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Key Al-Qaeda figure believed killed in Pakistan

AFP South Asian Edition yesterday

An Al-Qaeda figure who helped plan a deadly attack on the CIA in Afghanistan is believed to have been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, a US counterterrorism official said. "We have indications that Hussein al-Yemeni -- an important al-Qaeda ...

Senior official: al-Qaida leader believed killed

AP News yesterday

Senior official: al-Qaida leader linked to bombing of CIA post believed killed in US strike An al-Qaida leader believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan last December was apparently killed by an American ...

Key Al-Qaeda figure believed killed in Pakistan: US official

AFP South Asian Edition yesterday

A key Al-Qaeda figure, Hussein al-Yemeni, involved in a recent attack on the CIA in Afghanistan, apparently has been killed in Pakistan, a US counterterrorism official told AFP Wednesday. "We have indications that Hussein al-Yemeni -- an important al-Qaeda planner and facilitator ...

Suicide attack kills NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

AFP South Asian Edition 9 days ago

A suicide attack targeting a NATO-Afghan border police compound in eastern Afghanistan killed two foreign soldiers and wounded several others, the military alliance said Wednesday. The attack took place late Tuesday in Khost, the same province where a Jordanian doctor turned Al-Qaeda ...

Bourne again: "Green Zone" a remarkable movie

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 14 days ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In "Green Zone," director Paul Greengrass brings the frenetic, run-and-gun style with which he utterly transformed the movie thriller in the Jason Bourne series to a different kind of thriller, one with a sharper political edge. For ...

al-Qaida North Africa

AP News 18 days ago

This image provided by IntelCenter Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi in a posthumous video message posted on extremist Web sites Sunday. The al-Qaida double agent that killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian spy called for jihad ...

Al-Qaida bomber calls for attacks on Jordan spies

AP News 19 days ago

Al-Qaida double agent details role of Jordanian intelligence, urges attacks on them An al-Qaida double agent that killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian spy called for jihad in Jordan and attacks on its intelligence agency in a posthumous video message posted ...

Al-Qaida Jordan

AP News 19 days ago

This image provided by IntelCenter Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 shows Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi in a posthumous video message posted on extremist Web sites Sunday. The al-Qaida double agent that killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian spy called for jihad ...

CIA briefed 68 lawmakers on interrogation program

Reuters US Online Report Top News 22 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA officials briefed at least 68 U.S. lawmakers between 2001 and 2007 on enhanced interrogation methods like simulated drowning that were being considered or used against captured al Qaeda members, according to declassified documents released on Tuesday. The once-secret ...

Fate of ex-spies fascinates writer Keith Thomson

Reuters Life! Online Report 23 days ago

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Writer Keith Thomson was fascinated by the real story of an elderly man with Alzheimer's who shocked his family when he spoke fluently in other languages, giving away his past as a secret agent. Thomson, a former screenwriter ...

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