In this picture released exclusively to Reuters on January 31, 2009, Taliban militants with their weapons pose for pictures in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan January 30, 2009. Picture taken January 30, 2009. Alienated young British Muslims who were drawn to al Qaeda extremism, have found an unexpected answer to their alienation in the story of Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside British soldiers in World War Two. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

In this picture released exclusively to Reuters on January 31, 2009, Taliban militants with their weapons pose for pictures in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan January 30, 2009. Picture taken January 30, 2009. Alienated young British Muslims who were drawn to al Qaeda extremism, have found an unexpected answer to their alienation in the story of Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside British soldiers in World War Two.

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  2. Relatives and villagers carry the coffin of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top for a burial at a cemetery in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Tearful relatives of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top buried him in a traditional Muslim funeral at his boyhood village Friday, two weeks after Indonesian security forces killed him in a shootout.
  3. J. Michael Dowling, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, gestures during a press briefing after his client's appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009.
  4. In this courtroom sketch of suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi is shown as he appears in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.
  5. J. Michael Dowling, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, speaks during a a press briefing after his client's appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009.
  6. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden addresses a news conference in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. Bin Laden urged European nations in an new audio tape aired on September 25, 2009 to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.
  7. Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, speaks during a new 106-minute long video released Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009 predicting President Barack Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world."America has come in a new, hypocritical face. Smiling at us, but stabbing us with the same dagger that Bush used," said Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri in the message.
  8. American-born al Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn appears in a still image from a video released September 22, 2009 by al-Qaeda's as-Sahab entitled, "The West ... and the Dark Tunnel" in this handout image provided by IntelCenter.
  9. Al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahri appears in a still image from a video released September 22, 2009 by al-Qaeda's as-Sahab entitled, "The West ... and the Dark Tunnel" in this handout image provided by IntelCenter.
  10. A frame grab taken from a suspected al Qaeda video published on the internet September 20, 2009 and released by the U.S. group IntelCenter, shows a militant identified as Bekkay Harrach alias Abu Talha giving a statement entitled, "O Allah, I Love You" in German. Militant Islamist group al Qaeda threatened Germany with attacks for the second time this weekend in an online video criticising the country for its deployment of troops in Afghanistan, authorities said on Sunday. The interior ministry identified al Qaeda's messenger in the latest video as Harrach, a German-Moroccan who also appeared in a separate clip on Friday warning Germany faced a "rude awakening" if it did not end its "war" in Afghanistan.
  11. A frame grab taken from a suspected al Qaeda video published on the internet September 18, 2009, shows an unidentified militant speaking in German. Germany has boosted security at airports and train stations because of a heightened risk of attack linked to a federal election on September 27the German Interior Ministry said on Friday. According to security officials a suspected new al Qaeda video had played a role in raising the alert. German television channel ARD said the video featured a militant threatening the country for its presence in Afghanistan as part of a NATO force. According to ARD, the militant warned Germans that if they voted to "extend the war" they would seal their own fate and suffer a nasty shock after the election.
  12. Relatives of jailed suspected members of Al-Qaeda-inspired group Fatah al-Islam leave the Rumieh prison, northeast of Beirut, after visiting them on September 16, 2009. Nearly 160 Islamist inmates went on hunger strike on September 16 at Lebanon's largest prison Rumieh, demanding better conditions, a high-ranking security official told.
  13. South Korean protester burns a portrait of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden during a rally against terrorism a day before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
  14. Mohammad Ahmed, the son of detained al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddiqui take part in a demonstration arranged by Human Rights Network demanding to release of Siddiqui, who was detained in Afghanistan on last year, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. The Pakistani woman is facing charges that she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers.
  15. Troops of Pakistan army take positions near stronghold of Taliban militants in Kot Kai in Pakistan's tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. In Pakistani tribal areas security forces are engage with Taliban and al-Qaida militants, Hundreds of thousands people fled their villages due to fierce fighting.
  16. Soldiers of Pakistan army enter in tunnel allegedly used by militants in stronghold of Taliban in Kot Kai in Pakistan's tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. In Pakistani tribal areas security forces are engage with Taliban and al-Qaida militants, Hundreds of thousands people fled their villages due to fierce fighting.

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