Al-Qaida's new African alliance watched
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U.S. counterterrorism officials are paying renewed attention to an increasingly dangerous incubator for extremism: a swath of northern and sub-Saharan West Africa, from the Atlantic coast of Morocco and Mauritania to the harsh deserts of Chad.
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PARIS -- Al Qaeda has for the first time announced a union with an Algerian insurgent group that has designated France as an enemy, saying they will act together against French and American interests.
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'Blood Diamond' tries to mix African politics and action.
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A fundamentalist Muslim who is listed by the U.S. State Department as a suspected al-Qaida collaborator was named Saturday as the new leader of an Islamic militia that has seized control of Somalia&#039;s capital.
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An al-Qaida affiliate in North Africa took responsibility for a suicide bombing east of the Algerian capital that killed four police officers, according to a statement posted Thursday on militant Web sites.
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Threats of U.S. military action inside Pakistan to counter al-Qaida militants have highlighted the shaky relationship between these two key players in the war on terror and could escalate anti-American sentiments in this Islamic nation.
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CAIRO -- The new Al Qaeda video featuring an American calling for his countrymen to convert to Islam raised fears it signaled an imminent attack, but analysts in the region said yesterday it is more likely a bid to soften the terrorist group's image.
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MONTERREY, Mexico - Governments throughout Mexico and Central America are on alert as evidence grows that al-Qaida members are traveling in the region and looking for recruits to carry out attacks in Latin America - the potential last frontier for international terrorism.    The territory could be a perfect staging ground for Osama bin Laden's militants, with homegrown rebel groups, drug and people smugglers, and corrupt governments...
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Al-Jazeera on Thursday broadcast what it called a previously unshown video in which al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is seen meeting with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers.
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A club of African leaders fighting for improved democracy and better governance came under the spotlight Friday ahead of a summit looking at transforming the 53-member African Union (AU) into a closer-knit federation.
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Despite increased pressure by the U.S. against al-Qaeda, the groups ranks are growing, and new leaders are taking charge
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Signs Al-Qaeda is regrouping and the Taliban plotting a new onslaught in Afghanistan are menacing the always sensitive US-Pakistan anti-terror alliance with new strains and scrutiny.
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Al-Qaida's No. 2 has issued a new video calling on Muslims to unite in jihad, or holy war, and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a U.S.-based intelligence monitoring group said Wednesday.
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ABC News aired a much-anticipated videotape of a man describing himself as an American member of al-Qaida. ABC got the tape Oct. 22 from a source reporters knew had Taliban and al-Qaida ties in the tribal region of Pakistan.
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Analysis: Fatah al-Islam may be a harbinger of a new Jihadist campaign against the west
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Lebanese and Palestinian militants are now showing greater coordination.
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A statement purportedly by terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group declares allegiance to Osama Bin Laden.