The possibility that a killing rampage by a French gunman was a solo campaign will inject fresh urgency into Western efforts to detect \”self-starter\” or \”lone wolf\” terrorists before they strike.
A besieged gunman suspected of shooting dead seven people in the name of al Qaeda boasted to police on Wednesday he had brought France to its knees and said his only regret was not having been able to carry out his plans for more killings.
Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-inspired faction in the Gaza Strip on Friday, accusing him of involvement in firing rockets and a planned attack on the Jewish state from the neighboring Egyptian Sinai.
He was well aware of U.S. counterterrorist defenses and schooled his followers how to work around them, the messages to his followers show. Don\’t limit attacks to New York City, he said in his writings. Consider other areas such as Los Angeles or smaller cities. Spread out the targets.
U.S. President Barack Obama\’s grandmother has received death threats from the African branch of al-Qaida, prompting stepped up security around her home in Kenya, ABC News reported on Thursday.
Al-Qaida has issued its first confirmation of Osama bin Laden\’s death in an Internet statement posted on militant websites, dispelling doubts and conspiracy theories that the Islamist leader did not actually die.
Israel will not negotiate with a \”Palestinian version of Al-Qaida\”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday.
The United States will aim to destroy al-Qaida\’s central organization now that its leader Osama bin Laden has been killed and its capabilities degraded by U.S. operations, a top White House adviser said on Tuesday.
A senior Al Qaeda military commander strongly warned Khalid Shaikh Mohammed not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, cautioning him \”it would not be wise to murder Pearl\” and that he should \”be returned back to one of the previous groups who held him, or freed.\”Wiki
An Israeli couple who blog about terrorism have achieved international fame — and a bit of notoriety — by setting off a \”dirty bomb\” scare in New York City.
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