Yemeni Poet Says He Is al-Qaida Member
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A Yemeni poet accused of crafting al-Qaida propaganda defiantly admitted Thursday to a U.S. military commission that he is a member of Osama bin Laden's terror network...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had agreed with al-Qaida over strategy and the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam."   The declaration, which began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity, said al-Zarqawi considered bin Laden "the best leader for Islam's armies against all infidels and apostates."   It said the two had been in communication eight months ago and "viewpoints were exchanged" before the dialogue was interrupted.   "God soon blessed us with a resumption in communication, and the dignified brothers in al-Qaida understood the strategy of Tawhid and Jihad," the statement said...
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The man speaking on the tape also referred to a statement last month in which al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian, declared allegiance to bin Laden and changed his group&#39;s name to al-Qaida in Iraq.
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Yemen's security forces have arrested a   man they said was a senior al Qaeda militant who was also a   bodyguard for an opposition candidate standing in Wednesday's   elections, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said.
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CAIRO, Egypt &#151; A statement posted on the Internet along with a video of what appears to be a Turkish hostage being shot to death claims the masked man who fired the gun is leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A former literature student and karate instructor aided and financed a deadly al-Qaida splinter group, say newly released documents from Canada's spy agency.
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Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, called for Muslim unity and said American elections that gave Democrats control of Congress would not change U.S. policy in Iraq, in a new audiotape released Tuesday by a U.S. group that tracks extremist messages.
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The new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq urged Muslims to make the holy month of Ramadan a "month of holy war," in an audiotape posted on Islamic Web site Thursday.
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Abdelrahman al-MarwaniÂs goal to bring peace to Yemen shows the difficulty of changing the countryÂs mind-set, one person at a time.
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In a tape said to be from Osama Bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader appeals for unity among Iraqi insurgents.
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Osama bin Laden praised Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Monday, dubbed him al-Qaida&#39;s Iraqi head and said cooperating in the Iraq elections would be the act of an infidel.
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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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A Yemeni-American al Qaeda militant, thought to be a key figure in the fatal bombing of the U.S. warship Cole in 2000, is back behind bars after a mass jail breakout last year, Yemen's interior minister said.
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Yemen has set free one of the al-Qaida masterminds of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 that killed 17 American sailors, a senior security official said Thursday.
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A Yemeni accused of guarding Osama bin Laden with explosive belts seemed to acknowledge his Al Qaeda membership.
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A suspected leader of a cell accused in deadly suicide attacks in Turkey boasted Monday that he was an &quot;al-Qaida warrior&quot; and warned in court of future attacks if Turkey continued to support the United States.
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A statement purportedly by terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group declares allegiance to Osama Bin Laden.