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Fri, Sep 16 2011 7:09 IST | 55 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Abu Hafs al-Shahri, the in-charge of Al Qaeda 's Pakistan operation, has been killed, Xinhua reported. He was killed in the country's Waziristan region earlier this week. The militant collaborated closely with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the report said quoting an unnamed official. Email Print Save as PDF Videos / Photos State ATS teams to assist NIA in Delhi HC blast probe...Read Full Story

Al-Qaeda branch releases pictures of abducted Westerners

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Al-Qaeda's north African wing on Friday released to a news agency what it said were two photographs of five Westerners kidnapped in Mali last month. Mauritanian news agency ANI, which has in the past has carried statements from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM), said the group released the pictures to support a statement issued a day earlier in which it claimed responsibility for the abductions. One photo shows two of the hostages, French nationals Serge Lazarevic and Philippe Verdon...Read Full Story

Justice, Iraq-style: 39 al Qaeda suspects who are all facing execution without trial

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Security forces in Iraq said it had arrested 39 al Qaeda militants including one of its top officers in raids over the last five weeks. Wearing orange prison uniforms, the men were paraded at a news conference and face being executed without facing a trial, according to reports. The group is alleged to have carried out car bombings and attacks against police in Anbar, a former al Qaeda stronghold, as well as recruiting suicide bombers and plotting attacks on government ministries. Captured...Read Full Story

Iraq court gives al Qaeda leader's wife life sentence

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BAGHDAD ( Reuters ) - An Iraqi court has sentenced the wife of a slain al-Qaeda leader to life in prison for her role in aiding insurgents' activities, a spokesman for the country's judicial council said Sunday. Hasna Ali Yahya, the wife of former al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Ayyub al-Masri , was given life imprisonment Thursday, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar , spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said. "She was convicted last Thursday according to article four of the anti-terrorism law for...Read Full Story

Mauritanian army kills 20 in Al-Qaeda attack: military

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Mauritanian soldiers killed 20 north African Al-Qaeda members in a counter-strike Tuesday after they launched an attack on an army base in a region becoming a flashpoint of extremist violence, military sources said. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacked an army base near the town of Bassiknou in the extreme south of the country near the Malian border in the troubled desert area. "The army riposte was strong and effective, causing 20 deaths among the assailants. Ten were taken...Read Full Story

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Al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahri backs Syrian uprising

In the eight-minute video, entitled Onwards, Lions of Syria and posted on an Islamist website, the Egyptian-born al-Zawahri also urged Muslims in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan to come to the aid of Syrian rebels confronting Assads forces

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Al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, is thought to have taken over the leadership of al-Qaeda in Iraq after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a US airstrike last June.

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