RAIDS SUGGEST FUTURE SHAPE OF COUNTERTERROR BIDS
By ROBERT BURNS FILE – In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, armed al-Shabab fighters just outside Mogadishu prepare to travel into the city in pickup trucks after vowing there…
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US FORCES CONDUCT TWIN RAIDS IN LIBYA, SOMALIA
By KIMBERLY DOZIER, ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO This image from the FBI website shows Anas al-Libi. Gunmen in a three-car convoy seized Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias…
MILITARY STRIKE REPORTED IN SOUTHERN SOMALI TOWN
By ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO FILE – In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu,…
KENYA’S MILITARY SPOKESMAN NAMES ATTACKERS
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI An armed police officer stands guard in front of the Salvation Army Church after it was set on fire by rioting youths, following Friday Muslim prayers in…
ISLAMIC FIGHTERS CONNECT IN AFRICA
BY CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA FILE – This file image taken from video, and provided by U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group Thursday Sept. 30, 2010 shows a foreign hostage who was among seven…
KENYAN PRESIDENT VOWS TO KEEP TROOPS IN SOMALIA
By TOM ODULA Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks during the Inter Religious National Prayer Service for people killed and injured in the Westgate Mall attack, at the Kenyatta International Conference…
SOMALIA’S PRESIDENT CONDEMNS NAIROBI MALL ATTACK
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, , speaks during the general debate of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday Sept. 26, 2013 at U.N. headquarters.…
INTERPOL ISSUES ALERT FOR BRITISH TERROR WIDOW
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Undated image provided by Interpol shows Samantha Lewthwaite. Interpol has issued an arrest notice for Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive Briton whom news media have dubbed the “white…