PrairiePundit: Al Qaeda's chaos strategy at work in Yemen
NY Times: For almost seven weeks, Khasan Muhammad Abdullah and his family cowered in their house in northern Yemen while a war raged outside and their food slowly ran out. He could hear government fighter jets screaming across the sky, and [...] read the full story
Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida
The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday. read the full story
Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida
The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday. read the full story
Terror charges vs. French physicist filed
PARIS -- A French judicial official says preliminary charges have been filed against a physicist who works at the world's largest atom smasher and is suspected of al-Qaida links. read the full story
Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida
The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday. read the full story
A French investigating judge has filed preliminary charges against a physicist at the world's largest atom smasher who is suspected of al-Qaida links, a judicial official said. read the full story
A French investigating judge has filed preliminary charges against a physicist at the world's largest atom smasher who is suspected of al-Qaida links, a judicial official said. read the full story
Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida
The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday. read the full story
Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida
The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday. read the full story
Juxtaposition of Taliban stories was ironic
I doubt your paper set the two Associated Press headlines on opposing pages on purpose for Oct. 9, but I have to appreciate the irony. Page A10 — “Obama focusing on al-Qaida, not Taliban” and Page A11 — “Taliban suicide attack kills 17 in... read the full story
PrairiePundit: Pakistan planes strike Taliban on Afghan border
Dawn: Pakistani aircraft attacked Taliban militants in their South Waziristan stronghold near the Afghan border as the government said a ground offensive against the al Qaeda-linked fighters was imminent. The aircraft struck the militants late on Sunday, hours after... read the full story
No easy outs, some harder than others
Based on statements from various officials, it seems that our preferred approach to Afghanistan — pulling out most U.S. military forces from that country and focusing on al-Qaida, which is not operating in Afghanistan and is unlikely to secure a... read the full story
Libertarian Republican: American with suspected ties to Al Qaeda-linked...
DEVELOPING... Kenyan authorities have arrested an American man on the border attempting to cross over into Somalia. From Reuters (Nairobi Bureau), Oct. 12: Lawless Somalia is viewed by the international community as a breeding ground for al Qaeda-linked groups which... read the full story
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