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Pakistan: 8 militants killed in reported US strike...the capital, a statement from Gilani's office said. The CIA is believed to be behind the more than 40 missile strikes to have hit suspected al-Qaida and Taliban targets over the last year. American officials do not generally acknowledge the... In this article: Taliban, United States, Pakistan, The CIA, Al-qaida, Yousuf Raza Gilani, North Waziristan, Anti-American sentiment, Leon Panetta, and Liaquat Ali Khan |
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Talking Points Memo - Muckraker | October 27, 2009
Intel Panel: CIA Misled Lawmakers On Torture, Other Issues
...that Schakowsky and Eshoo pointed to today. a ¢ Another concerned the top secret program to assassinate al Qaeda operatives which CIA director Leon Panetta first told Congress about in June. a ¢ A third concerned the CIA's 2005 destruction...
In this article: Central Intelligence Agency, Jan Schakowsky, Nancy Pelosi, Leon Panetta, Anna Eshoo, Intel, Allegation, and United States Congress
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 5 days ago
'US strike' kills eight in Pakistan
Friday's attack, the presumed work of CIA drones, was the second in two days in North Waziristan, part of the belt which US officials have called the most dangerous place on Earth and where al-Qaeda are plotting attacks on the West. Two...
In this article: Pakistan, United States, Islamabad, Taliban, Leon Panetta, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, and CIA
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Pressure up on Al Qaeda, says CIA Director Leon Panetta
CIA Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday that President Obama has endorsed the agency's stepped-up offensive against Al Qaeda.
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Leon Panetta: News & Videos about Leon Panetta - CNN.com
... targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders, according to a source ... Source: CIA hired Blackwater to help hunt al Qaeda leaders ...
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US Drone Attack | al Qaeda | CIA | Pakistan | Leon Panetta
Washington, Feb 26: The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Leon Panetta, has said that US drone attacks against al Qaeda and other extremist ...
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Weasel Zippers: CIA Chief Leon Panetta Terminates Plan to ...
... Al-Qaeda operatives but it was terminated by new CIA Director Leon Panetta, The ... CIA Chief Leon Panetta Terminates Plan to Kill Senior al-Qaeda Operatives. ...
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The Berntsen National Security Review: Leon Panetta
In addition to bolstering Al Qaeda's tactical position and morale, ... at 08:29 PM in Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, counterterrorism, George W. ... Leon Panetta ...
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Leon Panetta - Photos and News
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta has been on the losing end of a string of ... CIA Hired Blackwater for Al Qaeda Hit Squads ...
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CIA Al Qaeda Plan Looked at Hit Teams - Leon Panetta, World
CIA Al Qaeda Plan Looked at Hit Teams - A secret CIA initiative axed by Panetta examined how to assassinate al Qaeda members with hit teams on the ground, officials said.
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Al-Qaeda (pronounced: /ælˈkaɪdə/ or IPA: /ælˈkeɪdə|/; Arabic: القاعدة, al-qāʿidah, "the base"), alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida, is an Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989/early 1990. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless arm See also:
* and a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for global jihad.
Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, the most notable being the September 11 attacks in 2001. The US government responded by launching the War on Terrorism. Between 3,000 and 4,000 members of the network have been captured, and many thousands more killed on the front in Afghanistan.
Characteristic techniques include suicide attacks and simultaneous bombings of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement, who have taken a pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden, or the much more numerous "al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan or Sudan, but not taken any pledge.
Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from the foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new Islamic caliphate. Reported beliefs include that a Christian-Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam, and that the killing of bystanders and civilians is religiously justified in jihad.
Its management philosophy has been described as "centralization of decision and decentralization of execution." Following the War on Terrorism, it is thought that al-Qaeda's leadership has "become geographically isolated", leading to the "emergence of decentralized leadership" of regional groups using the al-Qaeda "brand name."
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- Location:
- Global
- Alliances:
- Taliban, Hamid
- Ideology:
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- Islamism
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Qutbism
- Sunni Islam
- Pan-Islamism
- Salafi
- Status:
- Designated as terrorist group by EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
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