Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2235 world Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:59:28 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2235 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/yemenkidnapjapanqaeda afp/20091121/yemenkidnapjapanqaeda AFP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:59:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/yemenkidnapjapanqaeda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258791718644-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=JsaJdPPgxLzjiyH4W0uJ1Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Yemeni anti-terror special forces take part in a field training session on the outskirts of the capital Sanaa. Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer from his tribal kidnappers in Yemen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release has said.(AFP/File/Khaled Fazaa)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer from his tribal kidnappers in Yemen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/yemenkidnapjapanqaeda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258791718644-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=JsaJdPPgxLzjiyH4W0uJ1Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yemeni anti-terror special forces take part in a field training session on the outskirts of the capital Sanaa. Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer from his tribal kidnappers in Yemen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release has said.(AFP/File/Khaled Fazaa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest afp/20091120/pakistanunrest AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258704133574-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=Q4BwxcjTOS6phd9bGbaASw--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="A US drone at Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan. A suspected US missile attack targeting Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed eight people in Pakistan's mountains on the Afghan border as CIA chief Leon Panetta held talks in Islamabad.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A suspected US missile attack targeting Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed eight people in Pakistan's mountains on the Afghan border as CIA chief Leon Panetta held talks in Islamabad on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258704133574-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=Q4BwxcjTOS6phd9bGbaASw--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US drone at Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan. A suspected US missile attack targeting Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed eight people in Pakistan's mountains on the Afghan border as CIA chief Leon Panetta held talks in Islamabad.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_asia_afp/philippinesattacks afp/20091120/philippinesattacks AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:42:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_asia_afp/philippinesattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258702910489-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=RHQrBFbhELaNIXPiy3WxUA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Philippine marines at the headquarters of the country's naval forces in Manila. Troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military has said.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Philippine troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_asia_afp/philippinesattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258702910489-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=RHQrBFbhELaNIXPiy3WxUA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Philippine marines at the headquarters of the country's naval forces in Manila. Troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military has said.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_online ap/20091120/ml_al_qaida_online AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:28:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.e0b09f540d9b4ae7b31d7698fc9115f2.mideast_al_qaida_on_line_has501.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ippV7ADKPtSkYcQ3L5ThcA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Abdulmanam Almushawah, the head of a Saudi government program called Assakeena, checks radical web sites in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Assakeena, Arabic for 'God's Presence', aims at combating Islamic militant Web sites. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.e0b09f540d9b4ae7b31d7698fc9115f2.mideast_al_qaida_on_line_has501.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ippV7ADKPtSkYcQ3L5ThcA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Abdulmanam Almushawah, the head of a Saudi government program called Assakeena, checks radical web sites in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Assakeena, Arabic for 'God's Presence', aims at combating Islamic militant Web sites. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting ap/20091120/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:20:17 GMT AP - A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usattackscourtsears_20091119234345 afp/20091119/usattackscourtsears AFP us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:43:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usattackscourtsears_20091119234345"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258674198132-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=4ECA2_B8zDbY0Wgm61CX.w--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="This photo released by the US Department of Justice shows Patrick Abraham, one of seven people arrested in Miami and charged with allegedly planning attacks on the Sears Tower in Chicago. A US judge handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US judge on Thursday handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usattackscourtsears_20091119234345"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258674198132-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=4ECA2_B8zDbY0Wgm61CX.w--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="This photo released by the US Department of Justice shows Patrick Abraham, one of seven people arrested in Miami and charged with allegedly planning attacks on the Sears Tower in Chicago. A US judge handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20091119/ml_iraq AP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:16:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.9318de0716664e179a347cfcb28b417c.iraq_elections_bag101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=3vUMHkLfU69MnrfP9xdnGA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a Press conference about the upcoming elections in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. al-Hashemi vetoed part of a key election law, throwing national polls slated for January and a planned U.S. troop draw-down into question. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced the Sunni leader of a government-allied paramilitary group to death for murder and kidnapping in a case that highlighted tensions over the treatment of former insurgents who turned against al-Qaida.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.9318de0716664e179a347cfcb28b417c.iraq_elections_bag101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=3vUMHkLfU69MnrfP9xdnGA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a Press conference about the upcoming elections in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. al-Hashemi vetoed part of a key election law, throwing national polls slated for January and a planned U.S. troop draw-down into question. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/pl_afp/uslithuaniaintelligenceciaattacks afp/20091119/uslithuaniaintelligenceciaattacks AFP politics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/pl_afp/uslithuaniaintelligenceciaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258642764786-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=kEQWRnWtObiDuNT8nS_YuA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of its headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Lithuania hit back Thursday over new claims that the Baltic state had hosted a secret CIA facility allegedly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Lithuania hit back Thursday over new claims that the Baltic state had hosted a secret CIA facility allegedly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/pl_afp/uslithuaniaintelligenceciaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258642764786-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=kEQWRnWtObiDuNT8nS_YuA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of its headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Lithuania hit back Thursday over new claims that the Baltic state had hosted a secret CIA facility allegedly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/uslithuaniaintelligencecia afp/20091119/uslithuaniaintelligencecia AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:23:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/uslithuaniaintelligencecia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258608198758-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=dkoYiL2j.qTtImTJJh8UzA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg (R) arrives for a meeting with Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaite in Vilnius in October. Controversy over secret CIA prisons in Europe came to light again with the allegations that an upscale Lithuanian horseback riding school was secretly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.(AFP/File/Petras Malukas)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Controversy over secret CIA prisons in Europe came to light again with the allegations that an upscale Lithuanian horseback riding school was secretly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_afp/uslithuaniaintelligencecia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258608198758-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=dkoYiL2j.qTtImTJJh8UzA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg (R) arrives for a meeting with Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaite in Vilnius in October. Controversy over secret CIA prisons in Europe came to light again with the allegations that an upscale Lithuanian horseback riding school was secretly used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects.(AFP/File/Petras Malukas)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_us/us_terror_trial_lessons ap/20091118/us_terror_trial_lessons AP us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:50:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_us/us_terror_trial_lessons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.582ec30fd4a04298acf76866c4a1ccdd.terror_trial_lessons_wx101.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=3v3uawy9ZgFur2LEHN6ilg--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="FILE - In this August 2001 file photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, Zacarias Moussaoui is seen. Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks, never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York. (AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks &mdash; never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_us/us_terror_trial_lessons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.582ec30fd4a04298acf76866c4a1ccdd.terror_trial_lessons_wx101.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=3v3uawy9ZgFur2LEHN6ilg--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this August 2001 file photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, Zacarias Moussaoui is seen. Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks, never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York. (AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office, HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/wl_nm/us_security_qaeda_africa nm/20091117/us_security_qaeda_africa Reuters world Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:23:30 GMT Reuters - Al Qaeda's North African wing is less likely now to carry out attacks in Europe, mainly because of pressure on the group from Algerian security forces, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_army_successes ap/20091117/as_pakistan_army_successes AP world Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:38:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_army_successes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.baa82eae8ba14f7f9025fdd699afeac3.aptopix_pakistan_army_success_anj104.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=Ed6rlir6ery4sZz4oXEuSQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="Pakistani troops walk through the damaged market in Sararogha, a town of the troubled Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan along the Afghan border, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Pakistan army took a group of foreign and local journalists to view recently captures militants stronghold areas of battle zone in South Waziristan, where security forces are waging an offensive against Taliban fighters believed to be behind suicide bombings in the country. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0" /></a>AP - A school the army says churned out suicide bombers now lies in ruins. Soldiers patrol towns once ruled by militants who gave refuge to al-Qaida. Left behind are bundles of terror manuals, extremist propaganda and boxes of ammunition and explosives.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_army_successes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.baa82eae8ba14f7f9025fdd699afeac3.aptopix_pakistan_army_success_anj104.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=Ed6rlir6ery4sZz4oXEuSQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani troops walk through the damaged market in Sararogha, a town of the troubled Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan along the Afghan border, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Pakistan army took a group of foreign and local journalists to view recently captures militants stronghold areas of battle zone in South Waziristan, where security forces are waging an offensive against Taliban fighters believed to be behind suicide bombings in the country. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_particle_lab_arrest ap/20091117/eu_france_particle_lab_arrest AP world Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:29 GMT AP - A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France's army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa's al-Qaida branch before his arrest last month, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_trial_security ap/20091117/us_sept11_trial_security AP us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:32:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_trial_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.334fd33d4d624bbc89f90d142acd6594.guantanamo_us_trial_nysw102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cX7J3i1krYTzAdwUXHru6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The old federal courthouse, right, at 40 Centre Street in New York is see on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the professed mastermind of 9/11, and four of his alleged henchmen are headed for a federal civilian trial in New York; five others, including a top suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole, will be tried by a military commission (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hot sauce and a comb were all an al-Qaida suspect in New York needed to nearly kill one of his guards nine years ago. The bloody episode suggests that security worries in bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 suspects to trial here could be just as big inside the courthouse as outside.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_trial_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.334fd33d4d624bbc89f90d142acd6594.guantanamo_us_trial_nysw102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cX7J3i1krYTzAdwUXHru6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The old federal courthouse, right, at 40 Centre Street in New York is see on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the professed mastermind of 9/11, and four of his alleged henchmen are headed for a federal civilian trial in New York; five others, including a top suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole, will be tried by a military commission (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy afp/20091117/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy AFP world Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:32:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258453205043-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zVNLbyNOtlZ2f64yBvXLfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="British soldiers with the NATO troops on patrol in Baba Ji district of Helmand province earlier this year. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a timeframe for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010.(AFP/File/Abdul Malik)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a timeframe for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258453205043-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zVNLbyNOtlZ2f64yBvXLfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="British soldiers with the NATO troops on patrol in Baba Ji district of Helmand province earlier this year. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a timeframe for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010.(AFP/File/Abdul Malik)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest afp/20091116/iraqunrest AFP world Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:53:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258404724495-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bbhNtaDdjqhiLbMFb._7_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Iraqi soldier mans his rifle while on guard during a visit to a girls school in Radwaniya, west of Baghdad. Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms launched execution-style attacks west of Baghdad on Monday, killing 13 members of a tribe who took up arms against Al-Qaeda, a villager and security official said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms launched execution-style attacks west of Baghdad on Monday, killing 13 members of a tribe who took up arms against Al-Qaeda, a villager and security official said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258404724495-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bbhNtaDdjqhiLbMFb._7_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi soldier mans his rifle while on guard during a visit to a girls school in Radwaniya, west of Baghdad. Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms launched execution-style attacks west of Baghdad on Monday, killing 13 members of a tribe who took up arms against Al-Qaeda, a villager and security official said.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091116/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa nm/20091116/us_afghanistan_usa Reuters world Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091116/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.fb3fccbc180f42db92ab618bc35098d3.kabul_rocket_gfx156.jpg?x=59&y=130&q=85&sig=oMaXA.eepqIfAVzhFD7_uA--" align="left" height="130" width="59" alt="Map of Kabul,Afghanistan located the Serena Hotel which was hit by a rocket Saturday" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday that al Qaeda remained the biggest threat to U.S. security, as his aides stepped up pressure on Afghanistan and Pakistan to cooperate with Washington's strategy in the troubled region.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091116/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.fb3fccbc180f42db92ab618bc35098d3.kabul_rocket_gfx156.jpg?x=59&y=130&q=85&sig=oMaXA.eepqIfAVzhFD7_uA--" align="left" height="130" width="59" alt="photo" title="Map of Kabul,Afghanistan located the Serena Hotel which was hit by a rocket Saturday" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/pl_afp/pakistanusdefensediplomacyafghanistan afp/20091116/pakistanusdefensediplomacyafghanistan AFP politics Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:02:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/pl_afp/pakistanusdefensediplomacyafghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258380084853-1-0.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=d4m7FpDv.TcXQQCwaYM7pA--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="US President Barack Obama (bottom) greets US troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska on November 12. The Obama administration is increasing pressure on Pakistan to fight Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants as part of a revised US strategy for the Afghanistan war, The New York Times reported Monday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Obama administration is increasing pressure on Pakistan to fight Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants as part of a revised US strategy for the Afghanistan war, The New York Times reported Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/pl_afp/pakistanusdefensediplomacyafghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258380084853-1-0.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=d4m7FpDv.TcXQQCwaYM7pA--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (bottom) greets US troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska on November 12. The Obama administration is increasing pressure on Pakistan to fight Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants as part of a revised US strategy for the Afghanistan war, The New York Times reported Monday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_imam ap/20091116/us_fort_hood_imam AP us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:32:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_imam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091110/capt.9fd3fc82594c408fb79bef83c47c1928.fort_hood_shooting_imam_ny130.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=4t7a.aatKOmWlI1iM7FIlw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This Oct. 2008 photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan and called him a hero, was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood shootings, The Washington Post reported Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_imam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091110/capt.9fd3fc82594c408fb79bef83c47c1928.fort_hood_shooting_imam_ny130.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=4t7a.aatKOmWlI1iM7FIlw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This Oct. 2008 photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan and called him a hero, was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091116/wl_nm/us_pakistan nm/20091116/us_pakistan Reuters world Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:37:22 GMT Reuters - The United States has stepped up pressure on Pakistan to expand its fight against Taliban and al Qaeda militants, the New York Times reported on Monday, as a suicide bomber killed four people in the latest militant attack.