http://www.mail.com/organizations/15984-al-qaida.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/15984-al-qaida.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861488-suicide-bomber-kills-guard-us-embassy-turkey.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a Turkish security guard in what the White House described as a terrorist attack. Washington immediately warned Americans to stay away from all U.S. diplomatic facilities in Turkey and to be... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861488-suicide-bomber-kills-guard-us-embassy-turkey.html 2013-02-01T19:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861236-iraq-sunnis-protest-al-qaida-front-calls-to-arms.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Sunni protesters blocked a major highway in western Iraq on Friday, as an al-Qaida-affiliated group called on Sunnis to take up arms against the Shiite-led government. The rally comes at a time of mounting sectarian tensions in Iraq. Minority Sunnis complain of official discrimination against them, and the arrests of bo... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861236-iraq-sunnis-protest-al-qaida-front-calls-to-arms.html 2013-02-01T15:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861198-us-limited-fight-north-africa-militants.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is struggling to confront an uptick in threats from the world's newest jihadist hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the Obama administration weighs how to keep Islamic extremists in North Africa from jeopardizing national security without launching war. The spread of militants across Libya, Al... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861198-us-limited-fight-north-africa-militants.html 2013-02-01T07:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859276-yemen-clashes-al-qaida-militiamen-kill-14.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Defense Ministry says clashes in the south between al-Qaida militants and pro-government fighters have killed 14 on both sides. A ministry statement on Thursday says the fighting lasted for the past two days and left eight militants dead. It's part of a military offensive that local militiamen have joined to push al-Qaida out o... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859276-yemen-clashes-al-qaida-militiamen-kill-14.html 2013-01-31T14:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1856296-algeria-crisis-strangling-sahara-tourism.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The awe-inspiring dunes and wild mountains of Algeria's Sahara have lured adventure travelers for decades, but their latest incarnation — as a crossroad for the al-Qaida militants who attacked a natural gas complex — is likely to make them even more inaccessible. At least 37 hostages died in the four-day siege deep in the desert. A... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1856296-algeria-crisis-strangling-sahara-tourism.html 2013-01-30T13:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854750-us-eyes-drone-base-africa-with-al-qaida-mind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans to base unarmed American surveillance drones in the African nation of Niger highlight the Obama administration's growing concern about extremist influences in the volatile region. They also raise tough questions about how to contain al-Qaida and other militant groups without committing U.S. ground forces in yet another war. In the ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854750-us-eyes-drone-base-africa-with-al-qaida-mind.html 2013-01-29T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852974-suicide-bomber-kills-2-somali-presidents-villa.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A suicide bomber Tuesday detonated explosives outside the prime minister's home in Somalia's presidential palace compound, killing two people, security officials said. Al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility for the attack. The man blew himself up in the morning when questioned by soldiers at a checkpoint in the palace c... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852974-suicide-bomber-kills-2-somali-presidents-villa.html 2013-01-29T21:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1854114-yemen-seizes-ship-carrying-weapons.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni authorities have seized a ship in the nation's territorial waters carrying explosives and weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, the state news agency reported Tuesday. The U.S. said the ship came from Iran. The report said Yemen's coast guard intercepted the ship last week in an operation coordinated with the U.S. Navy. It ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1854114-yemen-seizes-ship-carrying-weapons.html 2013-01-29T18:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851528-uk-reports-threat-tripoli-embassy.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's Foreign Office says reports have emerged about a potential threat against the U.K. embassy in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. The agency said Monday it was working closely with the Libyan government in response to the reports. It would not elaborate, but its statement came at a time of heightened tensions in North Africa. Last week ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851528-uk-reports-threat-tripoli-embassy.html 2013-01-28T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851456-11-yemen-soldiers-killed-car-bombing.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A car bomb exploded Monday next to a military checkpoint in a central town where Yemeni government forces waged their first offensive targeting al-Qaida militants in the area, killing 11 soldiers, security and military officials said. The officials said that the explosion rocked the town of Radda, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851456-11-yemen-soldiers-killed-car-bombing.html 2013-01-28T17:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850750-2-guards-killed-attack-algerian-gas-pipeline.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a gas pipeline in northern Algeria and killed two village guards before being driven off, a local security official said Monday. The attack took place late Sunday night when the militants launched a series of homemade mortar shells at the Ain Chikh site, 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Algiers, protected by l... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850750-2-guards-killed-attack-algerian-gas-pipeline.html 2013-01-28T13:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847648-french-mali-forces-head-toward-timbuktu.html SEVARE, Mali (AP) — French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the Islamist extremists who have ruled the north for more than nine months. So far the French forces have met little resistance from the militants, though it remains unclear what battles may... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847648-french-mali-forces-head-toward-timbuktu.html 2013-01-27T21:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849162-uk-specific-threat-to-westerners-somaliland.html LONDON (AP) — British citizens should immediately leave the breakaway Somaliland region of Somalia because of a specific threat to Westerners, British diplomats said Sunday. It was the second such warning issued for an African region in just days and comes amid growing turbulence across the continent's north. In a statement emailed to reporters, Britain's... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849162-uk-specific-threat-to-westerners-somaliland.html 2013-01-27T20:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849274-israel-warns-attack-syrian-chemical-weapons.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel could launch a pre-emptive strike to stop Syria's chemical weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah or al-Qaida inspired groups, officials said Sunday. The warning came as the military moved a rocket defense system to a main northern city, and Israel's premier warned of dangers from both Syria and Iran. Israel has long expressed c... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849274-israel-warns-attack-syrian-chemical-weapons.html 2013-01-27T18:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846646-correction-davos-forum-algeria-story.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — In a story transmitted Jan. 25 and Jan. 26 about Algeria's deadly hostage crisis, The Associated Press mischaracterized Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci as acknowledging that security forces made mistakes in their handling of the standoff. The mischaracterization resulted from use of an incomplete quote. The AP initially quoted Medelci as sa... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846646-correction-davos-forum-algeria-story.html 2013-01-27T17:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848226-fears-grow-that-libya-incubator-turmoil.html Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's instability. Fears are growing that post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya is becoming an incubator of turmoil, with an overflow of weapons and Islamic jihadi militants operating freely, ready for battlefields at home or abroad. ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848226-fears-grow-that-libya-incubator-turmoil.html 2013-01-26T18:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847624-child-soldiers-tale-illustrates-malis-dirty-war.html SEVARE, Mali (AP) — The boy sits with his knees tucked under his chest on the concrete floor of the police station here, his adolescent face a tableau of fear. He's still garbed in the knee-length tunic he was ordered to wear by the Islamic extremist who recruited him. It's these same clothes, styled after those worn by the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th cen... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847624-child-soldiers-tale-illustrates-malis-dirty-war.html 2013-01-26T12:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847440-iraqi-insurgents-try-to-harness-opposition-rage.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi insurgents are trying to capitalize on the rage of anti-government protesters and the instability caused by rising civil unrest, complicating the government's efforts to stamp out a resurgent al-Qaida and other militants. Organizers of the protests attracting minority Iraqi Sunnis insist they have no links to terrorist groups. Yet Ira... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847440-iraqi-insurgents-try-to-harness-opposition-rage.html 2013-01-26T08:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845356-violence-erupts-iraq-rally-5-protesters-killed.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops opened fire on stone-throwing Sunni demonstrators in the country's restive west on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least five protesters — the first fatalities in more than a month of anti-government rallies. Two soldiers were also killed, apparently in retaliation. The violence is likely to exacerbate tensions between the ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845356-violence-erupts-iraq-rally-5-protesters-killed.html 2013-01-25T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844034-al-qaidas-no-2-yemen-succumbs-to-wounds.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen died of wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack last year in southern Yemen, the country's official news agency and a security official said Thursday. Saeed al-Shihri, a Saudi national who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, was wounded in a missile attack i... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844034-al-qaidas-no-2-yemen-succumbs-to-wounds.html 2013-01-25T02:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842894-dutch-britons-germans-warned-to-leave-benghazi.html LONDON (AP) — Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, warning of an imminent threat against Westerners days after a deadly hostage crisis in neighboring Algeria. European officials told The Associated Press that schools were among the potential targets. The war... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842894-dutch-britons-germans-warned-to-leave-benghazi.html 2013-01-24T23:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much preoccupied with the region's bewildering combination of high hopes, deep disappointments and grave dangers that threaten to spill over borders. Along the way, a divide seems to be e... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1843908-davos-examining-arab-springs-mixed-bag.html 2013-01-24T18:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1841318-al-qaida-leaders-brother-condemns-mali-operation.html CAIRO (AP) — The brother of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on Wednesday sanctioned violence against the West in retaliation for the French-led campaign against militants in Mali, saying the U.S. and Europe are "making jihadists." Mohammed al-Zawahri, one of Egypt's most influential jihadi leaders, made his comments in an interview with The Associated Pr... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1841318-al-qaida-leaders-brother-condemns-mali-operation.html 2013-01-23T20:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841224-yemen-us-drone-strike-kills-7-suspected-militants.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say a U.S. drone strike on a car outside the capital of Sanaa has killed at least seven suspected al-Qaida militants. The officials say the drone attack took place Wednesday near the town of Khwlan, some 35 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of the capital. Military officials and tribal witnesses say the car was destroyed... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841224-yemen-us-drone-strike-kills-7-suspected-militants.html 2013-01-23T19:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1841120-algeria-militants-played-shrewd-media-game.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — As wildly contradictory accounts trickled out about a terror attack at an Algerian gas plant, one source of information proved to be the most reliable: announcements by the al-Qaida-linked militants themselves. The hostage-takers phoned in regularly with up-to-the-minute reports, offered eerily accurate numbers of hostages taken and ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1841120-algeria-militants-played-shrewd-media-game.html 2013-01-23T19:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840312-suicide-blast-funeral-kills-25-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a packed funeral ceremony at a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens in an attack likely to further deepen the country's ethnic and sectarian rifts. The bomber detonated his explosives at the Sayyid al-Shuhada mosque in Tuz Khormato as mourners marked the death of... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840312-suicide-blast-funeral-kills-25-iraq.html 2013-01-23T16:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1838588-fight-mali-town-reflects-islamist-tactics.html DIABALY, Mali (AP) — Abou Zeid, the shadowy and feared emir of one of al-Qaida's most successful cells, commandeered the packed-dirt home of a family here last week, embedding himself and his hundreds of men in this community of rice growers. He ate spaghetti and powdered milk, read the Quran and planned a war. His bearded and turbaned men parked cars und... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1838588-fight-mali-town-reflects-islamist-tactics.html 2013-01-22T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837956-pentagon-aq-ally-top-suspect-algeria-attack.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Tuesday stopped short of saying al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate is definitely to blame for the deadly Algeria terrorist attack, but it said there is good reason to believe the group had a leading role. "When it comes to terrorist attacks of this sort in North Africa, AQIM has to be at the top of the list of suspects, I'... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837956-pentagon-aq-ally-top-suspect-algeria-attack.html 2013-01-22T19:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837384-algeria-scours-sahara-5-missing-foreigners.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian forces scoured the Sahara Desert on Tuesday, searching for five foreign energy workers who vanished during a chaotic four-day battle with hostage-taking Islamist militants. One official says the men may have fled the sprawling complex during the fighting and gotten lost. The four-day confrontation that began when al-Qaida-... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837384-algeria-scours-sahara-5-missing-foreigners.html 2013-01-22T19:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834606-yemen-us-drone-strike-kills-3-al-qaida-militants.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say an airstrike launched by a U.S. drone killed at least three suspected al-Qaida militants in a province near the Saudi border. Tuesday's strike in the Jawf province northeast of the capital Sanaa was the fourth such attack to hit al-Qaida militants since Saturday, a higher-than-usual frequency that indicate... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834606-yemen-us-drone-strike-kills-3-al-qaida-militants.html 2013-01-22T18:20:00Z