Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Al Qaida has urged Muslims to torch forests as part of the Islamic war against the West. Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has called on followers to set fires in forests in enemy states as part of what the network termed holy war. AQAP, deemed the greatest threat to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com ABU DHABI — Al Qaida’s tactics have clearly changed, but the strategy remains the same — the expulsion of the United States from the Middle East. And last week, it worked. They’re now called Salafists, but thousands of them stormed U.S. embassies in Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Al Qaida, said to be sustaining a crisis in money and fighters, has taken to advertising for volunteers. Al Qaida has employed the on-line wanted advertisements for suicide bombers. A restricted Jihad forum contained an ad for “suicide bomber” and listed qualifications. “The individual concept of jihad, which is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States has resumed its air strike campaign against Al Qaida in Yemen. Officials said the U.S. military and intelligence community has intensified strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles in Yemen. They said U.S.-origin Predator UAVs were attacking suspected Al Qaida targets on a daily basis in southern provinces. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Al Qaida has urged Muslims to torch forests as part of the Islamic war against the West. Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has called on followers to set fires in forests in enemy states as part of what the network termed holy war. AQAP, deemed the greatest threat to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States is said to have killed a leading operative of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Officials said Saleh Al Gohary was killed in a strike by a U.S.-origin Predator unmanned aerial vehicle on June 19. They said Al Gohary’s car was struck as he was fleeing the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Yemen Army has been struck hard by Al Qaida. At least 100 Yemeni soldiers were killed by a suspected Al Qaida suicide bomber in downtown Sanaa. Officials said the bomber, dressed in a Yemen Army uniform, slipped into a military parade rehearsal on May 21 and blew himself up […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Al Qaida leadership in Yemen was said to have been hit hard by U.S. air strikes. Yemeni sources said up to eight senior operatives of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula were killed in air strikes in the southern province of Abyan. The sources said AQAP leaders who were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Al Qaida has developed a bomb that could penetrate U.S. security and blow up aircraft. Officials said Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula assembled a bomb that did not contain metal and could be worn as underwear. They said AQAP had planned to send an operative with the underwear improvised […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemeni security sources said the U.S. military has killed a key fighter of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The sources identified the dead commander as Fahd Al Quso, killed in a U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle strike on May 6. “The attack took place in a location targeted by the […]