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Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaeda linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law enforcement official said Thursday.
A British man was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiring with the ringleader of a suspected al Qaeda plot to blow up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using liquid explosives.
The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan says capturing Osama bin Laden is the ultimate key to defeating the al-Qaida terror network.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida won't be vanquished until after Osama bin Laden is captured or killed U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal told lawmakers in Washington Tuesday.
A federal judge rules the Defense Department in contempt of court for failing to videotape the testimony of a Gitmo detainee so that the public and the news media could see it. United States Department of Defense - Defense Department - Contempt of court - Federal judge - United States
Five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting an increasingly violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a jihad, or holy war, a police official said on Thursday.
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama picked up his Nobel Peace Prize Thursday in Norway saying that war is necessary under certain circumstances.
CAIRO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Egypt's latest crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's most potent opposition group, in the run-up to 2010 parliamentary elections has raised fears the moderates who have dominated the secretive movement will be eclipsed by its hard-liners.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said Tuesday it was holding three Spanish aid workers kidnapped late last month in Mauritania, and Spain's Foreign Minister said the government considered the claim "credible."
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is blaming political discord for the latest threats to Iraq's stability.
A Minnesota man whose tip helped the FBI catch al-Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui has finally received a $100,000 reward, but another man credited as a tipster has still received nothing.
A Palestinian grocer labeled as a "terrorist group leader" in the movie "Bruno" has filed a $110 milllion lawsuit, saying the film ruined his life.
Five young American Muslims captured in Pakistan are under investigation for possible links to terrorism after their families found a disturbing farewell video the missing men left behind showing scenes of war and casualties and saying Muslims must be defended.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz vowed to improve security in the North African nation following the seizure of three Spaniards by a group linked to al-Qaeda, the Mauritanian News Agency said.
The US general who masterminded a troop surge in Iraq said that Afghanistan was "no more hopeless" than Iraq before the 2007 campaign there.
Analysis: In Subtle and Nuanced Speech, President Makes Much The Same Case About the Legitimacy of War as did his Predecessor
In his Nobel Prize acceptance in Oslo, Obama said that we will not eradicate violence in our lifetimes. Some 5,000 people were expected to protest the Afghan war and other issues.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demoted the Baghdad security commander as the U.S. defense secretary arrived Thursday for a surprise visit.
Pakistani intelligence agents are interrogating five detained Americans over possible links to extremists.
Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaida linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law enforcement official said Thursday.
