani major charged with acting as al-Qaeda go-between

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

A retired major in the Pakistani army has been charged with acting as a conduit between al-Qaeda and an American accused of conducting reconnaissance missions for the terrorist attacks on Mumbai.

• Chicago Muslim, Ret. Pakistani Major charged in Mumbai terror bombing - Creeping Sharia
• Chicago man charged over Mumbai terror attacks - Muslims Against Sharia
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McChrystal says Osama must be killed to ensure al-Qaeda defeat

Sify (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

The top US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McCrystal has said that Osama bin Laden must be captured or killed if al-Qaeda is ever going to be defeated.

Iraqis Say Al-Qaeda Suspected After Bombs Kill 127

Global Security (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Iraqi officials say Al-Qaeda militants are suspected of involvement in a series of up to five vehicle bomb attacks in the capital, Baghdad, that are reported to have killed at least 127 people and wounded more than 500 others.

• Baghdad Bomb Blasts Kill At Least 100 - The Huffington Post
• Iraq Army to United States, "Oh Won't You Stay Just a Little Bit Longer" - YID With LID
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The Taliban - Al Qaeda Schism

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Conflict Makes Nonsense of U.S. Rationale for Surge By Gareth Porter December 7, 2009 Courtesy Of Counter Punch U .S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen argued in Senate Testimony Wednesday that the 30,000-troop increase is necessary to prevent the Taliban from giving new safe havens to al Qaeda terrorists. But that argument is flatly...

Al Qaeda claims it kidnapped Spanish aid workers

Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday

In an audio tape sent to the Al Jazeera channel, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has claimed responsibility for last month's kidnapping of three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania.

Al-Qaeda cell claims to have hostages

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

The North African branch of al-Qaeda claims to be holding three Spanish citizens and a Frenchman captured in November.

Qaeda-linked militants behead Philippine hostage: official

France24 (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Al Qaeda-linked militants in the Philippines have beheaded one of three Filipino factory workers they seized in the troubled south of the country last month, an official said Wednesday. Witnesses said they saw two men believed to be militants from the Abu Sayyaf group abandon a package at a park on the southern island of Basilan, triggering panic, said Al Rasheed Sakalahul, the provincial vice...

Bin Laden death tied to al Qaeda defeat - McChrystal

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday.

NATO Commander in Afghanistan: Bin Laden Must Die to Beat Al-Qaeda

News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, said that in order to defeat Al-Qaeda's terror network, Osama bin Laden must be either killed or captured. He told US senators that bin Laden was "an iconic figure at this point whose survival emboldens Al-Qaeda as a franchising organization across the world. … I don't think that we can finally defeat Al-Qaeda...

• McChrystal: Defeating Bin Laden, Taliban Key to Afghanistan Victory - Truthdig
• Must Osama Bin Laden Be Killed Or Captured For Us To Claim Victory? - War News Updates
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Al Qaeda claims aid worker kidnappings

CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said Tuesday it was holding three Spanish aid workers kidnapped late last month in Mauritania, and Spain's Foreign Minister said the government considered the claim "credible."

Qaeda claims it has French, Spanish hostages

Tolerance.ca (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

MENAKA, Mali - Al-Qaeda's north African branch claimed Tuesday it was holding three Spaniards and a Frenchman seized last month.

Djiboutian FM: Al-Shabab Now Headed by Senior Al-Qaeda Commander

Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday

Abu Basir Al-Tartusi, a prominent ideologue of the Salafi-jihadi school, to which Al-Qaeda adheres, has written an article criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the Afghanistan troop surge. To ... December 8, 2009, 1:22 pm

Al Qaeda ‘claims’ kidnappings of Frenchman and three Spaniards

EuropeNews (Free subscription) | yesterday

A spokesman for Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed the kidnappings of one Frenchman and three Spaniards, seized late last month in Mali and Mauritania, in a sound tape released Tuesday by

Al Qaeda off-shoot says it abducted four Westerners

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday

The North African arm of the terrorist group al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for last month's kidnapping of three Spaniards and a Frenchman in Mauritania and Mali.

Al-Qaeda claims kidnapping of 3 Spaniards, Frenchman in West Africa

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Nouakchott/Madrid - The North African branch of the al-Qaeda terrorist network on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of three Spaniards and a French national. In an audio tape broadcast by the Doha-based al-Jazeera channel, Al-Qaeda in ...