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New wave of terror attacks in Britain?

Britain faces a new wave of attacks from poorly trained but highly motivated homegrown militants, as the al Qaeda threat shifts from big, sophisticated bomb plots to acts by individuals, a report said on Friday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67Q06820100827

Hundreds of jailed Muslim fanatics could be poised to unleash a wave of terror attacks in Britain, a [...]

Does Al-Qaeda has a Nuclear Weapon?

From Jamestown:

In a recent interview posted to jihadi websites, al-Qaeda’s leader in Yemen claims the organization possesses nuclear weapons and vows to attack U.S. and Western interests to compel them to withdraw their forces from the region.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a dirty [...]

Is Al-Qaeda irrelevant?

That is at least what ‘The Economist‘ is thinking:

Military setbacks and ideological disputes have put al-Qaeda on the defensive. Osama Bin Laden’s messages from the wilderness get little attention nowadays. Al-Qaeda has been unable to land a blow on Western soil since the 2005 London bombings. Its leaders lurk in Pakistan’s tribal belt, [...]

Osama Bin Laden calls for jihad over Gaza

DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden called for jihad over the Israeli offensive in Gaza in a new audio tape that appeared on Islamist websites on Wednesday.

Al-Qaeda is now in Lebanon

The UN peacekeeping force’s South Lebanon command declared the Palestinian Ain Hilwe camp near Sidon a no-go zone for the force’s convoys for fear of attacks by al Qaeda. The newly-arrived al Qaeda cell from Iraq has taken over large sections of the camp and recruited many Palestinians. Washington does not rule out a [...]

Al-Qaeda websites rejoice over Mumbai attacks

Can you believe this:

Al-Qaeda websites on Thursday were swamped with messages from people who were celebrating the devastating Mumbai attacks which have left over 100 people dead and 281 injured. “Oh Allah, destroy the Hindus and do it in the worst of ways,” was one of the comments that appeared on Islamist forums [...]