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You published an article by ex-minister Kim Howells (Comment, 4 November) calling for "necessarily intrusive" surveillance of Muslim communities in Britain because of the al-Qaida threat. The day after you reported that Irish Republican "dissidents" Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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That is, can Americans really communicate? The word means, literally, "To make common." And at times like this, I wonder if it's possible. Full Article at History News Network
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Siti Rahma, wife of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top, in a black veil, is seen in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. View Photo »
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If we do not take action in Pakistan and Afghanistan then Al-Qaeda would be plotting more trouble and more chaos in the streets of our cities
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ROME: The United Nations says it’s running out of food for millions of starving Somalis in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to Al-Qaeda. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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ISLAMABAD - As Pakistan's army plows ahead with its offensive in South Waziristan, its success is at risk because the government has yet to come up with a plan to run and rebuild the lawless territory so that the Taliban and al-Qaida don't... Full Article at MSNBC
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SWITZERLAND has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist from France suspected of links with al-Qaida, an official said yesterday. Full Article at Shanghai Daily
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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. View Photo »
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Time is not on our side. Iran is getting stronger, Hizbullah is arming, Hamas is getting ready for the next step and Al-Qaeda is building its base of support.
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British politicians and military chiefs have defended the mission in Afghanistan as Remembrance services for generations of war dead highlighted the human cost of the unpopular conflict. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald
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BERN, Switzerland - Switzerland has opened its own investigation into the case of a nuclear physicist France suspected of al-Qaida links, an official said Sunday. Full Article at Canoe
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Police escort suspected al-Qaida linked militant Hajer Sailani, center, at a police headquarters in Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Sept. 1, 2009.
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Yemeni al-Qaeda militant Saeed Sankar, who was sentenced to death by a Yemeni court for attacks that killed nine Spanish and Belgian tourists over the past two years, shouts slogans as he is escorted from a state security court in Sanaa in this July 13, 2009 file photo.
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If we do not take action in Pakistan and Afghanistan then Al-Qaeda would be plotting more trouble and more chaos in the streets of our cities
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Time is not on our side. Iran is getting stronger, Hizbullah is arming, Hamas is getting ready for the next step and Al-Qaeda is building its base of support.
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Al-Qaida can operate anyplace. The planning for what happened on 9/11 didn't come from Afghanistan. It came from a hotel room in the United States or Germany. It came from the country they were in
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I am not sure any more. The US's national security adviser said there are fewer than 100 al-Qa'ida operatives in Afghanistan, MI5 has suggested that there are 2,000 people of 'special interest' in the UK
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Glenn Beck is an actual terrorist, and the people attending his rally in DC tomorrow are al-Qaeda in America
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That video was contained on a DVD recovered from the living room of defendant Rana's home on October 18, 2009 ... The video is narrated by Abu Yahya al-Libi, an Al Qaeda spokesman who reportedly escaped from American custody in Afghanistan.
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On 6 November 2009, al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media released a new video from Osama bin Laden
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really be the key to giving us the full picture of whether this was just a lone wolf operation or tied to something else ... I don't have the answer whether in this case he is somebody who was radicalized again by al-Qaida or whether he was taking this cause on his own.
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to use and finance Al-Qaeda, extremist Shia groups in Iraq, and the Houthis in Yemen
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We must bring bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders to justice and eliminate the terrorist threat that they pose, and we must ensure that Afghanistan ceases to harbour and sustain international terrorism
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Since 9/11, several key Al Qaeda operatives arrested in Pakistan have been found in safe houses run by the LeT.
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Then he was toasted by the Pakistani Army and the Pakistani intelligence services as a hero ... he joined the Al Qaeda. He became a convert to the global Islamic Jihad, and Al Qaeda sent him to Afghanistan, where he was critical in teaching the Taliban [ Images ] the tactics of small-unit warfare, ambus...
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I know that Obama's election has brought great hopes to peace-loving people in the United States ... But for Afghans, Obama's military buildup will only bring more suffering and death to innocent civilians, while it may not even weaken the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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We have got to be there to make sure that we can prevent al Qaeda gaining power in Pakistan and Afghanistan
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We know that al Qaeda continue to train and plot attacks on Britain from the region
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When the main terrorist threat facing Britain emanates from Afghanistan and Pakistan; and when, although the sustained pressure in Pakistan, combined with military action in Afghanistan, is having a suppressive effect on al-Qaida, we know that they continue to train and plot attacks on Britain from the ...
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The misinterpretation of verses from the Quran, put forth by the extremists and other parties, has just one purpose: to ensure that this part of Africa continues in instability, to the undoubted benefit of al-Qaeda.
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If we let the Taliban back into control in Afghanistan, then al-Qaeda will have an even bigger base in which to move
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When the main terrorist threat facing Britain emanates from Afghanistan and Pakistan; and when (al Qaeda) continue to train and plot attacks on Britain from the region - we can not, must not and will not walk away.
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The average American out there loves the show 24. OK? They love Jack Bauer. They love 24. In my mind, that's as close to a national referendum that it's OK to use tough tactics against high-level Al Qaeda operatives as we're going to get. OK?
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I would define success in Afghanistan as al-Qaida has no more presence in the future, with a smaller footprint than they have now, which according to the National Security Adviser is 100 or fewer guys, no senior leadership, no bases to launch attacks against the United States. That's a success.
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Ironically, the rise of Sunni extremist groups like al-Qaeda has brought Clinton's interests - microfinance, education and health care - to the center of national-security policy for the first time
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I believe that the loss of stability in Afghanistan brings huge risks that transnational terrorists such as al Qaeda will operate from within Afghanistan again.
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Afghanistan is the place where al-Qaida is based and where they coordinated on the 9/11 attacks. So for Americans there is a very distinct legitimate reason for fighting in Afghanistan
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