Direct Al Qaeda Link Probed in Boston Bombings – Washington Free Beacon

04/17/2013 By Leave a Comment

Boston Marathon Explosion-2Article authored by Bill Gertz and appeared in The Washington Free Beacon.  Article is courtesy of freebeacon.com

Law enforcement and intelligence authorities investigating the Boston terror bombings suspect al Qaeda terrorists were behind the blasts that killed three and injured scores although so far there is no firm evidence.

A U.S. official familiar with briefings on the probe into the blast said investigators remain stymied in determining who was behind the bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday. [Read more...]

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Coincidence? Al-Qaeda Propagandist Previously Called for Attacks on Sports Events

04/16/2013 By Leave a Comment
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Article authored by Patrick Goodenough and appeared on CNS News.  Article is courtesy of cnsnews.com

(CNSNews.com) – Although no group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s deadly bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, a leading al-Qaeda ideologue last year recommended that jihadists in America include sporting events in their list of prospective terror targets.

Writing in the online magazine of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Inspire, the terrorist known as Abu Musab al-Suri listed what he called “the most important enemy targets.” [Read more...]

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Jordan Extremist Group Praises Boston Bombing – “Happy to see the Horror in America”

04/16/2013 By Leave a Comment

salafiArticle authored by Jamal Halaby and is courtesy of The Big Story.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The head of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group said early Tuesday that he was “happy to see the horror in America” after the explosions in Boston.

“American blood isn’t more precious than Muslim blood,” said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaida-linked plot to attack U.S. and other Western diplomatic missions in Jordan in 2003. [Read more...]

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al Qaeda Threatens “Shocking” Attacks on the U.S and the West – Washington Times

01/31/2013 By

Al Qaeda-1Article authored by Bill Gertz and appeared in The Washington Times.  Article is courtesy of washingtontimes.com

A jihadist website posted a new threat by al Qaeda this week that promises to  conduct “shocking” attacks on the United States and the West.

The posting appeared on the Ansar al Mujahidin network Sunday and carried the  headline, “Map of al Qaeda and its future strikes.” [Read more...]

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Is Mali the Next Afghanistan? McClatchy Newspapers

01/21/2013 By

French soldiers in MaliArticle authored by Matthew Schofield and appeared in McClatchy Newspapers.  Article is courtesy of mcclatchydc.com

WASHINGTON — The war rages about cities with names such as Goa and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa.

The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, the French Foreign Legion and a coalition of al Qaida affiliates who identify themselves with the Maghreb, the desert region of Northwestern Africa. [Read more...]

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Who in Obama Administration changed the CIA’s Benghazi talking points? – CBS News

11/29/2012 By

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Who within the Obama administration deleted mention of “terrorism” and “al-Qaeda” from the CIA’s talking points on the deadly Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi?

It isn’t the only unanswered question in the wake of the tragedy, but it’s proven to be one of the most confounding.

The question was first raised 12 days ago when former CIA Director General David Petraeus told members of Congress that his original talking points cleared for public dissemination included the likely involvement by terrorists and an al-Qaeda affiliate. Petraeus said somebody removed the references before they were used to inform the public. [Read more...]

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