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Al Qaeda in Iraq
A US hand in Yemen’s civil war
Saudi Arabia
Security officials said recently detained al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives “planned to rob banks and companies to finance their operations” and plotted to assassinate Sauid officials. “Using poisoned perfume which they planned to send as gifts is one of the ways the arrested people planned to carry out their assassinations.”
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen sets terms of a war on al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia
Former Gitmo detainee and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Mohammed al Awfi appeared on Saudi television and denounced al Qaeda. He also inferred that Yemeni security forces used al Qaeda to conduct attacks. “I have found there are those who … use the mujahid (holy fighter) as a political tool,” Awfi said.
Saudis accuse Iran of harboring al Qaeda network
According to a leaked State Department cable, Saudi Prince Nayif bin Abdulaziz told John Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, that Iran is harboring al Qaeda members who are targeting the kingdom. Among the al Qaeda operatives is Ibrahim bin Laden, one of Osama’s lesser-known sons.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan rejects fears over its nuclear weapons
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Qaeda finds in Yemen a society ripe for infiltration
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate spreading its reach for recruits, targets
Germany
Laughter in Rome, denials in Berlin: the world reacts to massive diplomatic leak
Guantanamo
WikiLeaks’s release of documents shows struggle to relocate Guantanamo detainees
Al Qaeda
Cables shine light into secret diplomatic channels
Saudi Arabia
The Interior Ministry said that over the past eight months, security forces detained 149 suspected terrorists, including 125 Saudis, who belonged to 19 different al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula cells across the country. The AQAP cells were plotting attacks against the government as well as journalists.
Saudi Arabia
UK – Muslim pupils at some private schools ‘learn to cut off hands of thieves’
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Saudis acknowledge their role in foiling parcel-bomb plot
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain, UAE seek to beef up missile capabilities as Iran tensions arise
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US pursues wider role in Yemen
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida ideologue™s arrest blow to Middle East jihadis
Al Qaeda
East of Aden: A president struggles to keep Yemen together
Ex-Gitmo detainee plotted against Saudi kingdom
A former Guantanamo detainee was reportedly involved in plotting against targets in Saudi Arabia in December 2009, two years after he was repatriated to the country. He remains a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Vatican
Pope calls for religious freedom in Muslim states
Saudi Arabia
Saudi security forces are on alert for a possible al Qaeda attack during the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the Saudi cities of Mecca and Medina. Interior Minister Prince Nayef did not mention a specific plot, however.
Al Qaeda
France says terror suspects were planning attack
Afghanistan
Insurgents arrested on Afghan plane
Haqqani Network facilitator arrested on plane bound for Saudi Arabia
Afghan officials forced an airplane to return to Kabul International Airport to arrest a Haqqani Network facilitator and three associates.
Al Qaeda
Spy agencies infiltrate al-Qaida
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US deploying drones in Yemen to hunt for Al-Qaeda, has yet to fire missiles
AQAP claims responsibility for cargo planes plot
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a statement on Friday claiming responsibility for the two package bombs found on board cargo planes in late October. The Saudis supplied the intelligence that was used to disrupt the plot, but US officials doubt the official Saudi story.
Al Qaeda
Saudis warned US of attack before parcel bomb plot
Afghanistan
Neighboring countries ponder a post-occupation Afghanistan