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Somali Al-Shebab fighters gather on February 13, 2012 in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, after a demonstration to support the merger of Al-shebab and the Al-Qaeda network. Shebab insurgents staged rallies across Somalia on February 13 to celebrate their group's recognition by...

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Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric linked to al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, gives a religious lecture in an unknown location in this still image taken from video released by Intelwire.com on September 30, 2011. Al-Awlaki personally directed and approved the attempted bombing of a U.S....

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A Yemeni woman walks past a vehicle adorned with an Islamic flag in the town of Jaar, in the southern Abyan province, on January 25, 2012. Islamist loyalists, followers of Ansar al-Sharia, an Al-Qaeda affiliate group in Yemen said they had moved the qat market, a mild natural narcotic...

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A young armed boy stands along side supporters of al-Qaeda (unseen) in the town of Rada, 130 kilometres (85 miles) southeast of the capital Sanaa, on January 22, 2012. Al-Qaeda militants, who seized Rada earlier this month, are making 'prohibitive' demands for pulling out, a tribal...

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An image taken on January 21, 2012 shows Jalal al-Blaidy, also known as Abu Hamza, leader of the Ansar al-Sharia, an Al-Qaeda affiliate group in Yemen, in a valley in the vicinity of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan. Abu Hamza is believed to be the leader of the the armed...

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A member of Somalia's al Shabaab militant group sits during a public demonstration to announce their integration with al Qaeda, in Elasha, south of the capital Mogadishu February 13, 2012. Somalia's government called on Monday for the lifting of an arms embargo to help it resist an al...

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A member of Somalia's al Shabaab militant group stands in front of a crowd during a public demonstration to announce their integration with al Qaeda in Elasha, south of the capital Mogadishu February 13, 2012. Somalia's government called on Monday for the lifting of an arms embargo to...

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This frame grabbed image from video provided by the SITE Intel Group, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, purports to show al-Qaida's leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a still image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The head of...

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Dissident soldiers show off their forearms painted with the flag of Yemen during an anti-government protesters against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, on September 10, 2011, as Yemen's army has freed the base of the 25th Mechanised Brigade, besieged by Al-Qaeda suspects in the country's...

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Yemen soliders patrol the street in the southern city of Zinjibar, capital of Abyan province, on September 10, 2011, which was freed after being overrun by Al-Qaeda suspects in May, ending a siege of the 25th Mechanised Brigade army base on the outskirts of the town, state news agency Saba...

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CIA Director Michael Hayden speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, 07 September 2007. Hayden warned that Al-Qaeda was plotting fresh attacks on the United States aimed at sowing death and destruction on a massive scale.'I want to be as clear as I can about the threat we...

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh chairs a meeting of his ministers in the capital Sanaa, on October 15, 2011, as people were killed when Yemeni police opened fire on protesters in Sanaa demanding Saleh's resignation and rival tribes clashed in the capital, while a suspected US air raid...

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Pictures of international political and religious figures, including former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, are displayed for sale in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Some 10,000 Egyptian protesters converged on Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square to mark the first...

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A file picture shows Pakistani military and police officials standing guard in a street beside Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's final hideout in Abboattabad's Bilal Town vicinity on May 8, 2011 where bin Laden was killed in a US Naval Commandos special operation. Assailants fired nine...

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Tunisian Interior Minister Ali Larayedh speaks with journalists during a press conference on February 13, 2012 in Tunis. Twelve Tunisians were arrested after deadly clashes occurred in the southeast region of Sfax on February 1 and 2, following an investigation which showed that they...

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Armed members of the militant group al-Shabab attend a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Hundreds of Somalis gathered at a militant-organized demonstration on the outskirts of Mogadishu in support of the merger of the Somali militant group al-Shabab...

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Islamist loyalists, followers of Ansar al-Sharia, an Al-Qaeda affiliate group in Yemen, are seen in the town of Jaar, in the southern Abyan province, on January 25, 2012. The militants said they had moved the qat market, a mild natural narcotic leaf which is chewed by the majority of...

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Armed members of the militant group al-Shabab attend a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Thousands of Somalis gathered at a militant-organized demonstration on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Monday in support of the merger of the Somali militant group...

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Backdropped by Ameriyah religious school which was seized by al-Qaida militants, a Yemeni armed tribesman, left, holds his rifle as he rides a motorcycle with others in Radda town, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of the capital Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. A tribal leader...

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Defendant Maqsood L. hides his face as he waits for the opening of his trial on January 25, 2012 in Berlin. The 22-year-old Austrian is an alleged accomplice of suspected Al-Qaeda member Yusuf O. , a 26-year-old German of Turkish origin, who also went on trial. He allegedly recruited...

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Defendant Yusuf O. sits behind his lawyers as he waits for the opening of his trial on January 25, 2012 in Berlin. The suspected Al-Qaeda member allegedly recruited militants and released a propaganda video ahead of the 2009 general election threatening Germany with attacks. The...

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Pakistani protesters shout anti-US slogans during a protest in Multan on January 24, 2012 against the US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region. A US drone fired missiles into a vehicle, killing four militants in Pakistan's Taliban and Al-Qaeda hub of North Waziristan on January...

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A man holds a picture displaying victims of Dictator Franco's regime during a demonstration in support of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon held in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on February 12, 2012. Spain's Supreme Court convicted and suspended on February 10, 2012? The...

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People holds a placard reading 'Cancel the Francoist Judgment' and 'Universal Justice' during a demonstration in support of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon held in front of the Spanish Supreme court in Madrid on February 12, 2012. Spain's Supreme Court convicted and suspended on February...

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Supporters of al-Qaeda tote their rifles in the back of a pick-up truck in the town of Rada, 130 kilometres (85 miles) southeast of the capital Sanaa, on January 23, 2012. Al-Qaeda militants, who seized Rada earlier this month, are making 'prohibitive' demands for pulling out, a tribal...