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...When the recently slain terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi executed American Nicholas Berg, he went out of his way to specify that the gruesome murder was an act of revenge for crimes committed by the U.S. military against Muslims at the prison. Both Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, use events at the prison to explain their calls for Holy War against the U.S. "Al-Qaeda and other Jihadis still cite Abu Ghraib to demonstrate what they call U.S. crimes against Muslims," notes Rita Katz, director and co-founder of the SITE Institute, who has made...
...southeastern border with Afghanistan has long been a haven for Islamist militants. A large number of al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters retreated there from Afghanistan following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, and the fugitives currently sheltering there are believed to include Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri. Last January, a botched U.S. air strike in Damadola, two miles from Khar, was meant to take out al-Zawahiri; instead it got only his son-in-law, and some 16 civilians. Resentment over that attack is still running high, and many question why the Pakistani military would strike...
...right to impose troops against a nation’s will. Better, say critics, to offer a new package of incentives to Sudan. Moreover, critics worry that planting a foreign force in a predominantly Muslim nation like Sudan risks sparking jihad. Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, released a video last Friday urging Muslims to defend Sudan from “crusaders masked as United Nations [troops].” In light of such alarming sentiments, it is unsurprising that all internal efforts have failed to bring peace. A 2004 ceasefire was soon violated...
...extravagant threats conveyed in al-Qaeda's steady output of infomercials. Over in France, which was singled out for some pretty threatening trashtalking in al-Qaeda's own 9/11 anniversary broadcast, counterterrorism officials see the movement's stepped up video campaign as a sign that Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri fear they may be becoming irrelevant...
Iraq is slipping deeper into the blood-red watersof civil strife. The Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan. Hizballah is crowing in the wake of Israel's inconclusive attacks. Hamas runs the Palestinian Authority. Iran is drawing closer to acquiring nuclear weapons. Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, continue to taunt the West with messages of defiance, as jihadist cells from London to Lahore plot fresh attacks...