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Guantanamo Hearings Proceed Despite Health Concerns
Motion hearings for the military commission trying 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants begin here today, and the proceedings are beset with controversy before the court is even in session.
October 15, 2012
Controversial Teenage Guantanamo Detainee Transferred to Canada
A juvenile when he was arrested, Omar Khadr's case has been a lightning rod in the debate over post-9/11 detention policies. His treatment in detention and his family's connections to Al Qaeda have only added to the controversy.
October 2, 2012
U.S. Pressures Pakistan on Mumbai Terror Group
The Obama administration's decision to designate the leadership of Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba group as terrorists last week sends a pointed, if largely symbolic, message to a Pakistani government that remains unable or unwilling to crack down on the organization.
September 4, 2012
Captured Militant Reaffirms Role of Pakistan in Mumbai Attacks
Zabiuddin Ansari's statements to Indian police have reinforced evidence of Pakistani intelligence's role in a terror plot that killed six Americans at the same time Pakistan was receiving billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
August 9, 2012
Relatives of Americans Killed in Yemen Drone Strikes File Suit Against U.S.
Relatives of three Americans killed in U.S. drone strikes in Yemen last fall filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against top CIA and military officials today.
July 18, 2012
New Evidence of Pakistan's Role in the Mumbai Attacks?
Details are emerging about the Mumbai suspect arrested by Indian authorities last week.
June 28, 2012
Yemeni Army Recaptures Two Cities from Al Qaeda
Last year Al Qaeda and and its local affiliate in Yemen, Ansar al-Sharia, succeeded in doing something they had never been able to do before.
June 12, 2012
You Aren't Hearing About Yemen's Biggest Problems
Every day headlines highlight Yemen's growing Al Qaeda threat, but some of the biggest threats to the country are largely absent from Western media.
June 7, 2012
Spin City: Al Qaeda's New Image-Obsessed Media Wing
When Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and his director Safa al-Ahmed met up with their Al Qaeda contact Fouad in the southern Yemeni town of Ja'ar, they had their cameras ready. What they didn't expect was that Fouad -- a fighter and political officer with Al Qaeda's local franchise Ansar al Sharia -- would as well.
May 31, 2012
Study Suggests Yemen Strikes Are Radicalizing Population
The escalating campaign of U.S. air strikes targeting suspected Al Qaeda militants in Yemen has brought ”a marked radicalization of the local population” and is “driving tribesmen to join a network linked to terrorist plots against the United States,” according to a new study.
May 30, 2012
How Did Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Inflitrate Al-Qaeda? Ask Him
Ask Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and producer Jamie Doran about their experiences infiltrating Al-Qaeda.
May 30, 2012
Live Chat Wed. 2:30 pm ET: Going Undercover with Al Qaeda
Join a live chat about "Al Qaeda in Yemen" at 2:30 pm ET with correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, producer Jamie Doran and The New Yorker's Amy Davidson.
May 29, 2012