http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Al_QaedaFind stories, videos, and photos about Al Qaeda from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:58:23 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/saudi.terror/tztop.saudi.port.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Al_Qaeda14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Al Qaeda from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/saudi.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/saudi.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTextSaudi authorities announced a massive anti-terrorism sweep Wednesday that netted more than 500 members of a purported al Qaeda-linked terrorist cell said to be planning attacks on Saudi targets, including major oil installations.Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/11/documents.train/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/11/documents.train/index.html#cnnSTCTextScotland Yard and Downing Street both said Wednesday they have launched investigations into how top-secret British intelligence documents on al Qaeda and Iraq came to be left on a commuter train by a senior civil servant in the UK's Cabinet Office.Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/05/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/05/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Web posting purportedly from al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Monday's blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, which killed at least six people.Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda or one of its affiliates was probably behind an explosion outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, Denmark's intelligence service said Tuesday.Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:04:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811318,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811318,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: Yes, we've seeing success in Iraq, says Robert Baer. But it has nothing to do with rooting out terrorist cellsMon, 02 Jun 2008 23:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/29/guantanamo.commission/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/29/guantanamo.commission/index.html#cnnSTCTextDefense lawyers for five suspected al Qaeda members asked a military appeals court Thursday to delay their clients' arraignments because several of the attorneys have not received security clearances that would allow them to participate in the hearing.Thu, 29 May 2008 22:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/30/liberty.seven/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/30/liberty.seven/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen the seven men were arrested in June 2006, federal authorities said they had broken up a dangerous home-grown terror cell plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other landmarks. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/28/btsc.iraqprison/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/28/btsc.iraqprison/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe inmates huddle below the barbed wire, looking up at the strangers who have arrived at the detention facility. They're dressed in bright yellow, almost fluorescent jumpsuits. There are 2,000 of them, described by the U.S. military as hard-core al Qaeda loyalists.Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/28/spain.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/28/spain.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe convicted leader of al Qaeda in Spain and two Syrian-born alleged accomplices have been charged in a new case on suspicion of financing terrorist cells.Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735443,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735443,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith U.S. and Iraqi forces focused on the Shi'ite Mahdi Army, the Sunni insurgents have begun hitting the enemies that kept them at bay in the capitalSun, 27 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1733884,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1733884,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOsama bin Laden's chief deputy warns that al-Qaeda still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war in a new audiotapeTue, 22 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/indonesia.terror.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/indonesia.terror.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo top leaders of an al Qaeda-linked terror network are in the custody of Indonesian police following their arrest in Malaysia, authorities said Tuesday.Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/11/miami.terror.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/11/miami.terror.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe jury in the retrial of six men accused of plotting to work with al Qaeda to blow up U.S. buildings told a judge Friday that it was deadlocked after 10 days of deliberations, but the judge ordered the 12 to keep working toward a verdict.Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/zawahiri.message/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/zawahiri.message/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe second-in-command of al Qaeda has said the terrorist group does not kill innocents and that its leader Osama bin Laden is healthy, according to a transcript of an audio tape released by radical Islamist Web sites.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:57:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1722603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1722603,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Pentagon says authorities have captured a high-level al-Qaeda figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death toll from twin suicide blasts in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore grew to 28 Wednesday, as police opened an investigation into possible al Qaeda involvement in the attacks.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/pakistan.opinion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/pakistan.opinion/index.html#cnnSTCTextSupport from Pakistanis for al Qaeda and the Taliban has plummeted in Pakistan, and so has their confidence in the current government, according to two recently released nationwide polls.Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/13/terror.assessment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/13/terror.assessment/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. vulnerability to al Qaeda-inspired extremism in Europe continues to be the key worry of the National Counterterrorism Center, the head of the agency told a Washington think tank Wednesday.Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/13/germany.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/13/germany.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda has begun an online propaganda campaign, targeting German-speaking Muslims with increasing amounts of terror-related content, German security officials have told CNN.Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:34:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1709008,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1709008,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsReports that a senior al-Qaeda operative was killed in Pakistan could be a blow to Pakistan's President Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:20:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706923,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706923,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe murder of a top Lebanese anti-terror investigator raises fears of heightened activity by al-Qaeda-related groupsFri, 25 Jan 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/06/gadahn.tape/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/06/gadahn.tape/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn a videotape released Sunday, American al Qaeda member Adam Yahiye Gadahn renounces his U.S. citizenship, destroys his passport and cites U.S. President Bush's upcoming trip to the Middle East.Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/03/algeria.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/03/algeria.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda claimed responsibility Thursday for a bombing a day earlier in Algeria that killed four police officers and wounded 20 people at a building housing security forces.Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. troops killed six suspected al Qaeda terrorists and captured 14 others in operations Saturday and Sunday in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:45:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698734,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698734,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe jihadists usually focus on massive civilian attacks. But Bhutto's killing may be a sign of a diversifying playbookFri, 28 Dec 2007 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/27/bhutto.dhs.alqaeda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/27/bhutto.dhs.alqaeda/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin Thursday citing an alleged claim of responsibility by al Qaeda for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, a DHS official told CNN.Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore militants from Libya are turning up in Iraq, U.S. military researchers say.Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/17/saudi.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/17/saudi.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTextMost Saudi Arabia citizens interviewed in a poll oppose terrorism and want closer ties with the United States. But many Saudis remain opposed to making peace with Israel, according to what researchers call an unprecedented survey of the kingdom.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/16/alqaeda.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/16/alqaeda.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextOsama bin Laden's top lieutenant warned in a video statement released Sunday that Iraqi tribal leaders who side with U.S. troops against al Qaeda fighters would face reprisals when Americans leave Iraq.Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:15:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672082,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672082,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn Scene: A TIME reporter fills a sandbag and tracks his small contribution to the battle in a remote corner of the warTue, 16 Oct 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo days of heavy fighting between Pakistani troops and Taliban and al Qaeda militants near the rugged border with Afghanistan has left dozens dead on both sides, an army spokesman said Monday.Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/16/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextDozens of Islamic militants loyal to al Qaeda attacked Shiite Muslim villages north of Baghdad around dawn Sunday, killing more than a dozen people, an Interior Ministry official said.Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/09/algeria.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/09/algeria.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA militant Islamic group that recently renamed itself al Qaeda Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks that killed dozens in Algeria -- including an assassination attempt on the country's president.Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/11/terror.chatter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/11/terror.chatter/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew York police officers screened vehicles Saturday near Wall Street with radiation detection devices as "a precautionary measure" after an unconfirmed Web report about a possible radiological attack on U.S. cities. Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/13/terror.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/13/terror.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda is increasing its efforts to get operatives into the United States for an attack and has nearly all the resources it needs to carry out such a mission, a draft of a new U.S. government intelligence analysis says, according to two government officials familiar with it.Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/11/al.qaeda.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/11/al.qaeda.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda is the strongest it has been since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a new U.S. government analysis concludes, according to a senior government official who has seen it.Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/11/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCivilians helped coalition and Iraqi forces conduct a massive raid on an al Qaeda hideout in the town of Sherween, leaving 20 suspected terrorists dead and 20 more in coalition custody, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:51:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn al-Qaeda inspired computer expert who dubbed himself "the jihadist James Bond" was ordered imprisoned for 10 years Thursday for running a network of militant Islamist Web sitesFri, 06 Jul 2007 18:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640143,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1640143,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAl-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri sought to bolster the terror network's main arm in Iraq in a new video released ThursdayThu, 05 Jul 2007 11:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636515,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636515,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.S. and Iraqi troops captured two senior al-Qaeda militants and seven other operatives Saturday in Diyala province, an Iraqi commander said, as an offensive to clear the volatile area of insurgents entered its fifth daySat, 23 Jun 2007 18:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/afghan.airstrike/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/afghan.airstrike/index.htmlSeven children were killed in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition on a compound in eastern Afghanistan where al Qaeda fighters were believed to be gathered on Sunday, according to a U.S. military statement.Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1629871,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1629871,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA purported cease-fire between al-Qaeda and Iraq's leading Sunni insurgent group could be bad news for the U.S.Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/07/saudi.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/07/saudi.arrest/index.htmlSaudi Arabia's Interior Ministry announced Thursday it had arrested 11 al Qaeda members in the span of 48 hours who were responsible for financing and encouraging terrorism.Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/27/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. forces have freed 42 Iraqi citizens who were kidnapped, held by al Qaeda in Iraq for as long as four months and possibly tortured, a U.S. military spokesman said Sunday.Sun, 27 May 2007 11:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/30/terror.verdict/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/30/terror.verdict/index.htmlFive Britons have been jailed for life after being found guilty of plotting to carry out al Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks across Britain on targets ranging from a nightclub to a shopping mall.Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/12/terrorism.charges/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/12/terrorism.charges/index.htmlA 43-year-old U.S. citizen was charged Wednesday with providing material support to al Qaeda and plotting to set off bombs in Europe and the United States, according to a federal indictment unsealed in Columbus, Ohio.Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/11/algeria.blasts/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/11/algeria.blasts/index.htmlAn al Qaeda-affiliated group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's two bomb blasts in Algiers that the state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service said killed at least 24 people and wounded 222.Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/pakistan.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/pakistan.alqaeda/index.htmlPakistan has denied published reports that indicated al Qaeda is active and getting stronger in its tribal North Waziristan region along the country's border with Afghanistan.Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/16/al.qaeda.afghanistan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/16/al.qaeda.afghanistan/index.htmlAn al Qaeda video posted on Islamist Web sites Friday shows armed fighters meticulously planning and executing an operation against what they say are U.S. and Afghan forces at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan.Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/14/france.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/14/france.arrests/index.htmlFrench police have arrested 11 people over the last 24 hours in an anti-terror operation, French authorities told CNN Wednesday.Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/24/pakistan.qaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/24/pakistan.qaeda/index.htmlPakistan's tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan have become an accepted haven for al Qaeda leaders such as Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, a senior U.S. intelligence official told CNN on Wednesday.Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/09/somalia.strike.ap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/09/somalia.strike.ap/index.htmlHelicopter gunships attacked suspected al Qaeda fighters in the south Tuesday after U.S. forces staged airstrikes in the first offensive in the African country since 18 American soldiers were killed there in 1993, witnesses said.Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/02/saudi.sleeper/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/02/saudi.sleeper/index.htmlSaudi security officials said Saturday they foiled a planned terrorist suicide attack and arrested 139 suspected Islamist militants who were in "sleeper cells" believed to be affiliated with al Qaeda.Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/afghan.capture/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/afghan.capture/index.htmlA senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan who escaped last year from Bagram prison has been captured, U.S. military sources said Monday.Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/alqaeda.operative/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/alqaeda.operative/index.htmlAn al Qaeda operative wanted in connection with the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings was killed in April in Pakistan, American officials have confirmed.Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/afghan.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/afghan.alqaeda/index.htmlAfghan and coalition forces killed three suspected al Qaeda members and detained three associates during a raid in eastern Khowst province Friday, a statement from the Coalition Press Information Center said.Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/07/zawahiri.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/07/zawahiri.alqaeda/index.htmlAn Egyptian militant group vigorously denied weekend assertions by Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's second-in-command, that the group's members had joined the ranks of the terrorist network.Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/08/germany.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/08/germany.arrest/index.htmlGermany's federal prosecutor's office announced Saturday it has arrested a German of Moroccan descent on charges that he recruited suicide bombers for Iraq and financially supported the al Qaeda terrorist network.Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/30/miami.terror/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/30/miami.terror/index.htmlSix men pleaded not guilty Friday to charges they plotted to blow up U.S. buildings after prosecutors fighting bail for the group played a video that they alleged show the men swearing allegiance to al Qaeda.Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/01/spain.acquittal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/01/spain.acquittal/index.htmlSpain's Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a Syrian-born man for conspiracy in the September 11 attacks in the United States.Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/11/bush.transcript/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/11/bush.transcript/index.htmlPresident Bush on Thursday told Americans that their privacy "is fiercely protected" after a newspaper report that the National Security Agency compiled a database of domestic phone records.Thu, 11 May 2006 16:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/moussaoui.transcript/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/moussaoui.transcript/index.htmlThe following is a partial statement read Wednesday by court spokesman Edward Adams regarding 23 mitigating factors considered by jurors in the sentencing trial of admitted al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui:Wed, 03 May 2006 23:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/25/saudi.attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/25/saudi.attack/index.htmlTwo security guards who helped thwart Friday's attempted bombings at a Saudi Arabian oil-processing complex died at a hospital, the Interior Ministry said Saturday, confirming reports from the previous day.Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/24/saudi.refinery/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/24/saudi.refinery/index.htmlSaudi security forces have thwarted an attempted suicide attack at an oil processing facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, Saudi security sources told CNN.Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/16/jihad.study/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/16/jihad.study/index.htmlAl Qaeda and the like have similar weaknesses to other modern organizations, according to two West Point studies that portray the terror network as sophisticated but its daily operations as banal.Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:54:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/07/markets/oil/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/07/markets/oil/index.htmOil prices closed low Wednesday after a government report showed that crude supplies had jumped more than expected last week, despite seesawing midsession on terror worries.Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/06/iraq.intel/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/06/iraq.intel/index.htmlA Democratic senator on Sunday said newly declassified information shows that Bush administration officials repeatedly accused Iraq of training al Qaeda terrorists long after interrogators concluded the source of the report was "intentionally misleading" captors.Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.terrorarrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.terrorarrest/index.htmlAn al Qaeda member wanted for training terrorists and known for his inflammatory writings has been captured in a raid in Pakistan, two U.S. counterterrorism officials told CNN on Friday.Sat, 05 Nov 2005 01:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlPakistan arrested two suspected members of al Qaeda this week in the southwestern city of Quetta following a shootout that left a third suspect dead, Pakistani government and intelligence sources told CNN.Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/02/spain.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/02/spain.trial/index.htmlThe trial of two men charged with financing global al Qaeda activities has resumed in Madrid in a basement courtroom under tight security.Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/11/alqaeda.letter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/11/alqaeda.letter/index.htmlSenior U.S. intelligence officials call a letter from al Qaeda's No. 2 man to its leader in Iraq "chilling" because of how "calm, clear and well argued" it is in urging preparation for a U.S. departure from Iraq.Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/06/ensor.bush.speech/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/06/ensor.bush.speech/index.htmlPresident Bush delivered what the White House termed a "major speech" Thursday on the progress of the war in Iraq and the broader conflict against terrorism.Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/05/spain.terror.conviction/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/05/spain.terror.conviction/index.htmlA Spanish court Wednesday convicted a man, known in the local media as the "Spanish Taliban," of membership in the al Qaeda terrorist group, and sentenced him to six years in prison, a court spokeswoman told CNN.Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/26/spain.terror.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/26/spain.terror.trial/index.htmlA suspected al Qaeda cell leader has been convicted in a Madrid court in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks and sentenced to 27 years in prison.Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/alqaeda.tape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/alqaeda.tape/index.htmlU.S. counterterrorism officials said Monday that they were skeptical that a purported al Qaeda tape that threatened California and Australia was a prelude to an attack.Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.htmlA coalition air strike has demolished what authorities believe was an al Qaeda-linked terrorist safe house in the western Iraqi city of al-Jaramil and a man believed to be a foreign fighter facilitator was killed, Multi-National Forces officials said early Thursday.Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.qaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.qaeda/index.htmlSaudi security forces have killed a man in Medina they said was the leader of al Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula, an interior ministry official told CNN.Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/pakistan.militants/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/pakistan.militants/index.htmlSeventeen suspected al Qaeda members were killed and five others arrested in a clash with the Pakistani military near the border with Afghanistan, intelligence sources told CNN.Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/11/less.safe.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/11/less.safe.tm/index.htmlSir Ivor Roberts, Britain's Ambassador to Italy, declared last September that the "best recruiting sergeant for al-Qaeda" was none other than the U.S. President, George W. Bush.Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/08/london.muslims/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/08/london.muslims/index.htmlArabs and Muslims in Britain and across the world expressed outrage at the terrorist attacks in London, with the dominant viewpoint summed up by one person who wrote on a Web site, "Enough ... enough."Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/29/terror.suspects/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/29/terror.suspects/index.htmlTwo U.S. citizens have pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda.Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/29/arrests.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/29/arrests.alqaeda/index.htmlTwo U.S. citizens have been arrested on federal charges of conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda, federal authorities announced Sunday.Mon, 30 May 2005 02:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/17/goodman.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/17/goodman.trial/index.htmlAn al Qaeda suspect on trial in a Spanish court Tuesday denied helping arrange a July 2001 meeting that U.S. and Spanish authorities say brought together two key plotters in the September 11 attacks.Tue, 17 May 2005 14:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/alqaeda.killing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/alqaeda.killing/index.htmlA key al Qaeda operative was killed earlier this week in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, two knowledgeable sources told CNN Friday.Sat, 14 May 2005 02:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/pakistan.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/pakistan.arrest/index.htmlThe alleged No. 3 man in al Qaeda -- believed responsible for the terror group's global operations -- has been captured in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, Pakistani and U.S. officials said Wednesday.Wed, 04 May 2005 11:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/06/saudi.shootout/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/06/saudi.shootout/index.htmlSeveral al Qaeda "big fish" were among the 15 terrorists killed and seven captured in a series of gun battles and raids in and near Riyadh since Sunday, Saudi security officials say.Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/pakistan.raid/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/pakistan.raid/index.htmlTwo suspected al Qaeda members were killed and 11 were arrested when Pakistani soldiers raided a house near the Afghan border, local officials told CNN.Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/23/germany.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/23/germany.arrests/index.htmlGerman authorities on Sunday arrested two suspected members of al Qaeda, one of whom had tried to obtain nuclear materials and had contacts with Osama bin Laden, officials saidSun, 23 Jan 2005 16:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/17/limousine.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/17/limousine.tm/index.htmlAs Washington gears up for the first Inaugural of the post-9/11 era, one potential security threat has emerged as a particular focus of concern: vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, or VBIEDS, possibly disguised as limousines.Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/29/saudi.blast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/29/saudi.blast/index.htmlTwo explosions rocked the Saudi Arabian capital Wednesday night, killing two militants and wounding several people, according to the Ministry of Information.Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlPakistani intelligence agents have arrested two Afghan men suspected of being members of the al Qaeda terrorist network, intelligence sources told CNN.Sat, 25 Dec 2004 12:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/16/bin.laden.tape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/16/bin.laden.tape/index.htmlCIA officials said they have a "high degree of confidence" that the voice on the new, 70-minute-long, muffled audiotape is that of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/06/jeddah.attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/06/jeddah.attack/index.htmlA Saudi group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility early Tuesday for the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in which at least five employees and four attackers were killed.Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/25/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/25/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlSecurity officials have staged two raids in separate locations in Lahore, killing one suspected al Qaeda terrorist and arresting five others.Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/pakistan.clashes/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/pakistan.clashes/index.htmlThree Pakistani soldiers were killed and 17 were wounded Tuesday in clashes against suspected al Qaeda forces in the South Wazirstan border area of Pakistan and Afghanistan.Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.violence/index.htmlA Pakistani army convoy hit a landmine Thursday in the country's South Waziristan region, killing six soldiers and wounding 10 others, intelligence and police sources said.Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/30/binladen.tape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/30/binladen.tape/index.htmlTwo videotapes threatening to unleash more terror attacks against the United States are being analyzed by U.S. intelligence officials hoping to find clues that could lead them to each speaker.Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/afghan.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/afghan.alqaeda/index.htmlU.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan killed five suspected militants and detained nine others Thursday in an attack on an "al Qaeda facilitator" believed to be planning an attack against coalition forces, a coalition military spokesman told CNN Saturday.Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/28/terror.tape/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/28/terror.tape/index.htmlAfter a technical analysis, the CIA cannot determine whether a videotape obtained by ABC News in Pakistan featuring a man claiming to be affiliated with al Qaeda is authentic, a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday.Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/pakistan.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/pakistan.alqaeda/index.htmlPakistani intelligence agencies have arrested two suspected al Qaeda members in separate raids in Peshawar and Lahore, the nation's information minister has said.Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:11:00 EDT