Al-Qaeda
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FT series on the evolution of the global terror network from its origins in Afghanistan as an operational network to a global brand used by militant Islamist groups in Europe, Africa and the Far East.
Top al-Qaeda operative killed
A top al-Qaeda operative has been killed in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, a western official has said. The official said there was "no reason to doubt” Abu Laith al-Libi, whom the US believes was responsible for military operations inside Afghanistan, had been killed
Libyan group boosts al-Qaeda in north Africa
Al-Qaeda has taken a further step to consolidate its presence in north Africa with the announcement that leaders of a radical Libyan organisation have pledged...
Daniel Pearl’s widow sues al-Qaeda
The widow of US journalist Daniel Pearl is suing Pakistan’s biggest bank and terrorist organisations, including al-Qaeda, for the 2002 kidnapping, torture and murder of her husband
From alienation to annihilation
Publicity, which provokes governments into overreaction and turns terrorists into media stars, appears to be why young men, often with good prospects, become suicide bombers.
Islamists adopt flag of convenience
When a small group of attackers emerged from their hideout in Nigeria’s main northern city of Kano, they descended on a local police station wearing black bandanas, shooting nine policemen dead and setting fire to vehicles.
Building bridges to destruction
An Algerian militant faction that was in decline has adopted both the al-Qaeda name and its tactics, evidence of the network’s determination to reach out on new fronts and use existing groups that share its ideology to target the west
The mystery and myth of Lebanon’s militants
Disparate armed jihadi groups in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are all inspired by the same source.
From frontline attack to terror by franchise
Six years after 9/11, al-Qaeda as an organisation has been severely undermined. But the violent fanaticism it promotes has proliferated – helped, many experts say, by the conduct of the US-led ‘war on terror’
Struggle to vanquish ‘icon of jihad’
Once one target among many, al-Qaeda was last month designated by US commanders in Iraq as their number one enemy. Offensives such as Arrowhead Ripper, a sweep by 10,000 troops of the Diyala valley north of Baghdad, are now aiming to break the power of the Iraqi franchise.
Radicalising wave crosses the Atlantic
There is little doubt from the rhetoric of al-Qaeda’s leadership that the US remains its number one target. But the greatest risk of being killed by a terrorist is elsewhere.
