Tag: Al Qaeda

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  US sanctions Brazil-based businesses and individuals for supporting Al Qaeda

  

  The Government of the United States has issued sanctions against three people and two of their Brazil-based companies after having determined they were linked to supporting Al Qaeda, it was announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:33 UTC

  US under permanent threat from ISIS, Pentagon official says

  

  ISIS could launch an attack on US territory any time, according to statements from Undersecretary of Defense Colin Kahl Thursday.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Al Qaeda second in command killed in Iran by an Israel operation

  

  Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing intelligence officials.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  FBI seeks to question Al-Qaeda suspect living in Brazil as legal resident

  

  The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking to question an alleged Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative believed to be living in Brazil, and the South American country has pledged to cooperate with the United States in any way it can.

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 12:04 UTC

  Paris attacks: The terrorist strategy

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - As always after a major terrorist attack on the West, the right question to ask after the slaughter in Paris is: what were the strategic aims behind the attack? This requires getting your head around the concept that terrorists have rational strategies, but once you have done that the motives behind the attacks are easy to figure out. It also becomes clear that the motives have changed.

• Saturday, January 10th 2015 - 07:11 UTC

  European leaders will march on Sunday in Paris against terrorism

  

  Several European head of states will join a manifestation in Paris on Sunday, to express their solidarity following the recent attacks. France’s President Francois Hollande will be accompanied by an important number of leaders, including Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK David Cameron and Italy’s Matteo Renzi among others.

• Thursday, September 11th 2014 - 05:14 UTC

  Islamic State's ultimate goal: Saudi Arabia's oil wells

  

  For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive and prosper it knew from the outset that it had no choice but to set its sights on the ultimate prize: the oil fields of Saudi Arabia.

• Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 18:45 UTC

  Violence threatens to thwart Iraqi oil resurgence

  

  By Nicholas Cunningham - A wave of violence has swept parts of Iraq at the start of 2014 as the central government fights back against Al-Qaeda aligned militants in Anbar Province. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) reportedly took control of Ramadi and Fallujah, bombing police headquarters and killing dozens.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 05:42 UTC

  Obama pays tribute to 9/11 and gives message of hope and optimism

  

  US President Barack Obama marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by emphasizing Americans’ perseverance, saying that for all the wars, disruptions and soul-searching of the past decade the country’s values and optimism remain.

• Sunday, September 11th 2011 - 02:51 UTC

  Ten years after 9/11, Obama says the US is stronger and al Qaeda is on path to defeat

  

  President Barack Obama said the United States was stronger 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and Americans would “carry on” despite continued threats against their safety.