A Saudi prince tasked with heading his country’s anti-terrorism campaign was wounded on Thursday night when a wanted militant blew himself up in an apparent assassination attempt.
It was the first apparent retaliation since the kingdom began a crackdown on al-Qaeda affiliated groups eight years ago.
Prince Muhammad bin Nayef was lightly wounded in [...]
August 29, 2009 | Posted in
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A top member of the al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab group holding the second agent said the man would be tried under sharia law.
“We know that the other French secret agent has gone free without judgment, but I tell you the one we are holding still waits for Islamic sharia court that will decide his fate as we [...]
August 28, 2009 | Posted in
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – One of two French security advisers kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month escaped Wednesday after killing three of his captors and fled to the presidential palace in Mogadishu, police said.
Gunmen had seized the Frenchmen at a hotel in the capital on July 14 then handed one to the Hizbul Islam rebels [...]
August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller sharply criticized Scotland’s justice minister for releasing the Lockerbie bomber, an act that “gives comfort to terrorists” all over the world.
Mueller sent a letter to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who cited compassionate grounds in his decision to let Abdel Baset al-Megrahi return to Libya because he has prostate cancer [...]
August 23, 2009 | Posted in
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