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Ayman al-Zawahiri

Type: Person

Name: Ayman al-Zawahiri

Title: Al-Qaeda Leader

Organization: Al-Qaeda

Date of Birth: 19/06/1951

Place of Birth: Maadi, Egypt

Nationality: Egypt

Fact Sheet: Biography for Ayman al-Zawahiri

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI's 'Most Wanted' list turns 60

He has been on the list for more than 10 years, originally wanted for allegedly orchestrating the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Though the official FBI bin Laden poster lists his occupation as 'unknown,' the Saudi Arabian-born leader ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Time]

Entities: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Terrorists, Ramzi Yousef, Ayman al-Zawahiri

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

International Security Assistance Force

Encouraging Signs in Afghanistan

Wall Street Journal03/05/2010By What if the West's war in Afghanistan is in the process of being won? It has become standard practice to presume that this isn't possible and that immersion in a quagmire followed by ignominious retreat is guaranteed.Much ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by e-Ariana]

Entities: Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, Tariq Khan, Taliban

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Al Qaeda

Ex-Terrorist Takes Reporter Inside Al Qaeda

Western leaders are often at odds over how to take on the threat of Islamic terrorism. Al Qaeda, on the other hand, appears totally focused on its mission.The terrorist group is obsessed with destroying the United States. And according to one former colleague ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Family Security Matters]

Entities: Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Usama bin Laden

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 2 Documents

Target Lahore

At least 11 persons are reported to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a rented building of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan in the residential Model Town area of Lahore on the morning of March 8, 2010. The large quantity ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Outlook India]

Entities: Lahore, Karachi, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Al Qaeda, Inter-Services Intelligence

First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 07 2010 - 1 Documents

Taliban

3 top Taliban leaders killed by Pak military

Tags: Chief Maulvi, crippling, Faqir Mohammad, Khyber tribal r, killing, Pakistani military, Tehreek-e-Taliban, three top commandersIslamabad, March 6: Pakistani military dealt a crippling blow to Tehreek-e-Taliban by killing its three top commanders, ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by Deccan Chronicle]

Entities: Taliban, Military/Armed Forces, Rehman Malik

First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 2 Documents

Pakistan: 3 Top Taliban Commanders Believed Killed

Pakistan says three top Taliban commanders are believed to have been killed in an airstrike.Interior Minister Rehman Malik confirmed Saturday that Taliban commander Fateh Mohammed was among more than 25 militants killed Friday when Pakistani helicopter ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by VOA News]

Entities: Faqir Mohammed, Taliban, Pakistan

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 1 Documents

Pakistani Taliban declining, sources say

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 4 (UPI) -- The top leaders of the Pakistani Taliban have lost contact with one another for the first time, sources in North Waziristan said Thursday.Sources to the Pakistani newspaper The News International said several members ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by UPI]

Entities: Pakistani Taliban, Declination, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported Mar 03 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 3 Documents

Pakistan takes key al-Qaida stronghold

DAMADOLA, Pakistan, March 3 (UPI) -- Pakistani military forces raised the national flag over a former militant stronghold once believed to be a hideout for al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri.Pakistani Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan, the commander of the Frontier ... [Published Mar 03 2010 by UPI]

Entities: Al Qaeda, Tariq Khan, Pakistan

First Reported Mar 02 2010 - Updated Mar 03 2010 - 6 Documents

Pakistan siezes al-Qa'ida cave system

PAKISTANI forces have taken control of a warren of caves that served until recently as the nerve centre of the Taliban and al-Qa'ida and sheltered Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command to Osama bin Laden. It was the main hub of militancy where al-Qa'ida ... [Published Mar 03 2010 by The Australian]

Entities: Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Tariq Khan, Pakistan

First Reported Mar 01 2010 - Updated Mar 02 2010 - 2 Documents

Bomber says he lured CIA operatives with misleading intel

An al-Qaeda suicide bomber who killed seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan has claimed that he lured American and Jordanian intelligence officers into a trap by offering them doctored information about terrorist targets as well as videotapes of senior ... [Published Mar 02 2010 by Yahoo! India]

Entities: Central Intelligence Agency, Bomber, misleading, Al Qaeda

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 2 Documents

Al-Qaeda criticizes Turkey for its role in Afghanistan, says report

A newly released and unauthenticated video from al-Qaeda condemns Turkey for its role in Afghanistan, broadcaster CNN reported Monday.The man speaking in the video, who claims to be al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, says Turkey is committing crimes ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by Turkish Weekly]

Entities: Afghanistan, Turkey, Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri

First Reported Feb 21 2010 - Updated Feb 22 2010 - 1 Documents

American Takfiris

[A. Serwer]The theological justification for al Qaeda's wholesale slaughter of civilians was provided by Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, also known as Dr. Fadl, one of the founding fathers of al Qaeda. Because the murder of innocents is forbidden in Islam and ... [Published Feb 21 2010 by Atlantic Monthly]

Entities: John Yoo, Jay Bybee, Torture, Takfiri

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Al Qaeda Figure Behind CIA Bombing Killed [CBS News - Mar 18 2010]
Peace Later -- By: Clifford D. May [National Review - Mar 18 2010]
CIA director says al-Qaeda in Pakistan "se... [Kuwait News Agency - Mar 18 2010]
'Osama, deputy hiding in Pakistan' [Times of India - Mar 18 2010]
Osama, deputy hiding in Pakistan: CIA chief [Sify - Mar 18 2010]
Militant linked to attack on CIA killed [Los Angeles Times - Mar 18 2010]
Al-Qaeda crippled as leaders stay in hiding, CI... [Washington Post - Mar 17 2010]
US wants Osama bin Laden alive, US commander in... [Christian Science Monitor - Mar 17 2010]
POLITICS: Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat [Inter Press Service - Mar 17 2010]
The rise of militant Islam [Defence Management - Mar 16 2010]
Pakistan calls for action on Afghan border [UPI - Mar 15 2010]
FBI's 'Most Wanted' list turns 60 [Time - Mar 15 2010]
Al-Qaida may be encouraging lone jihadists in U.S. [Yahoo! via Wap - Mar 13 2010]
Officials see a growing Taliban-Al Qaeda rift [Los Angeles Times - Mar 12 2010]
Iran's spies show how it's done [Asia Times Online - Mar 12 2010]
Some U.S. officials see a growing Taliban-Al Qa... [Los Angeles Times - Mar 12 2010]
Growing Taliban-Al Qaeda rift seen by some U.S.... [Los Angeles Times - Mar 12 2010]
Al-Qaida may Shift to Lone Attackers [Military.com - Mar 12 2010]
Al-Qaeda encourages smaller-scale attacks on U.S. [Globe and Mail - Mar 11 2010]
Al Qaeda 'Lone Gunman' Approach: Small Attacks ... [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - Mar 11 2010]
Encouraging Signs in Afghanistan [e-Ariana - Mar 10 2010]

Blogs

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The UN Goes Muslim Brotherhood [Atlas Shrugs - Mar 18 2010] The UN hood is driven by the Organization of the Islamic Conference. So of course any figure or organization that works ideologically, violently, politically, by ...
Taliban, HIG infighting leads to split in Afgha... [The Long War Journal - Mar 08 2010] More than 120 fighters from the anti-government Gulbuddin faction of Hezb-i-Islami have surrendered to local authorities in Baghlan after a weekend of fighting with ...
TERRORISTS TARGET LAHORE AGAIN [IntelliBriefs - Mar 08 2010] B.RAMANAt least 11 persons are reported to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a rented building of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan ...
Pakistanis Clear Out al Qaeda Caves [Power Line - Mar 03 2010] Apparently the stories we've been hearing all these years about al Qaeda's leaders living in caves along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were true. The London Times ...
Obama's Jihadist: Banned in the US Tariq Ramada... [Atlas Shrugs - Mar 01 2010] Islam's leading jihadist Tariq Ramadan, was issued a US Visa last week by the Obama adminsitration. He'll be in the US as early as next month speaking at subversive ...