Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2235 world Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:41:53 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2235 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_usa_security_zazi nm/20100209/us_usa_security_zazi Reuters us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:41:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_usa_security_zazi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/ra1014109007.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=YwNO5ecDcP7gxtiZOFjtdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Mohammed Zazi, father of the accused New York bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi, walks to the Alfred A. Arraj Federal Courthouse for a hearing in Denver, Colorado in this October 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The father of an Afghan-born airport shuttle driver accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack on New York City pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of conspiring to alter, destroy and conceal evidence.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_usa_security_zazi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/ra1014109007.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=YwNO5ecDcP7gxtiZOFjtdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="Mohammed Zazi, father of the accused New York bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi, walks to the Alfred A. Arraj Federal Courthouse for a hearing in Denver, Colorado in this October 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaeda afp/20100209/attacksyemenqaeda AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:52:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaeda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726920531-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JfQPIsRfNKXRoSkdglkIEg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This undated handout picture released by the Yemeni army in November 2009 shows a Yemeni soldier manning a machine gun in Saada province. The Yemeni government dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants "around the clock," after the group's local affiliate called for attacks on US interests worldwide.(AFP/Yemeni Army/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Yemeni government on Tuesday dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants "around the clock," after the group's local affiliate called for attacks on US interests worldwide.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaeda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726920531-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JfQPIsRfNKXRoSkdglkIEg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated handout picture released by the Yemeni army in November 2009 shows a Yemeni soldier manning a machine gun in Saada province. The Yemeni government dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants "around the clock," after the group's local affiliate called for attacks on US interests worldwide.(AFP/Yemeni Army/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_yemen_somalis nm/20100209/us_yemen_somalis Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:32:46 GMT Reuters - Somalis fleeing war have long found refuge in Yemen, seen as a way station to Saudi Arabia, but fear of al Qaeda infiltration has cooled their welcome. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_yemen nm/20100208/us_yemen Reuters world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:25:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_yemen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2227433061.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=Wq8VXm8F0SF.RrB3.a2obw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Members of Yemen's anti-terrorism unit fire their weapons during a training exercise near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, January 16, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called for a regional Muslim holy war and a blockade of the Red Sea to cut off U.S. shipments to Israel, a further sign of the group's ambitions to mount new strikes outside its base.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_yemen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r2227433061.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=Wq8VXm8F0SF.RrB3.a2obw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of Yemen's anti-terrorism unit fire their weapons during a training exercise near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, January 16, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaedaus afp/20100208/attacksyemenqaedaus AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:19:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaedaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265635535660-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=nwbxgLOV3sYkQDL2f0d9Cg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A still from a video obtained January 23, 2009 by the SITE Intelligence Group shows former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Said al-Shihri . Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula number two Shahri called for attacks against US interests "everywhere," in an audio message(AFP/SITE/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen-based group that claimed a botched Christmas Day attack on a US airliner, on Monday called for more American targets to be hit around the world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaedaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265635535660-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=nwbxgLOV3sYkQDL2f0d9Cg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A still from a video obtained January 23, 2009 by the SITE Intelligence Group shows former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Said al-Shihri . Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula number two Shahri called for attacks against US interests "everywhere," in an audio message(AFP/SITE/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida ap/20100208/ml_yemen_al_qaida AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:45:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8f3fb31f158a4ec6b0e332f140cbd756.mideast_yemen_al_qaida_cai105.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=3wnbkgQsk_1gBaS.UOgf8g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="File - In this Jan. 23, 2009 file photo taken from an undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen. Al-Shihri called for attacks on Saudi Arabia and U.S. interests in the region in a new audio message posted Monday on the Internet. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen called for attacks on Saudi Arabia and U.S. interests in the region in a new audio message posted Monday on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8f3fb31f158a4ec6b0e332f140cbd756.mideast_yemen_al_qaida_cai105.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=3wnbkgQsk_1gBaS.UOgf8g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="File - In this Jan. 23, 2009 file photo taken from an undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen. Al-Shihri called for attacks on Saudi Arabia and U.S. interests in the region in a new audio message posted Monday on the Internet. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_yemen_qaeda nm/20100208/us_yemen_qaeda Reuters world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:30:49 GMT Reuters - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called on Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula to wage jihad, or holy war, against Christians and Jews in the region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary afp/20100207/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary AFP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:07:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265569612908-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t9JaPQI15Iq0PDj7d.kKgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi mourners carry the coffins of victims who were killed in a bomb attack in Karbala, during a mass funeral in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 6. US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the "barbaric actions" of a morally bankrupt Al-Qaeda following a series of attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq blamed on the extremist network.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the "barbaric actions" of a morally bankrupt Al-Qaeda following a series of attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq blamed on the extremist network.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/iraqunrestshiiteusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265569612908-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=t9JaPQI15Iq0PDj7d.kKgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi mourners carry the coffins of victims who were killed in a bomb attack in Karbala, during a mass funeral in the central shrine city of Najaf on February 6. US General David Petraeus on Saturday slammed the "barbaric actions" of a morally bankrupt Al-Qaeda following a series of attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq blamed on the extremist network.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/attacksusnkoreairannuclear afp/20100207/attacksusnkoreairannuclear AFP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:14:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/attacksusnkoreairannuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265554057367-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=dYKl2pKDlWv92VbXr2I9mw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the 58th US National Prayer Breakfast at a hotel in Washington, DC, on February 4. The Iranian nuclear threat is real but the United States faces an even greater danger from Al-Qaeda, Clinton warned in an interview on Sunday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Iranian nuclear threat is real but the United States faces an even greater danger from Al-Qaeda, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned in an interview Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/attacksusnkoreairannuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265554057367-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=dYKl2pKDlWv92VbXr2I9mw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the 58th US National Prayer Breakfast at a hotel in Washington, DC, on February 4. The Iranian nuclear threat is real but the United States faces an even greater danger from Al-Qaeda, Clinton warned in an interview on Sunday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/india_nm/india459576 nm/20100206/india459576 Reuters world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:03:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/india_nm/india459576"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100206/i/ra2511740292.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=cH4X61zrKftx3WK9q.OCxw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Men assist a boy who was injured in a blast outside Karachi's Jinnah hospital on February 5, 2010. Karachi was tense on Saturday a day after two bombs killed 25 people, raising further questions about the effectiveness of security crackdowns on al Qaeda-linked militants. REUTERS/Athar Hussain" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi was tense on Saturday a day after two bombs killed 31 people, raising further questions about the effectiveness of security crackdowns on al Qaeda-linked militants.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/india_nm/india459576"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100206/i/ra2511740292.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=cH4X61zrKftx3WK9q.OCxw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Men assist a boy who was injured in a blast outside Karachi's Jinnah hospital on February 5, 2010. Karachi was tense on Saturday a day after two bombs killed 25 people, raising further questions about the effectiveness of security crackdowns on al Qaeda-linked militants. REUTERS/Athar Hussain" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wl_nm/us_qaeda_france_italy nm/20100206/us_qaeda_france_italy Reuters world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:13:52 GMT Reuters - Al Qaeda's north African wing has confirmed it has extended its deadline for the life of a French hostage and given Italy 25 days to meet its demands for an Italian captive, according to an Internet statement. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wl_nm/us_pakistan_violence nm/20100206/us_pakistan_violence Reuters world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:39:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wl_nm/us_pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r593127230.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pMTooacsZeVxfb8XxZgSmg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A boy injured in a bomb blast is carried into Jinnah hospital for treatment in Karachi February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi was tense on Saturday a day after two bombs killed 31 people, raising further questions about the effectiveness of security crackdowns on al Qaeda-linked militants.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wl_nm/us_pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r593127230.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pMTooacsZeVxfb8XxZgSmg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy injured in a bomb blast is carried into Jinnah hospital for treatment in Karachi February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_afp/malifranceitalykidnapqaeda afp/20100206/malifranceitalykidnapqaeda AFP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:00:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_afp/malifranceitalykidnapqaeda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265414187662-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=cNVJAPHiDq.I0wWKHlMXIA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Undated handout photo with unknown dateline supplied by the Gerardmer-Tidarmene association shows Pierre Camatte (R), head of "L'association Gerardmer-Tidarmene", posing with an unidentified man. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which has threatened to kill six European hostages it is holding, said it had extended its deadline for French captive Camatte until February 20, SITE reported.(AFP/GERARDMER TIDARMENE-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The north African branch of Al-Qaeda has set new deadlines for France and Italy to win the release of two hostages held in Mali, a monitoring service of Islamist websites said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_afp/malifranceitalykidnapqaeda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265414187662-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=cNVJAPHiDq.I0wWKHlMXIA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Undated handout photo with unknown dateline supplied by the Gerardmer-Tidarmene association shows Pierre Camatte (R), head of "L'association Gerardmer-Tidarmene", posing with an unidentified man. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which has threatened to kill six European hostages it is holding, said it had extended its deadline for French captive Camatte until February 20, SITE reported.(AFP/GERARDMER TIDARMENE-HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_afp/iraqunrest afp/20100205/iraqunrest AFP world Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:30:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265398175217-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=PL.ylRGOkun.56EAMKGT8g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Iraqis inspect the site of a bomb attack in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, 110 kms (70 miles) south of Baghdad.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A bomb attack on the last day of a major mourning ceremony in Iraq killed 41 Shiite pilgrims and wounded more than 140 on Friday in an atrocity blamed on Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein loyalists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_afp/iraqunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265398175217-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=PL.ylRGOkun.56EAMKGT8g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqis inspect the site of a bomb attack in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, 110 kms (70 miles) south of Baghdad.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatomilitary afp/20100205/afghanistanunrestnatomilitary AFP world Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:17:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatomilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265365393953-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MHeU8tn7BI71kZnMsziSFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Afghan policemen in Kabul in January 2010. NATO's European allies came under pressure Friday to make a fresh but possibly decisive effort to send military and police trainers to Afghanistan to seize the initiative from Taliban insurgents.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - NATO and the United States pressed European allies Friday to stump up thousands of trainers to help build the Afghan army and police, as troops surge in to battle the Taliban and Al Qaeda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatomilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265365393953-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MHeU8tn7BI71kZnMsziSFA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan policemen in Kabul in January 2010. NATO's European allies came under pressure Friday to make a fresh but possibly decisive effort to send military and police trainers to Afghanistan to seize the initiative from Taliban insurgents.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunresttaliban afp/20100205/pakistanunresttaliban AFP world Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:16:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunresttaliban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265364628890-1-0.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=gqIoCVDAu3gaymJYXsBeTg--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud (left) in the Sararogha area of South Waziristan in October 2009. The death of Pakistan's Taliban supremo in a US missile strike, if confirmed, would deal a major blow to the militant nexus but could magnify the dangers should Al-Qaeda exploit a leadership vacuum.(AFP/File/Naseer Mehsud)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The death of Pakistan's Taliban supremo in a US missile strike, if confirmed, would deal a major blow to the militant nexus but could magnify the dangers should Al-Qaeda exploit a leadership vacuum.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunresttaliban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265364628890-1-0.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=gqIoCVDAu3gaymJYXsBeTg--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="photo" title="Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud (left) in the Sararogha area of South Waziristan in October 2009. The death of Pakistan's Taliban supremo in a US missile strike, if confirmed, would deal a major blow to the militant nexus but could magnify the dangers should Al-Qaeda exploit a leadership vacuum.(AFP/File/Naseer Mehsud)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestnatousmilitary afp/20100204/afghanistanunrestnatousmilitary AFP world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:10:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestnatousmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265305473536-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4skMdtGeia8rBQVTkqy81w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Turkish soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard at the site of a suicide attack near Camp Phoenix in Kabul in January 2010. The United States on Thursday urged NATO allies to send thousands of trainers to help strengthen Afghan security forces and exploit a window of opportunity to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States on Thursday urged NATO allies to send thousands of trainers to help strengthen Afghan security forces and exploit a window of opportunity to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestnatousmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265305473536-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4skMdtGeia8rBQVTkqy81w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Turkish soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard at the site of a suicide attack near Camp Phoenix in Kabul in January 2010. The United States on Thursday urged NATO allies to send thousands of trainers to help strengthen Afghan security forces and exploit a window of opportunity to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_judge_investigated ap/20100204/eu_spain_judge_investigated AP world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:57:38 GMT AP - The magistrate known for indicting Osama bin Laden and Augusto Pinochet may have knowingly acted without jurisdiction by probing Spanish Civil War atrocities, a court said Thursday in a ruling that takes Spain's most famed judge a step closer to being put on trial himself. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting ap/20100204/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting AP us Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:33:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100121/capt.photo_1264050110281-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=ylPDjG7hVSJGvPRP0deM5g--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="This picture taken on January 19, shows Fowzia Siddiqui, sister of US-detained Pakistani woman Aafia Siddiqui, displaying photographs of Aafia (R) and their parents at her house in Karachi. She may be dubbed Lady Al-Qaeda by US media, but the Pakistani family of Aafia Siddiqui, on trial in New York, insist she is a moderate Muslim more interested in flowers and animals than wielding weapons.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)" border="0" /></a>AP - True to form, Aafia Siddiqui did not go quietly.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100121/capt.photo_1264050110281-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=ylPDjG7hVSJGvPRP0deM5g--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="This picture taken on January 19, shows Fowzia Siddiqui, sister of US-detained Pakistani woman Aafia Siddiqui, displaying photographs of Aafia (R) and their parents at her house in Karachi. She may be dubbed Lady Al-Qaeda by US media, but the Pakistani family of Aafia Siddiqui, on trial in New York, insist she is a moderate Muslim more interested in flowers and animals than wielding weapons.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/alqaida/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/pl_nm/us_yemen_aid_usa nm/20100204/us_yemen_aid_usa Reuters politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:31:18 GMT Reuters - The United States should increase aid to Yemen to prevent the poor Arab country becoming a failed state and not just focus on assistance to fight al Qaeda there, research house Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said.