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• North Africa: AQIM Reportedly Confirms Commander's Death in Mali

  [VOA]The militant group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is reported to have confirmed the death of one of its top commanders. This site has no copyright on the published material. All content belongs to the original publisher. Re-use only with their permis 33 m ago from Humanitarian News Read more »

• G8 Leaders Side Step Fate of Syria’s Assad

  statement that reiterated their hopes for a political solution to end Syria’s civil war as well as a demand that both sides destroy Al Qaeda affiliates operating in the country. An isolated Russia objected to specific mention of Bashar al-Assad. The communique 42 m ago from YaleGlobal Read more »

• Egypt appoints member of terror group that once massacred tourists to run tourism region

  and now a member of its political arm, as the new governor of Luxor governorate . Gamaa Islamiya swore off violence and denounced al-Qaeda a decade ago. But they are still listed by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist group, which cites a number of other 57 m ago from The Washington Post Read more »

• Chris Ernesto: Is Obama Really the 'Lesser of Two Evils'?

  to be at war. Theories of the CIA and al-Qaeda being partners would have been bandied about, and posters featuring Romney and al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pictures would have been omnipresent at demonstrations. But when their guy Obama fights on the same 3:13 PM from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Ed Miliband is standing firm on Syria, but is he caught in a trap?

  non-lethal equipment, or the small arms with which Syria is already awash, or the hand-held anti-aircraft missiles craved by al-Qaeda affiliates? Why, he is also asking, did Mr Cameron choose megaphone condemnation of the Putin approach rather than quiet negotiation? 3:07 PM from The Telegraph UK Read more »

• New Iranian president's son killed himself "over father's extremism"

  read Atlas here and here. * Tom Gross: Like many leading members of other extreme anti-Western organizations such as Hamas and al-Qaeda, Rouhani also has a Western education: he has a Ph.D. in law from Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland * Rouhani has 2:30 PM from Atlas Shrugs Read more »

• US drops demand Taliban renounce al-Qaeda to allow talks to progress

  from the movement from international terrorism, but made clear that we didn’t expect immediately for them to break ties with al Qaeda, because that’s an outcome of the negotiation process,” the official said. “We need to match the security response in Afghanistan 2:15 PM from The Telegraph Read more »

• Obama gives $300 million more to the Syrian jihadists

  to keep their borders open to those still fleeing violence in Syria.”... Bringing the total to $815 million for the allies of al-Qaeda and proponents of jihad and Sharia. ............................................... Suicidal madness—and all on the American 1:12 PM from Jihad Watch Read more »

• G-8 Declaration Highlights al-Qaida Threat in Syria

  of the world’s biggest economic powers on Tuesday urged the conflicting sides in the Syrian civil war to destroy or expel all al-Qaida affiliates fighting in the country. In a joint statement issued at the end of the two-day G-8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern 12:47 PM from RIA Novosti Read more »

• Will the next new Republican Congressman from California be openly gay?

  that the United States and Afghanistan governments will use the negotiating table as the place to ask the Taliban to cut ties with al-Qaeda, a process that can begin now that the Taliban... U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., wants Hillary Clinton to run for 12:08 PM from Washington Examiner  Read more »

• Obama: New Taliban office an important first step

  days at the new Taliban office in Doha, Qatar. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Barack Obama says the opening of a Taliban political office in Qatar is an important first step toward reconciliation between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government. 11:59 AM from Fort Worth Star-Telegram Read more »

• Oppose A Feel-Good Intervention In Syria

  the alleged “Free Syria” opposition is any better. By all accounts it is mostly composed of al Qaeda or factions that make al Qaeda look completely reasonable by comparison. Summary executions, beheadings, and ritual cannibalism are but a few of the atrocities 11:54 AM from RedState Read more »

• Iraq Suicide Blast Leaves 24 Dead

  was responsible for the killings, but suicide bombings and attacks against Shi'ite worshippers are frequently the work of al Qaeda's Iraq arm. The bombing has revived fears that the country is heading back toward the widespread sectarian bloodshed that pushed 11:50 AM from Sky News Read more »

• Obama’s doctrine on Syria: ‘What we’re trying to do is take sides against extremists’

  with Charlie Rose. He hinted that one of his major goals is to slow or prevent the rise of extremists, such as the al-Qaeda-allied rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra. “Really what we’re trying to do is take sides against extremists of all sorts,” Obama said. This 11:48 AM from The Washington Post Read more »

• US To Meet Taliban 'Within Days'

  after the September 11 attacks. The process is likely to take some time. The US will insist the Taliban breaks all ties with al Qaeda, end violence and accept the Afghan constitution. It comes hours after Afghan government forces formally took over responsibility 11:44 AM from Sky News Read more »

• G8 calls for Syria peace conference ASAP

  regime and the opposition to "commit to destroying and expelling from Syria all organisations and individuals affiliated to Al-Qaeda, and any other non-state actors linked to terrorism". British Prime Minister David Cameron, the host of the meeting, said it 11:41 AM from Ninemsn Read more »

• FBI: Surveillance info helped reveal subway, stock exchange bombings

  a classified setting, but Joyce was able to discuss four in public. According to Joyce, the FBI was able to stop "the first core al Qaeda plot since 9/11, directed from Pakistan," thanks to information collected through these controversial programs, which 11:34 AM from CBS News Read more »

• David Cameron Insists Assad Must Go As G8 Paves Way For Syria Peace Talks

  that they should begin with both sides agreeing on "a transitional governing body with full executive powers, formed by mutual consent". Crucially, the document says that Syria's public services must be "preserved or restored" under future arrangements, adding: 11:29 AM from The Huffington Post: UK Edition Read more »

• Dan Coats: NSA spy work vital - so stop irresponsible grandstanding in Congress

  last week have helped to thwart dozens of terrorist attacks. In one case, these programs identified a connection between al Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan and Najibullah Zazi, an al Qaeda operative in Colorado. This enabled the FBI to stop Zazi and his associates 11:06 AM from Indianapolis Star Read more »

• Afghanistan: 2001 to Nato handover timeline

  September 11, 2001: Al-Qaeda hijackers fly passenger planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is known to live in Afghanistan, which is ruled by the Taliban. – October 7, 2001: A US-led 10:46 AM from The Telegraph Read more »

• US to begin direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistan

  for peace talks. In Kabul, Afghan president Hamid Karzai said a High Peace Council will travel to Qatar to discuss peace talks with the Taliban. "We hope that our brothers the Taliban also understand that the process will move to our country soon," he added, 10:33 AM from Guardian Unlimited Read more »

• US and Taliban meeting soon to begin complex talks to end war, officials say

  with the Afghan government, the officials said. The negotiating conditions require the Taliban to break their ties with al Qaeda, end the violence and accept the Afghan constitution, especially the protections for women and minorities, the officials said. 10:31 AM from MSNBC Read more »

• US to begin meetings with Taliban

  Afghanistan (AP) — American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar. Senior Obama administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were 10:26 AM from Mail.com Read more »

• White House touts Taliban concession

  which is led by President Hamid Karzai. U.S. troops landed in Afghanistan in 2001 to destroy the Taliban government, after Al Qaeda had used its bases in Afghanistan to launch the 9/11 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. Those attacks killed nearly 10:13 AM from Kaus Files Read more »

• Surveillance thwarted stock exchange bomb plot, officials say

  Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on Tuesday. Gen. Keith Alexander, National Security Agency director, FBI and 9:46 AM from CNN Read more »