Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/20/2014 | Gates of Vienna
The unfortunate donkey had been outfitted with a bomb and sent towards Israeli lines, forcing IDF soldiers to shoot the poor animal in order to detonate the bomb before it could kill any humans. In other news. The last Christians have already been driven out of the city, so presumably the Shiites are next.. Tunisia Orders Crackdown on Mosques After 14 Soldiers Killed by Militants. India: Uttar Pradesh: Church of the Nazarene Attacked: Pastor and Faithful Beaten.
Obama 2012 Pakistan strikes | The Bureau of Investigative.
Ten days after the strike Reuters reported that the attack killed Aslam Awan, 25, (aka Abdullah Khorasani), who it described as a Pakistan-born senior external operations operative for al Qaeda... 13-20 total killed. There were clashing reports as to the source of an early morning attack on four Pakistan Taliban (TTP) compounds in Orukzai Agency. Dawn reported that the strike was carried out by the Pakistan Air Force ��� and that a TTP commander may have been��.
Yemen: suicide attack | The Oslo Times
The ministry said gunmen had occupied the Defence Hospital within the complex after the explosion, but security forces had since regained control of the building.. They seized several southern cities before being driven out themselves in 2012. Al Qaeda militants have killed hundreds of Yemeni soldiers and members of the security forces in a series of attacks since an ongoing offensive���which the United States has supported with intelligence and drones-drove��.
Two Yemeni Nationals Linked To Al Qaeda Will Stand Trial In New York City
During this time, the two aided an American citizen with joining al Qaeda with the express purpose of carrying out attacks against US soldiers in Afghanistan as well as civilian targets within the US. In May 2008, Al-Abbadi also led an attack against.
News Roundup and Notes: January 29, 2015
Islamic State offshoots in countries such as Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, and Libya function autonomously, but are setting up increasingly close ties with the Islamic State leadership in Syria, according to diplomats and security officials. [Wall Street.
Intelligence digest - Open Briefing
LA Times, 15 November: In talks that are likely to be confrontational, the United States and Afghanistan are scheduled to begin negotiations Thursday on a new security arrangement after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the war-torn country by the. Reuters, 17 November: At least seven Shiite Muslim pilgrims from Iran and Pakistan were killed in Iraq on Saturday when a car bomb went off by a restaurant in a city north of the capital, police and hospital sources said.
A planner of the Benghazi attack reportedly met with Osama bin Laden
The reports authors pointed out that one prominent Ansar al Sharia leader in Derna, Sufian Ben Qumu, is an ex-Guantanamo detainee who served as an al Qaeda operative before his detention by US forces. Other facts demonstrated Ansar al Sharias ties to .
Charlie Hebdo Attack: Police Actively Searching Area North of Paris
U.S. and French intelligence believe that one of the two gunmen had received weapons training from an al Qaeda offshoot in Yemen in 2011, U.S. officials said. They added that they havent found any intelligence that the group, known as al Qaeda in the .
Al-Qaeda in Yemen denounces expansionist ISIS
Washington has frequently launched drone strikes against the group - which captured large parts of Yemen in the security vacuum following the countrys 2011 uprising. A Yemeni government offensive, back and supported by the U.S., has driven the.
Al Qaeda driven out of Yemen city after killing 20 soldiers
ADEN, March 21 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a province in southern Yemen late on Friday, killing about 20 soldiers, before they were driven out by the army, local officials and residents said. The fighting came hours. Houta.
Countering Violent Extremism: The quixotic quest for a rational policy on.
We dont have a global summit to reduce crime after all, nor do we believe that it can or must be eliminated to preserve order. Maybe we should consider instead a summit on societal resilience. That summit would help Americans understand that terrorism .
The Hezbollah Connection
Soon after the blast, an anonymous caller claiming to represent ���Nusra and Jihad Group in Greater Syria,��� a previously unheard-of organization, told a reporter at the Al Jazeera affiliate in Beirut that a videotape from the suicide bomber was hanging.
Abdel-Malek al-Houthi: provincial rebel turned Yemen powerbroker
The fighters took on the familys name after Abdel-Maleks brother Hossein al-Houthi was killed in battle against Salehs forces in 2004. Their senior leadership remains shrouded in obscurity, while their ultimate goals, willingness to compromise on.
High-ranking US intelligence official: Al Qaeda will make gains in Syria and.
But the Islamic States rivals in the Al Nusrah Front, an official branch of al Qaeda, have been gaining ground over the past several months. And the DIA is concerned that Al Nusrah will continue to advance inside Syria and elsewhere, while also.
Bloody Rivals: Paris attack helps Al Qaeda gain edge on ISIS
Al Qaedas prominence among terrorist groups, undisputed in the years following 9/11, had been largely eclipsed as the newer group, also known as ISIS, seized territory in Iraq and Syria and carried out a series of high-profile beheadings that elevated.
Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Responsibility Yemen.
Yemen REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi Security personnel gather as firefighting trucks (R) drive to the Defence Ministrys compound after an attack in Sanaa December 5, 2013. At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday in a bomb attack and gun. Islamist insurgents took advantage of the chaos triggered by Salehs overthrow to seize several southern cities, but were driven out in 2012 in a government offensive aided by U.S. drone strikes. Al��.
Yemens al-Qaida thrives on Sunni backlash to Shiite rebels
The city is a longtime stronghold for al-Qaida. Its militants briefly took it over in 2012 but were driven out by Yemeni troops backed by local tribesmen. Now, because of resentment of the Houthis, some tribesmen are turning to back al-Qaida, local.
Yemen says 500 al Qaeda militants, 40 soldiers killed in campaign
Yemens military mounted a campaign in the south of the country to try to crush the Islamist group that has killed hundreds of people, and in response the militants have stepped up attacks on government facilities after being driven out of strongholds.
Brennan: A man and his drones - Reuters
Since 2001, missile and bomb attacks by the Air Force, Army and CIA drones have killed thousands of suspected militants in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and other battlegrounds.. Besides drones, in recent years that ���targeted��� approach has also included raids by Special Operations Forces ��� such as the one that killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011 ��� or barrages of... NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes.
Demographics, Depleted Resources, and Al Qaeda Inflame.
A second spectacular Al Qaeda attack on Yemeni government security buildings in less than a month is a worrisome sign that the terrorist group may be trying to take advantage of a country splitting at the seams. U.S. officials. Twenty homes were damaged and two people were killed during the resulting eight day stand-off, according to Reuters.. Many Yemeni soldiers say they wont wear their uniforms outside the southern port city of Aden for fear of being killed.
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American Indian Murder, Inc. �� California Chrome Wins Kentucky Derby. �� Good Video: Straight-Talking Oregon Senate Hopeful Thrown Out of Meeting for Talking Straight. �� Man Connected to Alleged Plot to Derail Toronto-Bound Train Says He Was... A Twitter account associated with al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula issued a message saying Ali bin Likra al-Kazimy died Saturday after a military attack on one of its camps in the town of Mahfad last week.
Gunmen seize Yemen presidents chief of staff
Gunmen on Saturday seized Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadis chief of staff, whose nomination as prime minister last year was rejected by Shiite militiamen controlling the capital, an official said. An armed group set up a checkpoint in Hada, a .
Pratap Chatterjee, Is Drone Warfare Fraying at the Edges?
���A U.S. drone attack in Yemen killed four suspected al-Qaeda militants on Saturday in the southern province of Shabwa, local Yemeni security officials told Reuters.��� Who those. They are, that is, not a military solution to a problem, but a significant part of that problem. And lets add.. One thing is clear: the pilots are not just killing ���bad guys��� and they know it because, as Black points out, they see everything that happens before, during, and after a drone strike. Indeed��.
First They Attacked A Mall, Then They Repelled SEAL Team.
Reuters. In a series of exclusive interviews, Business Insider spoke with members of Al Shabaab ��� the newly emboldened Islamic militant group that attacked the Westgate mall and repelled a raid by SEAL Team Six ��� to ask how the mall assault. After initial reports claiming there were up to 15 militants in the mall, Kenyan police and American investigators later said that the attack had been carried out by just four gunmen who were later killed by Kenyan troops.
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. deepening crisis. WASHINGTON - The United States has pulled more staff out of its embassy in Yemen, U.S. officials said on Thursday as Washington scrambled to cope with the collapse of a government that had been a key ally in the fight against al.
At least 13 Yemeni soldiers killed in al Qaeda attacks ��� medics
ADEN Yemen (Reuters) ��� Suspected al Qaeda militants carried out two separate suicide car bombings against military locations in the south Yemen province of Shabwa on Sunday and medical sources said 13 soldiers had��.
Paris Attack Updates, Day 3: Two Hostage Situations
One note of confusion is that some time after Ch��rif Kouachi told BFMTV that the attack on Charlie Hebdo was carried out on behalf of Al Qaeda in Yemen, the gunman who attacked the kosher market in Paris, Amedy Coulibaly, called the same channel to say .
Yemenis Linked To Al Qaeda Will Stand Trial In New York.
A Marine killed in that Florida helicopter crash earned a Si... Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi/ReutersDefendants linked to al Qaeda react as a verdict upholding their jail sentences are pronounced at a state security court of appeals, in Sanaa, Yemen on April 23, 2013.. During this time, the two aided an American citizen with joining al Qaeda with the express purpose of carrying out attacks against US soldiers in Afghanistan as well as civilian targets within the US.
The lone-wolf militant: Feelings of inadequacy taken out on.
As the high-tech war against Islamic State and al Qaeda rages on with drones, air strikes and artillery in the Middle East and Africa, a disturbing low-tech front is flaring up in the West using Kalashnikovs, explosives and axes. A surge in. When U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire, killing 13 at Fort Hood military base in 2009, he acted alone, but believed he was delivering a blow on behalf of all Muslims... Islamic State claims bombs that kill 126 in Yemen.
Most Powerful Militaries In The Middle East - Business Insider
Yemens military has struggled in the face of an onslaught from the Houthi rebel movement, which captured the Ministry of Defenses headquarters in the capital city of Saana during a September 2014 offensive. Yemen has all sorts of other. been able or willing to do. Key allies: Yemen has had a longstanding, if sometimes uneasy, security partnership with the US and allows the US to use armed drones to go after Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on its territory.
Travel news - Wikitravel
Maiduguri is the state capital of Borno, the heartland of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram which has long coveted the city as the capital of an Islamic state they want to carve out of religiously mixed Nigeria. A military source said. Malis desert north, where French forces wrested control of territory from separatist rebels and al Qaeda-linked fighters, is plagued by frequent political violence - but this is the first militant attack for years in Bamako, in the south. Three Malians were killed��.
Yemen says 52 doctors, nurses killed in attack on ministry.
They seized several southern cities before being driven out in 2012 in a government offensive aided by U.S. drone strikes. Al Qaeda militants have since killed hundreds of Yemeni soldiers and members of the security forces��.