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    ‘No Intelligence’ on Christmas Terror Plots, US Finds

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    Yemeni Uprising Opens a Door to Besieged Rebels in the North

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  • Some remarkable facts about the ‘US Strategy for Counterterrorism’

    The US is shifting its counterterrorism focus to Yemen, Somalia, and North Africa, as it believes al Qaeda has been defeated in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

    Some remarkable facts about the ‘US Strategy for Counterterrorism’
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    Al Qaeda profits from Yemen turmoil

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    Anwar al Awlaki’s son said he hoped ‘”to attain martyrdom as my father attained it” just before he was killed in a US Predator airstrike, according to a Yemeni journalist. Nasser al Awlaki, Anwar’s father, denied he supports terrorism.

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  • Anwar al Awlaki’s son hoped ‘to attain martyrdom as my father attained it’

    Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said the US killed Abdul Rahman “so that America would not be afflicted in the future with another Awlaki.”

    Anwar al Awlaki’s son hoped ‘to attain martyrdom as my father attained it’
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    Clinton warns of terrorist bio-attacks

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  • Nassar al Awlaki urges the spread of his son Anwar’s teachings

    Nassar al Awlaki urged Muslims to keep Anwar’s message alive “by spreading his teachings, sermons, and lectures,” and condemned the US airstrikes that killed his son and grandson.

    Nassar al Awlaki urges the spread of his son Anwar’s teachings
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    The military said 19 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including two Somalis, an Algerian, and an Egyptian, were killed in fighting near Zinjibar. “Gunmen” kidnapped two foreigners and their driver in Lahj province.

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    Mother of bomb plot suspect apologizes to NYers

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    Jose Pimentel Is Charged in NYC Bomb Plot

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  • Terror plot foiled in NYC

    Jose Pimentel sympathized with al Qaeda and plotted to use pipe bombs to attack police stations, post offices, and soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Terror plot foiled in NYC
  • AQAP seizes another town in southern Yemen

    Al Koud is the latest town in Abyan province to fall to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

    AQAP seizes another town in southern Yemen
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    Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula announced that it will release a video documenting the life of Anwar al Awalki. The video will include a statement from Awlaki called “Message for the American people.”

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    Libyan weapons smugglers killed in border clash

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    Yemeni troops claimed to have killed 10 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in clashes near Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan. Yemeni security forces claimed 10 other AQAP fighters were killed during the two previous days.

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    US counterterrorism forces are hunting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Nasir al Wuhayshi and senior bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri. Their profiles have been raised since Anwar al Awlaki was killed in a Predator strike.

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    US Sets Sights on al Qaeda Bomb Maker

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    Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed that Ibrahim al Bana was not killed in a Predator strike in southern Yemen two weeks ago that killed Anwar al Awlaki’s son. Bana is a media emir for AQAP.

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  • AQAP claims media emir is alive

    Ansar al Sharia, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s political front, said that Ibrahim al Bana was not killed in the strike that killed Anwar al Awlaki’s son.

    AQAP claims media emir is alive
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    A senior police commander was killed in a car bombing in the southern port city of Aden. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has stepped up attacks in the city, which is said to be under siege.

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  • AQAP denies emir Nasir al Wuhayshi killed in US airstrike

    In a new AQAP periodical released by the recently formed Madad News Agency, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said their emir “is very well.”

    AQAP denies emir Nasir al Wuhayshi killed in US airstrike
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    Targeting AQAP in Yemen: Analysts argue for riskier approach

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  • Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

    Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is said to have regained control of Zinjibar; at least on soldier was killed and seven more were captured. Twenty people were killed during clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in Sana’a.

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  • AQAP regains control of Zinjibar: report

    AQAP is doing what it said it would do last year: take control of the south and establish an Islamic caliphate.

    AQAP regains control of Zinjibar: report
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    Awlaki family releases teen’s birth certificate

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    Anwar al Awlaki’s family condemned the US’s killing of his son, Abdulrahman, in an airstrike last week. The family said Abdulrahman was a 16-year-old American citizen and was searching his father, not to wage jihad. The family also denied Anwar was a terrorist and said he was not a member of al Qaeda.

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  • US Predators kill AQAP media emir: report

    The Yemeni Defense Ministry claimed that Ibrahim al Bana, an Egyptian, was among seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives killed in Shabwa province.

    US Predators kill AQAP media emir: report
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    Revelations from the underwear bomber trial

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    Underwear bomber’s jihadist path

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