Showing posts with label Al-qaeda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al-qaeda. Show all posts
Wednesday 21 September 2016

Again, Boko Haram Rated 'Most Lethal Terrorist Group'; Nigeria 3rd Most Terrorised Country

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Two United States, U.S-based organisations, 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative and Stefanus Foundation, have ranked Boko Haram as the mo...
Thursday 7 January 2016

United States Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainees To Ghana

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Two Yemeni detainees held at the controversial US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Ghana. The Pentagon s...
Saturday 12 September 2015

Is The Terrorism Threat Exaggerated Aftermath of 9/11?

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Unless we snap out of it soon, the legacy of 9/11 in America will be a chronic, irrational fear of terrorism that will continue to ...
Wednesday 27 May 2015

Al-Qaeda Operative Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges

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An al-Qaeda operative has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Saddiq al-Abbadi pleaded guilty Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court to con...
Wednesday 29 April 2015

Terrorism in Africa: The Imminent Threat to the United States

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Editor’s note: Below is Thomas Joscelyn’s testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and ...
Tuesday 21 April 2015

Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'Seriously Wounded In Air Strike'

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Abu Bakr al_Baghdadi Exclusive: The leader of  Islamic State , Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been seriously wounded in an air strike in wes...
Friday 20 March 2015

Pentagon Loses Track of $500 Million in Weapons, Equipment Given to Yemen

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The Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen, amid fears that the weaponry, aircr...
Monday 16 March 2015

How The CIA Inadvertently Bankrolled Al-quaeda

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AFGHANISTAN used about $US1 million ($A1.3 million) provided by the CIA to a secret government fund to pay Al-Qaeda in 2010 for a diplom...
Monday 23 February 2015

Terror Alert! Al Qaeda-Linked Al-Shabaab Calls For Attacks On ‘Jewish-Owned’ Shopping Malls in UK, Canada & USA

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United States and British security services are assessing the credibility of new threats against western shopping centres issued by Somal...
Saturday 21 February 2015

Nonsense About Terrorism's 'Root Causes - Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst

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The Obama administration this week hosted a three-day conference on "Countering Violent Extremism," which is a government e...
Wednesday 18 February 2015

United States Set To Provide African Nations With Equipment and Intelligence to Fight Boko Haram in Nigeria

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U.S . army to provide equipment, intelligence to fight Boko Haram N’DJAMENA (Reuters) - The United States military will provide  communic...
Thursday 22 January 2015

United States Counterterrorism Policy Is Failing

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The U.S. approach to countering violent extremism is failing badly. Our current “light footprint,” counter-terrorism approach, posits tha...
Monday 22 December 2014

2015 Predictions For Islamist Terrorism Worldwide

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In 2014, we saw the threat of al Qaeda continue to spread via affiliate groups in the Middle East, Asia and Africa . We also witnessed th...