Tag: Al Qaeda

• Tuesday, September 6th 2011 - 00:49 UTC

  World safer than in aftermath of 9/11, say EU and NATO officials

  

  The world is safer today than in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States, with global terror groups weaker than 10 years ago, senior EU and NATO officials said Monday.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2011 - 16:26 UTC

  US latest wars have cost the Treasury 4.4 trillion USD, says academic report

  

  United States President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan and referred to a one trillion US dollars price tag for US wars. The figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the US Treasury and ignores more imposing costs yet to come, according to a study released Wednesday.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 01:52 UTC

  Vatican says killing of Bin Laden calls for reflection before God and not rejoicing

  

  The Vatican said the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, a man who sowed division and hatred and who caused “innumerable” deaths, should prompt serious reflection about one's responsibility before God, not rejoicing.

• Monday, May 2nd 2011 - 06:53 UTC

  Two wars and 15 years to catch the most hated and feared men in the world

  

  Osama Bin Laden came to the world's attention on 11 September 2001, when the attacks on the United States left more than 3,000 people dead and hundreds more injured. In a matter of three years, the Saudi-born dissident had emerged from obscurity to become one of the most hated and feared men in the world.

• Monday, May 2nd 2011 - 06:46 UTC

  “Justice has been done”, said Obama announcing the killing of Bin Laden

  

  Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on United States soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a fire-fight with US forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.

• Monday, April 4th 2011 - 02:11 UTC

  Islamic extremists operating illegally in Triple Frontier area, says Brazilian magazine

  

  Islamic extremist groups such as Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas are illegally operating in the Triple Frontier area shared by Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, where they allegedly gather large amounts of money, recruit new militants and plan additional attacks, Brazilian magazine Veja denounced.