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A Libyan named Faraj al Chalabi has been detained in connection with the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi. It is "unclear" what role he is suspected of playing, but he fled to Pakistan afterwards. Muammar Qaddafi's regime previously said he worked for al Qaeda.
Saudi authorities arrested Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, a key operative in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, earlier this month. Ansari has reportedly implicated Pakistani officials in the attacks.
Atiyah Abd al Rahman, a top al Qaeda leader, was reportedly killed on August 22. Senior US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal would neither confirm nor deny Atiyah's death. Atiyah was al Qaeda's "general manager" and Osama bin Laden's "chief of staff," according to a senior US intelligence official.
AQAP has released the sixth edition of its Inspire magazine. In it, Osama bin Laden is praised as a martyr. Inspire's editors also praise the selection of Ayman al Zawahiri as al Qaeda's new emir. Two other al Qaeda affiliates have already sworn their allegiance to Zawahiri.
According to a leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo threat assessment, a current detainee named Haji Wali Mohammed was al Qaeda's "primary financial manager." Haji Wali also allegedly worked for the Taliban, and purchased missiles for Osama bin Laden with support from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
In a decision released on Thursday, a DC district court denied Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court cited Khairkhwa's clandestine meetings with Iranian officials, among other evidence.
The State Department designated former Gitmo detainee Othman al Ghamdi as a global terrorist today. Al Ghamdi is an "operational commander" in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Benghazi suspect fled to Pakistan, recently detained in Libya
A Libyan named Faraj al Chalabi has been detained in connection with the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi. It is "unclear" what role he is suspected of playing, but he fled to Pakistan afterwards. Muammar Qaddafi's regime previously said he worked for al Qaeda.
Analysis: Al Qaeda central tightened control over hostage operations
Several months before his death in May 2011, Osama bin Laden ordered al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to stand down with respect to hostage negotiations. The terror master said he would negotiate with France concerning AQIM's hostages. Mokhtar Belmokhtar's spokesman recently confirmed that he still answers to al Qaeda central.Osama bin Laden's documents cited by Canadian intelligence
Key Mumbai plotter arrested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities arrested Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, a key operative in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, earlier this month. Ansari has reportedly implicated Pakistani officials in the attacks.
Pakistan detains al Qaeda operative tied to multiple plots
An al Qaeda operative named Naamen Meziche has been reportedly detained in Pakistan. Meziche had extensive ties to the 9/11 plotters and was part of a 2010 plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks in Europe. That plot also had significant links to al Qaeda's Iran-based network.Osama bin Laden on the Muslim Brotherhood
Analysis: Spinning Iran and al Qaeda, part 2
The Combating Terrorism Center's report on the bin Laden files gets a basic fact about the history of the relationship between Iran and al Qaeda wrong.Bin Laden docs: Al Qaeda asserts authority in letter to Pakistani Taliban leader
The letter shows a confident al Qaeda leadership working to maintain order and consistent behavior within the ranks of its affiliates in Pakistan.Osama requested safe house in Peshawar for his son Hamza
Bin Laden advised relocation of some leaders to Afghanistan due to drone strikes in Waziristan
In late 2010, the al Qaeda emir said some of the group's leaders and operatives should relocate from North and South Waziristan to the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nuristan, Ghazni, and Zabul.Analysis: Nearly all of bin Laden's documents should be released
Only a tiny fraction of Osama bin Laden's files have been released. Nearly all of them should be.LWJ Series: Analyzing the bin Laden documents
Leaders of German al Qaeda cell living in Iran
Leaders of an al Qaeda cell that plotted a Mumbai-style attack in Europe in 2010 and fought alongside the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan are living in Iran.Senior al Qaeda leader reportedly killed
Atiyah Abd al Rahman, a top al Qaeda leader, was reportedly killed on August 22. Senior US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal would neither confirm nor deny Atiyah's death. Atiyah was al Qaeda's "general manager" and Osama bin Laden's "chief of staff," according to a senior US intelligence official.
Latest issue of Inspire highlights al Qaeda succession
AQAP has released the sixth edition of its Inspire magazine. In it, Osama bin Laden is praised as a martyr. Inspire's editors also praise the selection of Ayman al Zawahiri as al Qaeda's new emir. Two other al Qaeda affiliates have already sworn their allegiance to Zawahiri.
The Gitmo Files: al Qaeda's alleged primary financial manager
According to a leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo threat assessment, a current detainee named Haji Wali Mohammed was al Qaeda's "primary financial manager." Haji Wali also allegedly worked for the Taliban, and purchased missiles for Osama bin Laden with support from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
Bin Laden's courier tied to Pakistani-backed terror group
The New York Times reports that Osama bin Laden's courier was found to be in contact with members of Harakat ul Mujahedin (HUM), a terrorist organization long backed by Pakistan's spy agency. Leaked Guantanamo files provide more details about the relationship between HUM and al Qaeda.DC district court denies former Taliban governor's habeas petition
In a decision released on Thursday, a DC district court denied Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court cited Khairkhwa's clandestine meetings with Iranian officials, among other evidence.
State Department designates former Gitmo detainee turned AQAP commander
The State Department designated former Gitmo detainee Othman al Ghamdi as a global terrorist today. Al Ghamdi is an "operational commander" in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Pakistani ISI arrests alleged OBL informers
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