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Canada thwarts 'al Qaeda-supported' train plotCanadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation they say was backed by al Qaeda elements in Iran. "Had this plot been carried out, it More… |
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UAE arrests Al Qaeda-linked cellThe United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it had arrested a seven-member group linked to Al Qaeda which was planning actions against the country's security. State news agency Wam said the me More… |
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Algeria hostage mastermind killed in MaliChadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said. The death of one of the world's most wante More… |
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Al Qaeda issues English magazine for militantsAl Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Islamist movement's most active branch, has released an English-language magazine advising would-be militants on how to torch parked cars and cause traffic accidents. The magazine, More… |
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Arabian Al Qaeda's No 2 is dead: YemenA Saudi who was freed by US authorities from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to become second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has died after being wounded by Yemeni security forces, a Yemeni secur More… |
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Six hostages, 8 rebels killed in Algeria strikeSix foreign hostages and eight of their captors were killed by an Algerian military strike on a vehicle being used by the kidnappers at a remote gas plant, a source in the town where the incident was unfolding told Reuters. More… |
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UAE cell linked to Al Qaeda: Dubai police chiefA suspected militant cell detained in the United Arab Emirates had links to Al Qaeda, Dubai's police chief has said, including the Yemen-based wing that is widely regarded as one of the its most effective affiliates. More… |
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Cell 'planning attacks' in UAE, Saudi heldSecurity forces in the UAE have arrested a cell of UAE and Saudi Arabian citizens which was planning to carry out militant attacks in both countries and other states, the official news agency Wam said on Wednesday. More… |
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Two Saudi guards killed in Al Qaeda attackAl Qaeda-associated militants who had been released from Saudi prisons killed two Saudi border guards while trying to cross into Yemen early on Monday before being captured, the kingdom's interior ministry said. The militant m More… |
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Al Qaeda leader calls for kidnap of WesternersAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria's rebellion and ensure Egypt implements sharia, SITE Monitoring reported, citing a two-part film posted on Islamist websites. "We are More… |
