The U.S. has slapped a $10 million bounty on the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, A.K.A. Abu Du’a. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @wiL
The U.S. has slapped a $10 million bounty on the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, A.K.A. Abu Du’a. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @wiL
Yesterday we reported that a top Al Qaeda leader was killed in an US lead airstrike in Yemen. Today officials are saying that along with the leader, a top bomb maker was also killed. The bomb maker is said to have been the man who tried to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. Although the death has not been fully confirmed, it could make the drone strike the most successful one yet. Read more after the jump. @Julie1205
Nigeria released known terror suspects, including some affiliated with al-Qaida’s north Africa branch, as part of a program known as “Perception Management” to placate elders in the country’s Muslim north. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
Al Qaeda’s No. 2 Leader, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, say U.S. officials. Hit the jump for more details! @Funkmasterflex Find Flex on Google +
Al-Qaida’s new leader called on his followers to continue to fight the United States despite the killing of Osama bin Laden, calling America a “criminal country” that has corrupted the world. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
Following the death of Osama Bin Laden and now being without a leader Al Qaeda seems to have appointed a new person to take his role. His name is Saif al-Adel. Hit the jump to read the story. Funk Flex