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Al Qaida stories:
200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
Nov 19th, 2009 - Boston
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons...Lithuanian probe centers on alleged CIA prison
Nov 19th, 2009 - Washington Post
ANTAVILIAI, Lithuania -- The austere building stands in the middle of a remote, thick forest surrounded by a high fence and numerous surveillance cameras. The two-story...
US woos skeptical Pakistanis on Afghan strategy
Nov 19th, 2009 - WTOP
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Faced with an escalating insurgency, Pakistan increasingly views U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan as critical to its own security _ but...Excerpts from recent Illinois editorials on Thomson prison
Nov 18th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, a native of Qatar, was arrested inPeoria in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and accused ofbeing a sleeper agent sent by al-Qaida to do its bloody bidding...
Miliband calls for majority of Taliban to be reintegrated into Afghan society
Nov 17th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Britain wants to find a way to allow the "vast majority" of Taliban fighters who are not Islamic extremists to reintegrate into Afghan society, David Miliband said today.
Al Qaida videos from YouTube:
4:04Taliban vs. Al Qaeda
Military historian Kimberly Kagan and journalist George Packer talk to Katie Couric about where the Taliban and al Qaeda intersect and how they differ.
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2:57Al-Qaida Training Children
Videotapes seized during US raids on suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training young boys.
2:47'9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ridiculous' - Al Qaeda
An Al Qaeda representative says that claims the US government was behind the attacks on Sept. 11th are demeaning to Al Qaeda. More coverage at: onion.com
Al Qaida from WikiPedia:
Al-Qaeda (pronounced /æl?ka?d?/ or /æl?ke?d?/; Arabic: ????????, al-q??idah, "the base"), alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida, is an Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989 and early 1990. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless arm and a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for global jihad.
Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, the most notable being the September 11 attacks in 2001. These actions were followed by the US government launching the War on Terrorism. Between three thousand and four thousand members of the network have been captured, and many thousands more killed on the front in Afghanistan.
Characteristic techniques include suicide attacks and simultaneous bombings of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement, who have taken a pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden, or the much more numerous "al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan or Sudan but not taken any pledge.
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