Topic: Al Qaeda
LONDON (Reuters) - A British anti-radicalization campaign called Prevent is a pressing priority in the European country experts see as the most at risk from al Qaeda attack. But to listen to its critics, the project, aimed mainly at Muslim communities, might more accurately be named Provoke. Security officials are struggling to stem a tide of unease among Muslim communities about ...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared an end to a long-running war with northern Shi'ite rebels that drew in neighboring Saudi Arabia last year, according to a television interview to be aired on Friday. But the president, under international pressure to end domestic unrest and focus his country's fight on al Qaeda, also placed limits on ...
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen will free northern Shi'ite rebel prisoners within days under a truce to end a war that drew in Saudi Arabia last year, an official said on Thursday, while clashes with armed separatists erupted in the south. Separately, a U.S.-born radical preacher, believed to be in hiding in southern Yemen where he has been targeted ...
DUBAI (Reuters) - A U.S.-born radical cleric linked to shootings at a U.S. army base and the failed bombing of a U.S. plane appeared to urge Muslims to conduct a jihad against the United States in an audiotape heard on Thursday. U.S. counterterrorism officials said in late February they were considering adding Anwar al-Awlaki to the ...
