Entries by AIFD
9/23/13 Terror Group That Claimed Kenya Attack Has Recruited Americans Before
Source: ABC News The same group that claimed responsibility for an attack on a Kenyan mall this weekend that has claimed at least 62 lives has previously recruited dozens of Americans to join their cause. U.S. officials estimate that as many as 50 Americans have traveled to training camps in Somalia, the home of the al Qaeda-linked […]
9/9/13 Al Qaeda’s strength with Syrian rebels now being downplayed
Source: The Wasington Times The Obama administration has started to rebrand Syria’s rebels by de-emphasizing the number of al Qaeda fighters among them — a move critics say is based on questionable intelligence designed to downplay the risks associated with a U.S. military strike on the regime of President Bashar Assad. After two years of the Obama administration arguing that the Syrian rebellion […]
8/5/13 Al-Qaida chief’s message led to embassy closures
Source: Military Times WASHINGTON — An intercepted secret message between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many U.S. embassies, two officials told The Associated Press on Monday. A U.S. intelligence official and a Mideast diplomat said […]
7/12/13 Malala at U.N.: The Taliban failed to silence us
By Ashley Fantz, CNN (CNN) — A Pakistani teenager nearly killed by Taliban gunmen for advocating that all girls should have the right to go to school gave her first formal public remarks Friday at the United Nations. It also happened to be Malala Yousafzai’s 16th birthday. “Today, it is an honor for me to be speaking again after […]