Abu Hamza al-Muhajer

Christian Science MonitorEuropean court ends era of safe harbor for Abu HamzaChristian Science MonitorThe European Court of Human Rights today ruled that extraditing radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza to the US would not violate his rights and is therefore permissible. By Robert Marquand, Staff writer / April 10, 2012 In this March 2003 file photo, ...Cameron welcomes terror rulingFinancial TimesTerror suspects can be extraditedThe Press AssociationExtradition of Abu Hamza to US orderedThe...Read Full Story

Telegraph.co.ukHook-handed Hamza: much more than a James Bond villainReutersBy Michael Holden | LONDON (Reuters) - With a metal hook in place of his right hand and missing an eye, Abu Hamza al-Masri's tabloid image as a James Bond villain belies a much more sinister influence. From Zacarias Moussaoui, one of the September 11 ...Strasbourg rules against terror suspectsFinancial TimesAbu Hamza faces extreme isolation if sent to US supermax prisonThe GuardianUK can extradite radical cleric Abu...Read Full Story

Many theories have been given for why Iraqis turned on Al Qaeda in Iraq. Much has been written about the Islamists use of violence against the tribes in Anbar and other insurgent groups across the country as a deciding factor. Others have pointed to Al Qaeda’s attempt to take over friendly tribes’ illegal businesses. Dr. Andrew Phillips, a lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia presented a paper in 2008 arguing that Al Qaeda’s ideology was the major factor. According to Phillips...Read Full Story

On May 9, 2011 the Al Qaeda in Iraq umbrella organization the Islamic State of Iraq posted a statement on an Islamist website stating its loyalty to Osama bin Laden’s deputy Ayman Zawahiri. Four days before it carried out a suicide car bomb attack upon a police station in Hillah, Babil that killed 24 and wounded 72, which it said was in retaliation for bin Laden’s death. The Islamic State was the first organization to pledge allegiance to Zawahiri. It and Al Qaeda have had a long and...Read Full Story

Officials: Al Qaeda in Iraq leaders killedThe two most senior leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq have been killed in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation, officials announced Monday. Read more Officials: Al Qaeda in Iraq leaders killed – CNN.com Militants Killed Ieds Killing Us Soldiers Iraq Cnn Us Helicopters Shot Down In Iraq Bush Announces Death Of Jordanian Alqaeda Iraq Cia Double Agent Abu Musab Al-zarqawi 250 Militants Killed Today In Iraq. What Say You Dems? Looks like a good day for the...Read Full Story

Jordan's state security court has upheld a five-year prison sentence for a militant known as the mentor of slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The Palestinian-born Isam Mohammed Taher al-Barqawi, better known as Sheik Abu Mohammed al-Maqdisi, was sentenced last July for "plotting terrorism" and recruiting militants in Jordan to join the Afghan Taliban. He was tried in a military court with three other Jordanian Palestinians. Al-Maqdisi's lawyers had appealed the sentence but...Read Full Story

Combined Operation Kills Top al-Qaida in Iraq Leaders From a U.S. Forces Iraq News Release BAGHDAD, April 19, 2010 – Iraqi security forces, supported by U.S. troops, killed the two most-senior leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq early yesterday in the culmination of a series of combined operations southwest of Tikrit, Iraq. Abu Hamzah al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who was the military leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed in one of the operations. His terrorist organization is...Read Full Story

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Date of birth     : october 30, 1966. Date of Death   : June    07, 2006. Total Age           : 39 years. Birth Country  : Amman, Jordan Death Country: Hibhib, Iraq Allegiance        : al-Qaeda “He was a man of beliefs.he would not compromising any of his beliefs.”   Abu Musab al-Zarqawi FORMED al-Tawhid wal-jihad in the 1990s and continued it till death in June 2006.Zarqawi accpeted responsibility, on sevreral audio and videotapes,several acts of suicide bombings and...Read Full Story

Today, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia is a shell of the organization that was once led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the one that beheaded hostages on camera and controlled significant portions of the country. Although the group still conducts. Abu Musab Al Zarqawi Abu Musab al Zarqawi, “named as the link between Iraq and al Qaeda” and “thought to be. The BBC profile of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi describes him as “Iraq’s most notorious insurgent -- a shadowy figure associated with spectacular bombings...Read Full Story

Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, The death of Osama bin Laden is highly unlikely that a turning point in the conflict between the U.S. and its allies on one side and militant Islam as personified by Al Qaeda on the other. President Obama deserves praise for having ordered the operation to get bin Laden, and the brave Americans who carried out this operation so ably deserve the thanks of a grateful nation. But at the same Qaeda, not to mention the franchise and affiliated movements share many common...Read Full Story