CNN

The making of an al Qaeda fighter: Spin Ghul’s journey from the streets of Saudi Arabia to jihadi training camps

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is excerpted from the book Race Against Terror by Jake Tapper, published by Atria, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Printed by ...
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PERSPECTIVE: Why the Return of Tarnak Farm is One of the Clearest Indicators of Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence

One of the most important lessons in counterterrorism is that terrorist organizations reveal their intentions long before ...
UPI

Though U.N. says Al-Qaeda growing in Afghanistan, Taliban disputes report

Feb. 1 (UPI) --The United Nations Security Council reported this week that Al-Qaeda established eight new training camps and maintains several safe houses in Afghanistan, but the Taliban rejects the ...
The Washington Post

Al Qaeda Affiliate Training Indonesians On Philippine Island

COTABATO CITY, Philippines -- A regional terrorist network linked to al Qaeda has continued to train its militants in the southern Philippines, aided by local Muslim separatists, police and ...
Reuters

Afghan admits NYC bomb plot, al Qaeda training

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Afghan immigrant pleaded guilty on Monday to plotting a suicide bomb attack on New York City subways with al Qaeda training for what would have been the worst attack on the ...
Mail & Guardian

Captured videos show ‘al-Qaeda children’ training

American forces in Baghdad on Wednesday warned of a ”disturbing trend in the use and exploitation of children by al-Qaeda in Iraq”, after discovering videos showing young boys being trained in ...
KEYT

The making of an al Qaeda fighter: Spin Ghul’s journey from the streets of Saudi Arabia to jihadi training camps

Spin Ghul’s desire for jihad started when he was a child in Saudi Arabia, where his parents had remained after traveling from Niger on holy pilgrimage. From his elementary school days, he was ...