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Al-Qaeda leader calls on Muslims to kidnap Westerners
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Egyptians to restart their revolution to press for Islamic law and called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners.
Al-Qaeda leader calls for more Muhammad film protests
Ayman al-Zawahiri said a film made in the US mocking the Prophet Muhammad showed Washington was waging a "crusader Zionist war" against Muslims.
Islamists: Bin Laden death will not mute Jihad call
Members of militant Islamist forums said on Monday they prayed the news of Osama bin Laden’s death was not true and hinted at retaliation if it was.
WikiLeaks reveal Bin Laden’s post-9/11 movements
Osama bin Laden and his deputy spent a frantic three months traveling non-stop across Afghanistan after 9/11, according to leaked US military files.
Al-Qaeda: West weakened by years of fighting jihadists
Nine years of fightig njihadists has weakened Western forces, al-Qaeda’s number two said in an audio clip after the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Vote counting starts in crucial Pakistani election
Vote counting got under way on Monday after a lacklustre turnout in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections, which passed off relatively peacefully despite fears of sabotage by…
Al-Qaeda kingpin killed by US strike, say officials
A top al-Qaeda commander who led Osama bin Laden’s terror network in Afghanistan was believed to have been killed when a missile fired by a United States drone hit his Pakistani…
Pakistan missile strike kills 12 in new violence
Twelve suspected militants were killed by a missile strike in Pakistan’s troubled tribal belt, hours after gunmen held 300 children hostage at a nearby school, officials said on…
Bin Laden declares ‘war’ on Pakistan in new tape
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called on Muslims in Pakistan to wage holy war against the government of President Pervez Musharraf in a new audio message issued on Thursday. Bin…