Al Qaeda

Federal Court Sentences Shaker Masri To 10 years For Suicide Bomb Plot

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 17:31

A federal court in Chicago has sentenced an attempted suicide bomber, 29-year-old Shaker Masri, to 10 years in federal prison following his trial in which he was convicted of attempting to travel to Somalia and join Al-Qaeda and a Somalia affiliate, al-Shabab, then return to the U.S. and be a suicide bomber, killing Americans.

During his trial, Masri pleaded guilty to trying to provide material support and resources to a terrorist organization, saying he had hoped to blow up a bus with American soldiers on it.

Al Qaeda Suspects Arrested In Spain In Plot To Bomb European Cities

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 10:06

The Spanish Interior, Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, has announced that Spain has arrested two Al Qaeda suspects in Ciudad Real who were planning to blow up buildings on Spain and other European countries. He added that they were from ex-soviet block countries but did not give specifics.

Diaz went on to say that they were likely heading to France and that they had also searched the home of a Turkish man.

"It is one of the most important operations against al Qaeda to date to be carried out on an international level," he said.

Judge Orders Al Qaeda To Pay $6 Billion For 9/11 Terrorist Attack On World Trade Center

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 14:19

New York City -

Following a judgement last year by U.S. District Judge George Daniels, a Federal Magistrate has ordered Al Qaeda, the Taliban and Iran to pay $6 billion in damages to relatives of the September 11 attacks in new York and Pennsylvania.

Magistrate Frank Maas was ordered to determine the value of the damages after Judge Daniel concluded that Al Qaeda was responsible and failed t show up in court after insurance companies had filed suit.

Suicide Bomber Kills 96 At Yemeni Parade Rehearsal

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 11:23

A suicide bomber blew himself up and killed at least 96 others during a rehearsal for an upcoming military parade Monday morning. So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The AP is reporting that it appeared to be an assassination attempt on Yemen's Minister of Defense, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Nasser Ahmed. Ahmed was in a heavily fortified area and was not injured.

CIA Stops Underwear Bomb Attack On US Bound Airplane

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 22:16

Following tips from foreign intelligence services, the CIA agent seized a bomb and thwarted an attack on a U.S. bound airplane intended to go off around the one year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. In what the FBI is calling "very similar" about a bomb plot using underwear like the one on board a Delta flight in December of 2009 that landed in Detroit made by the Yemen faction of Al Qaeda, this ugraded bomb also was hidden in underwear.

Video Of Kidnapped American Development Worker In Pakistan Posted By Al Qaeda

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:19

Al Qaeda has posted a video of American development worker, 70 year old Warren Weinstein, who was originally abducted from his upscale house in Pakistan in August of 2011. In the video, Weinstein said his captors will kill him if President Obama does not meet their demands. Last December Ayman Zawahiri, then the number 2 leader of Al Qaeda, appeared in a video saying they were holding Weinstein.