Two More ‘High’ Risk Detainees Transferred from Gitmo
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Jund al Khilafah Emir Killed in ‘Treacherous Raid’
Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist A Swiss jihadist who is known to have recruited and trained al Qaeda fighters and has been linked to top al Qaeda leaders has been killed in a "tre...
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US Drones Strike in Miramshah’s Bazaar, Kill 3 Militants
US drones struck for the second time in 24 hours in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Today's strike, which took place in the early morning, targ...
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US Drones Kill 2 ‘Good Taliban’ Commanders in Pair of Strikes in South Waziristan
Unmanned US Predator or Reaper strike aircraft killed 15 Taliban fighters, including two commanders of a faction considered to be "good Taliban" by the Pakistani government, during a pair of stri...
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Taliban leader in Bajaur rumored killed in Pakistani strikes
Thirty two Taliban fighters have been reported killed during the latest round of fighting in the extremist-controlled Pakistani tribal agency of Bajaur. The Pakistani military speculated that Faq...
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Top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid confirmed killed in airstrike in North Waziristan
A banner from As Sahab announcing the death of top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid. Al Qaeda has announced that its top leader in Afghanistan and chief financial official...
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US Predators carry out first strike in Khyber
US Predators fired missiles a Taliban compound and a vehicle today in the first recorded airstrike in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency. The unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reap...
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US pounds Taliban compound in North Waziristan
The US launched a barrage of missiles at a Taliban compound today and a vehicle during a pair of airstrikes in a known al Qaeda haven in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan. In th...
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US airstrike kills 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The US killed four 'militants' in the first airstrike in a week in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan. A flight of Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired three miss...
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US strike kills 8 Taliban in North Waziristan
The US killed eight Taliban fighters today in the second airstrike in three days in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan. An unknown number of Predators or the more...
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US sirstrike kills 7 Taliban in North Waziristan
Unmanned US strike aircraft killed seven Taliban fighters during an attack today in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan. A flight of Predators or the more deadly Re...
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Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan
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Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas. Map from PBS' Frontline. Click to view. An attack on an al Qaeda safe house in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of South...
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Al Qaeda confirms WMD expert Abu Khabab killed in South Waziristan strike
Abu Khabab, via the US Rewards for Justice website. Al Qaeda has confirmed that Abu Khabab al Masri, the chief of the terror group's weapons of mass destruction program,...
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Analysis: Reports of Zawahiri’ s death are based on suspect sources
Ayman al Zawahiri. As Western and Pakistani intelligence sort through the fallout from the July 28 airstrike in South Waziristan, Pakistan, rumors are swirling that Ayman al...
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Report: Al Qaeda WMD expert Abu Khabab thought killed in South Waziristan strike
Abu Khabab, via the US Rewards for Justice website. A Pakistani intelligence official claimed al Qaeda weapons expert Midhat Mursi al Sayyid Umar, better known as Abu Khabab,...