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HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing the militants out of the area.  

Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing the militants out of the area. The officials say 20 militants and seven soldiers ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing the militants out of the area. The officials say 20 ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The Yemeni army attacked an al- Qaida hideout Saturday morning in the country's southern province of Abyan, killing 20 terrorists, the defense ministry said. Two barracks of the 25th Mechanized Army Brigade backed by dozens ...  

A couple of interesting stories are out yesterday and today.  Yesterday, we learned that the US had hacked Yemeni website that was run by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and replaced advertisements showing extremists killing Americans into ones that showed advertisements that showed the attacks killing Muslim civilians in the terror attacks. From ABC News: In a rare glimpse into cyberwarfare tactics, a top U.S. official has...  

The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that experts ...  

Interesting times “The State Department recently hacked an al-Qaida-affiliated website and replaced its anti-American propaganda with information on terrorist killings of civilians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday in what appears to be a rare admission of the cyber counter-terrorism practice. The Washington Post explains that after learning that an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen had been using tribal websites to spread...  

BAGHDAD, May 25 (UPI) -- A high ranking Iraqi military officer says al-Qaida in Iraq is facing financial and logistic difficulties in the country. Commander of the Iraqi army's ground forces, Lt. Gen. Ali Ghaidan, told al-Shorfa newspaper Friday ...  

Nach US-Medienberichten fand ein erfolgreicher Hackerangriff auf terroristische Internetseiten statt. Spezialisten des Außenministeriums "patrouillieren" Internet und Soziale Netze. Sie wollen extremistischer Propaganda entgegenwirken.  

SANAA, Yemen, May 25 (UPI) -- The Yemeni military led assaults that killed 36 members of al-Qaida in the southern province of Abyan, sources told the Yemen Post. The attacks, starting Thursday, were in al-Qaida strongholds in Jaar and Zinjibar ...  

Das US-Außenministerium hat offiziell bestätigt, eine Reihe von Webseiten der islamistischen Terrororganisation Al-Qaida gehackt zu haben. Dies sei Bestandteil einer Gegenpropaganda-Kampagne gewesen, erklärte ... (Weiter lesen)Mehr zum ThemaInternet-Überwachung in Deutschland: Viel NebelUrheberrecht: Welche URLs Google löschen mussFacebook veröffentlicht eigene Fotoapp für iOSKlage gegen Werbe-Skipper in Cloud-Videorecordern"Abenteuerlich": B...  

This month, President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi vowed to expel al-Qaida from Yemen, launching the country's biggest military operation against the terror group. Al-Sahwa online newspaper quoting military sources said, "the army is in the middle of ...  

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has established a cyber-wing to counter the propaganda and hate being preached ... In general, we usually do it on free sites and we do it in a free manner. Obviously, if we use YouTube, everybody pays ...  

The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen. TAMPA: The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen. In ...  

Bangalore: As a part of wiping the terrorism away, American government has hacked into the websites of al-Qaida in Yemen. Led by the Secretary of the Tampa state, Hillary Rodham Clinton said "Within 48 hours, our team plastered the same sites with altered ...  

KPRC-2 Houston: Texan gets 20-year prison term for al-Qaida links A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison — the maximum punishment he could receive. Barry Walter Bujol Jr. was also ordered [...]  

In the year since President Obama approved a successful raid against Osama bin Laden, public opinion has been shifting. While many Westerners still celebrate the targeted killing - along with the killing several months later of Anwar Awlaki ...  

In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says cyber experts based at the State Department hacked Yemeni tribal websites, replacing al-Qaida propaganda that bragged about ...  

The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that experts ...  

TAMPA, Fla. — The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said ...  

The U.S. State Department says it has launched an online effort to counter al-Qaida propaganda placed on Yemeni tribal websites by replacing al-Qaida advertisements with ads aimed at undermining their message. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says U.S. digital experts are replacing al-Qaida ads that brag about killing Americans with ads showing the effects of al-Qaida attacks on the Yemeni people. Clinton said at a dinner late...  

The US State Department has staged a cyber attack against al-Qaida websites in Yemen. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton bragged about cyber experts from the state department successfully changing messages about killing Americans into pro-American ...  

In mid-July 2009, Douglas Elmendorf, director of the CBO, testified that the proposals under consideration would significantly increase federal spending and did not include the "fundamental changes" needed to control the rapid growth in health care spending.  

Yemen's military has launched an attack on an al-Qaida hideout in the country's south as part of a wider offensive, killing 35 militants, the Defence Ministry has said.Related StoriesSuspect held over 1979 missing boyPolish jails ready for Euro fansMerkel 'backing EU growth measures'Vatican bank chief leaves postScuffles in Ukraine parliament  

HOUSTON, May 24 (UPI) -- A judge Thursday sentenced a Texas man to a maximum of 20 years in federal prison without parole for trying to aid al-Qaida terrorists. Police arrested Barry Bujol, 30, in May 2010 after he sneaked aboard a ship in the ...  

A Texas man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for attempting to provide material support to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the terrorist group's Yemeni affiliate that is responsible for three failed attacks on the U.S. homeland.  

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said ...  

TAMPA, Fla. — The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida — hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen. In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ...  

TAMPA, Fla. — The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida — hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen. In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ...  

(TAMPA, Fla.) — The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida — hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen. In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says ...  

NPR's Dina Temple-Raston tells us State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland made it clear that the United States is not "hacking" the websites that appeal to al-Qaida. Instead, they are "countering propaganda with a counter-narrative that we ...  

State Department cyber-experts recently hacked into websites being used by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen and substituted the group’s anti-American rhetoric with information about civilians killed in terrorist strikes, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.  

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that the State Department hacked al-Qaida sites to replace recruitment propaganda with propaganda of their own Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/GettyImages. The State Department recently hacked an al-Qaida ...  

Agents arrested Barry Bujol in May 2010 after he used fake identification papers to try to board a ship in Houston for travel to the Middle East. Federal prosecutors say Bujol was carrying money, restricted military documents, and other ...  

HOUSTON — A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison — the maximum punishment he could receive. Barry ...  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 24 (UPI) -- Lebanese security forces said Thursday a gunman arrested following a standoff with police had connections to an al-Qaida cell. At least two people were killed in a standoff between Lebanese forces and two gunmen.  

Barry Walter Bujol Jr. was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine during his sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge David Hittner. New photos of alleged 9-11 plotter leaked from 'Gitmo'? Bujol was convicted in November on charges of attempting to ...  

TAMPA, Fla., May 24 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. government hacked Web sites run by a Yemen al-Qaida affiliate and replaced ads boasting of killing Americans. Clinton said State Department specialists had replaced ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A total of 49 al-Qaida militants were killed in fighting with Yemeni troops on Thursday in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, a local military official said. Government troops shelled al-Qaida militants in Abyan and managed ...  

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says cyber hacking team replaces anti-American propaganda on site in a 48-hour period. The war on terror has gone cyber. The U.S. State Department has been hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen to ...  

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that experts based at the State Department swapped al-Qaida ads on Yemeni websites bragging about killing Americans with ones showing the deadly impact of al-Qaida tactics on Yemenis themselves.  

TAMPA, Fla., May 24 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. government hacked Web sites run by a Yemen al-Qaida affiliate and replaced ads boasting of killing Americans. Clinton said State Department specialists had replaced ...  

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man convicted of trying to help al-Qaida in 2010 will soon learn his sentence from a federal judge in Houston. Barry Walter Bujol (boo-ZHAWL') Jr. was convicted last year of attempting to provide material support to a foreign ...  

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. State Department hackers recently targeted advertisements placed by al-Qaida on websites in Yemen, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference here. Clinton said that ...  

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) - A Texas man convicted of trying to help al-Qaida in 2010 will soon learn his sentence from a federal judge in Houston. Barry Walter Bujol (boo-ZHAWL') Jr. was convicted last year of attempting to provide ...  

State Department specialists have replaced anti-American ads put on Yemeni websites by al-Qaida with postings that detail the "deadly impact of al-Qaida tactics on Yemenis themselves," Associated Press correspondent Kimberly Dozier reports.  

TAMPA, Fla. — The State Department recently targeted advertisements placed by al-Qaida on websites in Yemen, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference here on Wednesday. Clinton said ...  

U.S. District Judge David Hittner also ordered Barry Walter Bujol Jr. to pay a $10,000 fine. Bujol was convicted in November on charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors ...  

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says U.S. cyber experts hacked al-Qaida propaganda online in Yemen, changing ads that bragged about killing Americans into ads that showed the death toll of al-Qaida attacks against Yemenis.  

In a rare glimpse into cyberwarfare tactics, a top U.S. official has explicitly acknowledged that the U.S. government hacked into websites run by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen, changing advertisements that boasted about killing Americans into ...  

For some time now al-Qaida has been attracting recruits through the Internet. The group has launched jihadi chatrooms and online magazines, and their recruitment efforts have been fairly successful. Now the State Department is fighting back with something ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Clashes broke out outside the al-Qaida stronghold of Abyan in Yemen's southern regions on Wednesday, leaving about eight government soldiers and 25 terrorists killed, a military official said. The armed forces were advancing ...  

But there have been some tantalizing clues with regard to what AQAP itself puts out," says Gregory Johnson, a Yemen expert at Princeton University. Hints In Online Magazine This time, those tantalizing clues appeared in the latest issue of Inspire.  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni military officials say fresh clashes between government troops and al-Qaida fighters in the south have killed 22 militants and seven soldiers. The officials say the fighting around the town of Bajidar in Abyan province lasted ...  

The Yemeni government blamed an affiliate of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula on Tuesday for a massive suicide bombing that killed more than 100 soldiers a day earlier. Jihadist websites have posted a statement purportedly from the group, Ansaar al-Sharia, claiming responsibility for the attack. But CNN could not independently verify the authenticity of the statement. The soldiers killed Monday were preparing for Tuesday's National Day...  

SANAA, Yemen—Yemeni military officials say fresh clashes between government troops and al-Qaida fighters in the south have killed 22 militants and seven soldiers. The officials say the fighting around the town of Bajidar in Abyan province ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni military officials say fresh clashes between government troops and al-Qaida fighters in the south have killed 22 militants and seven soldiers. The officials say the fighting around the town of Bajidar in Abyan province lasted until ...  

WASHINGTON - The CIA had al-Qaida fooled from the beginning. Last month, U.S. intelligence learned that al-Qaida's Yemen branch hoped to launch a spectacular attack using a new, nearly undetectable bomb aboard an airliner bound for America, officials say.  

Details of the recent al-Qaida plot to blow up a plane headed to the U.S. continue to come out. Officials say a foreign agent penetrated the group, was given a suicide mission and eventually escaped with the group's latest bomb technology. Officials are now looking to see whether al-Qaida's arm in Yemen might have provided hints about its intentions.  

Army push on with offensive in bid to regain control of Zinjibar, a key town in the south of the countryFresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead, military officials have said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the country's south that fell to the militants over a year ago.Officials said eight al-Qaida fighters, four soldiers and five civilian volunteers fighting alongside...  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Fresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county's south that fell to the militants more than a year ago. Officials said eight al-Qaida fighters, four soldiers and five civilian volunteers fi...  

Two F-15 fighter jets intercepted at U.S. Airways flight on Tuesday and escorted the plane to Maine's Bangor International Airport after a passenger on board said that she was carrying an implanted device. Authorities were concerned that the ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Fresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county’s south that fell to the militants more than a year ago.  

The officials said the violence erupted when hundreds of troops attempted to sweep through areas around the district of Jaar, the main stronghold for al-Qaida in Abyan province. Al-Qaida fighters fought back, kicking off clashes that continued ...  

Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen claimed responsibility, saying in an emailed statement that the suicide attack was intended to avenge a U.S.-backed offensive against al-Qaida in a swath of southern Yemen seized by the militant movement last year. The bombing ...  

SANAA, Yemen (CNN) -- The Yemeni government blamed an affiliate of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula on Tuesday for a massive suicide bombing that killed more than 100 soldiers a day earlier. Jihadist websites have posted a statement purportedly ...  

Yemen's President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi backed by his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama vowed to crush al-Qaida after a suicide bomber killed 96 soldiers in relatiation for an army offensive against Al-Qaeda. Monday's attack in the heart of the capital Sanaa ...  

Yemeni officials say fresh clashes with al-Qaida fighters in the south have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed two militants.The officials said Saturday that the drone attack in the central province of Bayda killed a Somali and a Yemeni.Fighters linked to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula briefly overran parts of Bayda earlier this year.The officials say that further south in Abyan province, fighting...  

BERLIN (AP) — A German-Afghan man whose information helped spark a European terrorism warning has been convicted of membership in al-Qaida. Dapd news agency reported Tuesday that the Koblenz state court found Ahmad Wali Siddiqui guilty of ...  

The bombing came a week after U.S. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, visited Sanaa. It also came a day after gunmen fired on a car carrying three U.S. civilian contractors training the Yemeni coast guard in ...  

SANAA, Yemen, May 22 (UPI) -- An al-Qaida branch vowed new terror that Yemen's president promised to rout "regardless of the sacrifices" as the country celebrates the day it was unified. "We will get revenge," the militant Islamist Ansar al ...  

Attacks were beyond our abilities, says rebel leader, as officers who fled describe regime plots before blastsMilitary defectors in northern Syria have denounced claims that al-Qaida was behind a series of deadly bombings in Damascus, contradicting the UN secretary general's assessment that the terror group is taking a lead in the insurgency.The defectors were speaking before Ban Ki-moon's claim on Thursday that al-Qaida was responsible for a...  

Sydney Morning HeraldDeath toll in Yemen's suicide bombing rises to 90, al- Qaida claims responsibilityXinhuaSANAA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Yemeni defense ministry said late Monday that at least 90 soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing during a military rehearsal parade in Yemen's capital of Sanaa early in the morning, as the al-Qaida group entrenched in ...Yemen parade blast claims 90 livesScotsmanAl-Qaeda claims responsibility for Yemen...  

SANA, Yemen — Government troops battling al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen have made inroads into the militants’ strongholds, but the offensive on a strategic city has slowed because of concerns the extremists could launch a surprise counterattack, military officials said Thursday.  

CAIRO - Yemeni government forces reportedly recaptured territory from al-Qaida militants in southern Abyan province Thursday, amid fighting around the provincial capital of Zinjibar. Troops with local militiamen fighting alongside them chased al-Qaida militants from one of their strongholds in Abyan province overnight, forcing them to flee into nearby hills. The bodies of dead soldiers and militiamen, reportedly executed by al-Qaida, were...  

The group known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula vowed, "This is only the beginning ... Mr. Food, AKA Art Ginsburg, continues to find fresh ideas for cooking up fun in the kitchen. Dr. Dan, Monday KTVL News10 at 5 answers your health questions and ...  

The soldiers were preparing for a parade on Tuesday to mark the unification of Yemen's north and south. Al-Qaida's Yemen-based affiliate said the attack was aimed at top Yemeni commanders. It came during a U.S.-backed Yemeni government offensive ...  

Syria braced for opposition protests on Friday as U.N. officials expressed concern that al-Qaida may have played a role in recent attacks that have further strained a fragile cease-fire. Anti-government activists urged protesters to take to the streets under a slogan of "heroes" of Aleppo University, on Friday, in a show of support for students who were confronted by security forces during a Thursday protest. In comments he made to a U.N...  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni troops battling al-Qaida fighters in the country's south have forced them to retreat but military officials said Thursday the push in a major southern city is going slowly because of concerns the militants could stage a surprise counterattack. The military, backed by heavy artillery and warplanes, is advancing inside the city of...  

Fierce clashes between government troops and al-Qaida fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN. The officials said clashes erupted when hundreds of troops attempted to sweep through areas around ...  

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is likely to be sidelined from decisions on determining which terror leaders are targeted for attacks by drones. It’s a change that would concentrate the power to strike with lethal force outside war zones within one small ...  

Increasing pace of US strikes against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula comes as US expert warns of anti-western sentimentSuspected US drones have killed 11 alleged al-Qaida militants in a strike in southern Yemen, local military authorities have said.The first of the two attacks took place on Saturday near the border of Marib and Shabwa provinces southeast of the capital, Sana'a, killing six militants, including one Egyptian national, the...  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen military officials say the latest fighting to uproot al-Qaida from the country's south has killed 13 militants, as well as four soldiers and two militiamen fighting alongside the army.The officials say the 13 al-Qaida fighters died Wednesday as they tried to recapture a strategic hilltop overlooking the town of Lawder in Abyan province from where they were driven out a day earlier. The two militiamen died in that...  

SANAA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Yemen-based al-Qaida wing on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack against a group of U.S. counterterrorism experts in Yemen's western port city of al-Hodayda one day ago. "Mujahedeen (holy fighters) opened fire on four ...  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni troops killed 11 al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen on Friday, as government forces battled their way into the outskirts of a key town under the militants' control, military officials said. Al-Qaida-linked fighters have taken over a swath of territory and several towns in the south over the past year, pushing out government forces and establishing their own rule. In recent weeks, the army has launched a concerted...  

Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday against the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with U.S. troops for the first time helping direct the offensive from a nearby desert air base-turned-command center.  

After years of stalling and halfhearted efforts under its now-ousted president, Yemen is finally showing resolve in the fight against al-Qaida's branch in the country, which has been behind a string of attempted attacks on the U.S., including a new foiled plot to bomb an airliner.  

A decade after hijackers mostly from Saudi Arabia attacked the United States with passenger jets, the Saudis have emerged as the principal ally of the U.S. against al-Qaida's spinoff group in Yemen and at least twice have disrupted plots to explode sophisticated bombs aboard airlines.  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday against the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with U.S. troops for the first time helping direct the offensive from a nearby desert air base-turned-command center.  

SANAA, Yemen — A suicide bomber killed 38 Yemeni soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sanaa on Monday in one of the deadliest attacks in the city in months, military officials and witnesses said. The attack left a scene of carnage, with ...  

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault on al-Qaida militants Tuesday, trying to uproot their hold in the south in an offensive Yemeni officials said was for the first time being directly guided by American troops at a nearby airbase.  

CAIRO - With U.S. troops reportedly guiding air raids from a nearby base for the first time, Yemeni jets attacked positions of al-Qaida insurgents Tuesday in southern Yemen's Abyan province. Yemeni officials said a "four-pronged assault" on the militants was being waged on the ground, backed by heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, and that U.S. troops stationed at al-Annad air base in Lahj province were providing logistical support...  

Military officials say 10 killed in air strike on hideout and six killed in missile attack on vehicle in troubled southern regionYemeni troops have killed at least 16 militants in the troubled south where the army is trying to uproot al-Qaida, military officials say.In one attack, Yemeni warplanes struck an al-Qaida hideout about 45 miles (70km) from Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan, killing at least 10 militants. The army also fired...  

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni warplanes pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while seven soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country's troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said.  

Twin car blasts in Damascus that killed 55 people outside a Syrian intelligence compound Thursday show that al-Qaida is gaining a foothold in the country, though its goals may differ from the mainstream opposition, terrorist experts say.  

A statement in Hadi's name read on state TV said, "The war on terrorism will continue until we win, whatever the sacrifices are ... in preparation for the National Day celebrations. No cars or pedestrians were allowed to enter.  

The Washington Post, May 9 The recovery of a sophisticated bomb that U.S. officials believe was intended to be used in a suicide attack against the United States has underlined the reality that the war against al-Qaida is not yet over — and that it will not necessarily end, as President Obama suggested last week, in Afghanistan.  

Government troops in southern Yemen on Sunday attacked al-Qaida hideouts, killing two dozen suspected militants in the latest push to clear the area of the terror organization, local security officials said. Four members of the military were also killed in the clashes, which began early in the morning in the Abyan districts of Zinjibar and Jaar, the officials said, while nine troops were wounded. Government warplanes aided in the assault...  

Terrorists are still targeting the U.S. homeland, as demonstrated by the news that al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen plotted to blow up a plane headed to the U.S. What's also clear, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports, is just how aggressively the U.S. is targeting the terrorists in Yemen.  

SANAA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A group of U.S. counterterrorism experts were attacked by suspected al-Qaida militants in Yemen's western port city of al-Hodayda on Sunday, one expert being seriously wounded, officials said. "A number of militants from suspected ...  

The assaults against al-Qaida in Abyan were conducted in partnership with local tribes and with military assistance from the United States, Defense Ministry officials told the 26 September newspaper. They added three towns had been freed ...  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Government troops battling al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen have made inroads into the militants' strongholds, but the offensive on a strategic city has slowed because of concerns the extremists could launch a surprise ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Fierce clashes between pro- government tribesmen and al-Qaida militants broke out in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Sunday, leaving at least 10 tribal fighters and 18 terrorists killed, a military official said.  

In an apparent attempt to sow discord within the ranks of al-Qaida's remaining sympathizers, the U.S. government declassified personal communications from Osama bin Laden showing the terror leader fretting about the bloodthirsty movement he launched.  

SANAA, Yemen — Fresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county’s south that fell to the militants more ...  

SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike killed five al-Qaida militants in the south of Yemen on Thursday, officials said, days after details emerged about a Saudi mole within the network who reportedly provided information allowing the CIA to target one of its key leaders.  

WASHINGTON The CIA had al-Qaida fooled from the beginning.Last month, U.S. intelligence learned that al-Qaidas Yemen branch hoped to launch a spectacular attack using a new, nearly undetectable bomb aboard an airliner bound for America, officials say.  

The suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of al-Qaida last month to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia who infiltrated the terrorist group and volunteered for the mission, U.S. and foreign officials said Tuesday.  

Al-Qaida bomb master: ‘Brutality’ and ‘novelty’ By BRIAN MURPHY Published May 8, 2012 12:48PM MDT Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as al-Qaida’s bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explosive-rigged underwear aboard a Christmas flight to the U.S. in 2009, printers fitted with high-grade explosives the next year and now possibly a metal-free device that could avoid airport...  

Three months before he was killed by a U.S. drone strike, Fahd al Quso, one of al-Qaida's top operatives in Yemen, spoke at length to a local journalist. He was asked why al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula had stopped plotting against the United States. Was it because all efforts were devoted to an internal project? "The war didn't end between us and our enemies. Wait for what is coming," al Quso replied. It seems al Quso, the head of the...  

U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaida improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterterrorism official said Tuesday, to determine if it could have slipped past airport security and taken down a commercial airplane...  

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as al-Qaida's bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explosive-rigged underwear aboard a Christmas flight to the U.S. in 2009, printers fitted with high-grade explosives the next year and now possibly a metal-free device that could avoid airport detectors.  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as al-Qaida's bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explosive-rigged underwear aboard a Christmas flight to the U.S. in 2009, printers fitted with high-grade explosives the next year and now possibly...  

Airstrike in Yemen kills al-Qaida leader BY AHMED AL-HAJ | Associated Press SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The  

Washington— U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaida improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterterrorism official said Tuesday, to determine if it could have slipped past airport security and taken down a commercial airplane.  

U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaida improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterterrorism official said Tuesday, to determine if it could have slipped past airport security and taken down a commercial airplane. Officials told The Associated Press a day earlier that discovery of the unexploded bomb represented an intelligence prize resulting [...]  

U.S. officials now say that the man picked to bring a bomb onboard an airliner bound for the United States was actually an agent working on behalf of the CIA. That's the latest twist in a complicated tale — and it raises questions about just how dangerous the group behind the plot really is.  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a video released Sunday by al-Qaida, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. "My life is in your hands, Mr. President," Weinstein said in the...  

WASHINGTON — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.  

WASHINGTON — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Monday.  

Homeland security adviser says FBI is testing latest underwear bomb to determine if it would have cleared current systemsThe disruption of a plot by al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula to attack a US-based jet using what is being billed as an "improved" underwear bomb is likely to lead to increased security at American airports, the chief White House adviser on terrorism has indicated.John Brennan, the deputy homeland security adviser to Barack...  

ISLAMABAD -- An American aid worker abducted by al-Qaida in Pakistan last year has pleaded with President Barack Obama to meet his captors' demands for the release of prisoners.  The SITE monitoring service, which follows al-Qaida's statements, quoted Warren Weinstein, who w …  

Updated at 1:20 p.m. ET: ISLAMABAD -- An American aid worker abducted by al-Qaida in Pakistan last year pleaded with President Barack Obama to meet his captors' demands for the release of prisoners.  The SITE monitoring service, which follows al-Qaida's statements, quoted Wa …  

The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned. (May 7)  

SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 22 soldiers and capturing 25 just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in the terror network wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.  

American hostage Warren Weinstein said in a video released Sunday by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. The group wants the U.S. to stop airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.  

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past three years, al-Qaida bomb makers in Yemen have developed three fiendishly clever devices in hopes of attacking airplanes in the skies above the United States. First, there was the underwear bomb that fizzled over...  

The CIA has thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a US-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.  

WASHINGTON —The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.  

Oh no, not another underwear bomber! Now this will be used to justify even more intrusive TSA searches. Oh well! At least some lives were probably saved: The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned. The plot involved an upgrade of the underwear...  

President Barack Obama is aware of the video—released by al-Qaida on Sunday—that shows an American hostage's desperate plea for help and is "greatly concerned" for his safety, but refuses to negotiate with the terror group. "The president is aware of it," White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Monday of the video plea. "I [...]  

WASHINGTON — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.  

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time a wayward kid from Long Island named Bryant Neal Vinas joined al-Qaida in 2008, the sight of trainees swinging from monkey bars was a thing of the past.The Afghani terror camps had been replaced by safe houses tucked away in the border region ....  

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - North Africas branch of al-Qaida has issued a list of 58 operations carried out in Algeria over four months that it says killed dozens. The announcement has appeared on online extremist forums and details 58 operations between Nov.  

U.S. officials reiterated that they would not negotiate with al-Qaida after an American development worker kidnapped last year in Pakistan appeared in a video released by the militant group saying his captors would kill him if President Barack Obama does not meet their demands.  

An American aid worker abducted by al-Qaida in Pakistan last year has pleaded with U.S. President Barack Obama to meet his captors’ demands for the release of prisoners in order to save his life, in a video released by the militant group’s media arm.  

An American aid worker abducted by al-Qaida in Pakistan last year has pleaded with U.S. President Barack Obama to meet his captors' demands for the release of prisoners in order to save his life, in a video released by the militant group's media arm.  

CIA drone attack hits Fahd al-Quso, who was on the FBI's most-wanted list for his role in 2000 bombing of USS Cole warshipYemeni officials say a US air strike has killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most-wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the warship USS Cole.Fahd al-Quso was hit by a missile on Sunday as he stepped out of his vehicle, along with another al-Qaida operative, in the southern Shabwa province, Yemeni military...  

Yemeni warplanes pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while seven soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country's troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said.  

Sanaa, Yemen — An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The airstrike resembled earlier U.S. drone attacks, but the U.S. did not confirm that it was.  

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, May 19 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Saudis to rise up against the al-Saud monarchy, describing it as one of the worst Arab regimes in terms of corruption. "Why don't you rise while you are the sons of the ...  

The CIA was able to foil the latest underwear-bomb plot by al-Qaida, because the bomber himself was reportedly a double agent. Meanwhile, the Transportation Security Administration is looking to increase security on United States-bound flights.  

ADEN, Yemen, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fighting raged between Yemeni government troops and the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch in the southern province of Abyan on Saturday morning, killing up to 25 insurgents and five soldiers, a government official said.  

SANAA, Yemen—Yemeni officials say fresh clashes with al-Qaida fighters in the south have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed two militants. The officials say the drone attack took place in the central ...  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault on al ... Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a new, sophisticated underwear bomb. But the bomber was actually a double ...  

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni military officials say warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery have intensified the war against al-Qaida along at least four fronts in the south. The officials say fierce battles continued overnight and early Tuesday in ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday against the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with U.S. troops for the first time helping direct the offensive from a nearby desert air ...  

Al-Qaida is planning to defy security checks across the world by implanting explosives in suicide bombers' bodies, International Business Times said. Security experts fear Al-Qaeda is working closely with terrorists able ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday against the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with U.S. troops for the first time helping direct the offensive from a ...  

the war against al-Qaida rages on. But the war is much broader than al-Qaida. Terrorism flows from a belief system and worldview that will not be crushed because a few al-Qaida leaders are gone. The secular left refuses to understand this.  

He told al-Masdar newspaper it was his followers' homeland that stood in the balance as well as their future. Under pressure from President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi, the commander in chief of the Republican Guards Ahmed Ali Saleh, agreed to send ...  

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni troops killed 11 al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen on Friday, as government forces battled their way into the outskirts of a key town under the militants' control, military officials said. Al-Qaida-linked fighters have ...  

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault on al-Qaida militants Tuesday, trying to uproot their hold in the south in an offensive Yemeni officials said was for the first time being directly ...  

Yemen's army, with the backing of US experts, is slowly gaining ground in its southern offensive against Al-Qaida, diplomats and officials said on Wednesday, as the death toll in five days of fighting rose to 128. A military official said the ...  

compromised U.S. operations against al-Qaida. Mueller said that such a leak threatens operations, "puts at risk the lives of sources, makes it much more difficult to recruit sources, and damages our relationships with our foreign partners."  

Military defectors in northern Syria have denounced claims that al-Qaidawas behind a series of deadly bombings in Damascus, contradicting the UN secretary general’s assessment that the terror group is taking a lead in the insurgency. The defectors were ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators are conducting a probe into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot in which an explosive device was to have been detonated on a U.S.-bound airline flight, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.  

SANAA, Yemen, May 18 (UPI) -- A conference in Yemen attended by clerics and scholars explored ways to defeat al-Qaida off the battlefield and called for help by the state, participants said. Dr. Adel al-Sharjabi, a Sanaa University sociologist ...  

Backed by heavy artillery and warplanes, Yemeni troops advanced into Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, which fell under the control of al-Qaida-linked fighters last year after the ouster of longtime leader Ali Abdullah Saleh. If the Yemeni military ...  

Bashar al-Assad claimed from the start of the Syrian uprising last March that his enemies were "armed terrorist gangs" rather than largely peaceful demonstrators calling for reform and then for the overthrow of his regime. In the war of the "narratives ...  

Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses Letters from Abbottabad and says that after a decade in the wilderness Bin Laden became redundant as the poster boy for the world's jihadists Can it be that the feared al-Qaida and its affiliates hated each other as much as ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni troops killed 11 al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen on Friday, as government forces battled their way into the outskirts of a key town under the militants’ control, military officials said. Al-Qaida-linked fighters ...  

Syria braced for opposition protests on Friday as U.N. officials expressed concern that al-Qaida may have played a role in recent attacks that have further strained a fragile cease-fire. Anti-government activists urged protesters to take to the ...  

which fell under the control of al-Qaida-linked fighters last year as the country was engulfed by political turmoil that led to the ouster of longtime leader Ali Abdullah Saleh. If the military were to capture Zinjibar, it would deal a heavy blow to al ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of pro-government tribesmen attacked al-Qaida sites in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Friday afternoon, killing at least two local leaders of the terrorist group, a tribal chief said. With support of government ...  

SANAA, Yemen - Government troops killed 11 al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen on Friday, as the army battled its way into the outskirts of a key town under the militants' control, military officials said. Al-Qaida-linked fighters have taken ...  

SANAA, Yemen, May 18 (UPI) -- Military sources in the Yemeni army claim to have cleared some al-Qaida militants from Abyan province with the support of U.S. forces. Threats from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemeni arm of al-Qaida, have ...  

which fell under the control of al-Qaida-linked fighters last year as the country was engulfed by political turmoil that led to the ouster of longtime leader Ali Abdullah Saleh. If the military were to capture Zinjibar, it would deal a heavy ...  

The White House's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, met with Hadi on Sunday in the capital, Sanaa. Hadi's office said in a statement that the Yemeni leader briefed Brennan on the army's progress against al-Qaida in the south. Brennan, who also ...  

SANAA, Yemen—Government troops battling al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen have made inroads into the militants' strongholds, but the offensive on a strategic city has slowed because of concerns the extremists could launch a surprise ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Two leading members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed when a U.S. drone pounded their vehicle in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout, a security official said Thursday. The U.S. drone fired two missiles ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni air forces raided al- Qaida militants on Wednesday afternoon in the southern province of Abyan, killing at least 16 terrorists, a military official said. Fighter jets of the Yemeni air forces hit two al-Qaida squads ...  

Hadi has since ramped up the fight against al-Qaida militants. The Pentagon recently sent American military trainers to Yemen, and Washington has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to assist the impoverished Arab nation fight al-Qaida and other ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni military officials say troops fighting al-Qaida in the south have forced the militants to retreat but that the push in a major southern city is going slowly. The officials say the military, backed by heavy artillery and ...  

SANAA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni troops killed 45 al-Qaida militants on Wednesday during battles in the southern province of Abyan, the defense ministry said. "The armed forces advanced across Lauder town and al-Koud area on Wednesday, killing a total of ...  

Washington – FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday the bureau has launched an investigation into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot to place an explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airline flight. In an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mueller said a leak like this one threatens ongoing operations, “puts at risk the lives [...]  

WASHINGTON — The FBI director told a congressional committee Wednesday that authorities were investigating how information about a thwarted plot by al-Qaida to detonate a bomb on an airliner bound for the United States was leaked to the media.  

SANAA, Yemen—Government troops and warplanes pounded al-Qaida positions in southern Yemen on Wednesday, killing at least 29 militants as part of a ramped up campaign against the group, military officials said. Al-Qaida-linked fighters have ...  

WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau has launched an investigation into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot to place an explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airline flight. Mueller says such leaks during ongoing law ...  

Ali Ahmed, spokesman of the Popular Resistance Committees ... But the defense ministry news website 26sep.net put the toll at six dead. Attacks on al-Qaida by Yemeni forces with U.S. backing have intensified in recent weeks. Early last week, air strikes ...  

Twin car blasts in Damascus that killed 55 people outside a Syrian intelligence compound Thursday show that al-Qaida is gaining a foothold in the country, though its goals may differ from the mainstream opposition, terrorist experts say. Though Syrian ...  

BEIRUT, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese General Security Director General Abbas Ibrahim confirmed late Tuesday the presence of elements linked to al-Qaida terrorist group in Lebanon but not the group itself, denying rumors that he received orders from Syria or ...  

A double agent working with the CIA, Saudi intelligence agencies and the British intelligence agency MI6 turned the bomb over to the U.S. government. Mueller's comment to the Senate Judiciary Committee was the first on-the-record confirmation that a ...  

SANAA, Yemen, May 15 (UPI) -- Yemeni authorities said Information Minister Ali Amrani was targeted by al-Qaida militants when a bomb exploded at his residence. It was the second time al-Qaida gunmen had targeted Amrani's house this year, without ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaida improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterterrorism official said Tuesday, to determine if it could have slipped past airport security and ...  

SANAA, Yemen—Yemen military officials say the latest fighting to uproot al-Qaida from the country's south has killed 13 militants, as well as four soldiers and two militiamen fighting alongside the army. The officials say the 13 al-Qaida ...  

After years of stalling and halfhearted efforts under its now-ousted president, Yemen is finally showing resolve in the fight against al-Qaida's branch in the country, which has been behind a string of attempted attacks on the U.S., including a new foiled ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault on al-Qaida militants Tuesday, trying to uproot their hold in the south in an offensive Yemeni officials said was for the first time being directly ...  

Clashes between government troops and al-Qaida fighters left 19 people dead in southern Yemen on Wednesday, military officials said. The fighting is part of an intensified government campaign against the group's strongholds in southern Yemen ...  

the war against al-Qaida rages on. But the war is much broader than al-Qaida. Terrorism flows from a belief system and worldview that will not be crushed because a few al-Qaida leaders are gone. The secular left refuses to understand this. Terrorism is not ...  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen military officials say the latest fighting to uproot al-Qaida from the country’s south has killed 13 militants, as well as four soldiers and two militiamen fighting alongside the army. The officials say the 13 al-Qaida ...  

WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives know they're being watched in Yemen by U.S. intelligence and are taking specific steps to stay alive. Those steps, outlined in the electronic brochure "Expectations Full," include, "not ...  

Meanwhile, about 10 pro-government tribesmen who battled al- Qaida militants along with army troops were injured in the fighting around Lauder town, a tribal chief told Xinhua anonymously. The armed tribesmen managed to regain control over two key bastions ...  

FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that the FBI is examining the new al-Qaida bomb and urged Congress to renew wide-ranging surveillance authority to thwart similar terrorism plots. The FBI is attempting to replicate bomb, trying to determine how ...  

SANAA - Al-Qaida's leader has released a 17-minute audio address aimed at swaying public opinion against Yemen's new president, calling him a U.S. agent and a traitor. Ayman al-Zawahri attacked President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi for serving as ...  

Sanaa, May 16 (Xinhua-ANI): Intensive fighting occurred between government forces and al-Qaida militants Wednesday morning in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, leaving at least four soldiers and 13 terrorists killed, a government official told Xinhua.  

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — An East Tennessee State University professor who specializes in the sociology of global terrorism has suggested a campaign to stress al-Qaida's violations of jurisprudence. Dr. Paul Kamolnick has published a monograph ...  

ADEN, Yemen, May 14 (Xinhua) -- A total of 18 al-Qaida insurgents were killed Monday when fighter jets of the Yemeni air forces pounded their bastions in the southern province of Abyan, a government official told Xinhua. The air forces stepped up their ...  

Yemeni government forces pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while six soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country's troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said. In one attack ...  

Yemeni government forces pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while six soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country's troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said. In one attack ...