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An artists' courtroom sketch shows Amine El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco as he is brought before a judge in the Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia February 17, 2012. El Khalifi, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested near... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: A tourist bus drives past the U.S. Capitol building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Earlier today the FBI arrested a man with possible ties to al-Qaeda, for plotting to blow up the U.S. Capitol building in an... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: People walk past the U.S. Capitol building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Earlier today the FBI arrested a man with possible ties to al-Qaeda, for plotting to blow up the U.S. Capitol building in an apparent... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: A police car sits in front of the U.S. Capitol building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Earlier today the FBI arrested a man with possible ties to al-Qaeda, for plotting to blow up the U.S. Capitol building in an... View Photo »
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) decorates members of the Yemeni air force at a graduation cermony in the capital Sanaa on August 25, 2008. Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 suspected Al-Qaeda members in the past two weeks in a crackdown on the... View Photo »
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A Yemeni army soldier stands at the old castle of Rada, 130 kilometres (85 miles) southeast of the capital Sanaa, on Januray 26, 2012, as hundreds of al-Qaeda gunmen bowed to tribal pressure and withdrew on January 25, 2012, from Rada, a town they had held... View Photo »
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown in this file booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service December 28, 2009. Abdulmutallab, the 25-year-old Nigerian student-turned-al-Qaida underwear bomber, is to be sentenced February 16, 2012 in U.S.... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) talk during a hearing about the current and future worldwide threats to the security of the United States on... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Senate Armed Services Committee members (L-R) Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) visit before a hearing about the current and future worldwide threats... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper prepares to testify to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the current and future worldwide threats to the security of the United States on Capitol Hill February 16,... View Photo »
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Hundreds of Somali families flee on tracks from al-Shabaab held towns to Mogadishu following al Qaeda's declaration last week that the Somali militant group al-Shabaab was joining its ranks February 16, 2012. View Photo »
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A Somali government soldier provides security at a government-organized rally against militant group al-Shabab in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Thousands of Somalis marched through the capital during an anti-militant protest attended by... View Photo »
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Somalis march through the streets at a government-organized rally against the militant group al-Shabab in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Thousands of Somalis marched through the capital during an anti-militant protest attended by President... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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Somali Al-Shebab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage speaks on February 13, 2012 in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, during a demonstration to support the merger of Al-shebab and the Al-Qaeda network. Shebab insurgents staged rallies across Somalia... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2012 file photo, Umar Patek, center, an Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks,hugs his lawyer after his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia. The top Indonesian terror suspect captured in the Pakistani town where... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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A Yemeni man sells his vegtables 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 leaf which is chewed by the...
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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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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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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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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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An artists' courtroom sketch shows Amine El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco as he is brought before a judge in the Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia February 17, 2012. El Khalifi, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested near the U.S. Capitol on Friday wearing...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: A tourist bus drives past the U.S. Capitol building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Earlier today the FBI arrested a man with possible ties to al-Qaeda, for plotting to blow up the U.S. Capitol building in an apparent suicide attack.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: People walk past the U.S. Capitol building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Earlier today the FBI arrested a man with possible ties to al-Qaeda, for plotting to blow up the U.S. Capitol building in an apparent suicide attack.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: A police car sits in front of the U.S. Capitol building, on February 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Earlier today the FBI arrested a man with possible ties to al-Qaeda, for plotting to blow up the U.S. Capitol building in an apparent suicide attack.
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown in this file booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service December 28, 2009. Abdulmutallab, the 25-year-old Nigerian student-turned-al-Qaida underwear bomber, is to be sentenced February 16, 2012 in U.S. District Court in Detroit. He is...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) talk during a hearing about the current and future worldwide threats to the security of the United States on Capitol Hill February 16, 2012 in...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper prepares to testify to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the current and future worldwide threats to the security of the United States on Capitol Hill February 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. Clapper and...
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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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Somali Al-Shebab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage speaks on February 13, 2012 in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, during 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...
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