qaeda

Texas synagogue suspect linked to ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’

The suspected gunman who took a Texas synagogue hostage on Saturday has reportedly demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, who…

2 years ago

‘Thought I was going to die’: Gitmo prisoner who aided Al-Qaeda testifies gruesome details of CIA’s interrogation torture

The 41-year-old Majid Khan, who was detained nearly two decades ago and later admitted to having been an Al-Qaeda affiliate,…

3 years ago

US drone strike in northwest Syria killed ‘senior Al-Qaeda leader’ – CENTCOM

“We have no indications of civilian casualties as a result of the strike, which was conducted using an MQ-9 aircraft,”…

3 years ago

Pentagon claims drone strike killed Al-Qaeda terrorist in Syria’s Idlib, emphasizes ‘no indications of civilian casualties’

The US Central Command announced on Thursday that it conducted a “kinetic counterterrorism strike” targeting Abu-Ahmad, on a stretch of…

3 years ago

US assessments on Al-Qaeda and Taliban are fundamentally flawed because of fear and ignorance

There’s an old saying, “once bitten, twice shy,” that captures the uncertainty of a person who has suffered through a…

3 years ago

A newly declassified pre-9/11 report exposes Al-Qaeda ‘sleeper’ cells across US, so why was the intelligence not acted on?

A previously secret report authored in January 2000 by senior members of the White House’s then-national security team, which concluded…

3 years ago

‘US misled me into joining Mujahideen, then tortured me for Al-Qaeda past’: Gitmo survivor says US ‘acted like fascists’ post-9/11

In the early 1990s, Mohamedou Ould Slahi had a romantic notion of pursuing a noble cause, wanting to risk his…

3 years ago

9/11: The spies inside Al-Qaeda who could have prevented the attacks

The conventional wisdom, oft-repeated in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is that it is extremely difficult to recruit…

3 years ago

‘We’ll have to go back to Afghanistan’ to get ISIS & Al-Qaeda, Obama’s security chief Panetta says after US deaths in Kabul

Panetta, who headed the CIA between 2009 and 2011 before moving to replace Robert Gates at the helm of the…

3 years ago

On this day, 25 years ago, Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda declared war on America – but nobody listened

As the world watches the humanitarian crisis unfolding in and around Kabul International Airport, where thousands of American soldiers, airmen,…

3 years ago