List of Al Qaeda articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al-Shabab Threat Against Mall of America Could Be a Call to Action
Al-Shabab might lack the operational capability to attack the Mall of America. But the threat could be a call to arms to Minnesota's Somali-American population.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Inside the Anti-Terror Task Force at the Mall of America
Al-Shabab has named the Mall of American in Minnesota as a target. Security at the mall has been preparing for such an attack for more than a decade.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From the Welfare State to the Caliphate
How a Swedish suburb became a breeding ground for foreign fighters streaming into Syria and Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama: Terror, Not Islam, Is the Enemy
After months of delays and weeks of controversy, President Obama finally got to tell officials from around the world that terror, not Islam, is the enemy of the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Lawmakers: Too Soon to Tell if Copenhagen Attacks Tied to Radical Islam
U.S. lawmakers said it's too early to tell if the man behind the Copenhagen attack has ties to al Qaeda or the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington’s Uneasy Partnership With Tehran Now Extends to Yemen
U.S. forces are effectively providing military support to the Iranian troops battling Sunni extremists in Iraq and Syria. Yemen could be the next battleground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Do We Mean When We Say ‘This Is Our 9/11’?
In this age of terrorism, each new attack is being greeted with declarations that this is "our 9/11."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pentagon Intel Chief: Prisoners in Bergdahl Swap Could Return to Battle
The Defense Department's intelligence chief said there was a 20 percent chance one of the prisoners swapped for Bowe Bergdahl could return to the battle field.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington to Play Bigger Role in Yemen Terror Fight
The United States has spent years combining drone strikes with raids by American-trained Yemeni forces. With Yemen in disarray, Washington will have to do more terrorist hunting on its own.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If Only We’d Just Spent More Blood and Treasure in Yemen
Five lessons from misadventures in the Middle East that Washington just can’t seem to learn.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Yemen’s Implosion Matters
The Shiite-Houthi takeover of the government in Sanaa is a call to arms for al Qaeda.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When a Coup is Not a Coup
It appears the Yemeni government was overtaken by a coup. But at the State Department, sometimes a coup is not a coup.
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488147243_yemen1 Playing a Double Game in the Fight Against AQAP
In Yemen, the world’s most dangerous jihadi group is both the government’s enemy and its ally of convenience.
