al-Qaida

Washington, DC, July 17, 2008 --The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four leaders of al Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a terrorist organization that has carried out numerous attacks in Algeria. On July 3, 2008, these four individuals were added to the United Nations Consolidated List of individuals and entities associated with Usama Bin Laden, al Qaida, and the Taliban.    » read more »

November 6, 2007 -- Washington, DC — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:    » read more »

18 September 2007 -- Swedish police have ordered artist Lars Vilks out of his own home telling him it is no longer safe for him to live there.

The head of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, says he will pay as much as $150,000 to anyone who can kill Vilks because of what he calls offensive pictures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.

Lars Vilks says police have told him that the threats on his life are very serious. He says he was only allowed to return to his house in Stockholm to pick up a few items.    » read more »

Friday, Sep 07, 2007, Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement on the release of the Bin Laden video:

"Osama Bin Laden is the face of evil. His stated goal is conversion by compulsion, the surrender of liberty to terror and the abandonment of the foundations of a free society. The war against radical jihad must not cease until the fanatics of al-Qaeda are defeated."

Source: Romney for President, Inc.

20 August 2007 -- Pakistani officials say a man accused of being an al-Qaida computer expert has been released without charge following three years in custody.

Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan was arrested in Lahore in July 2004. Pakistani officials said investigations of his computer led to information on active al-Qaida networks.

Khan's lawyer Babar Awan told reporters Monday that he has returned to his home in the southern port city of Karachi.

Officials alleged that Khan acted as a link between top al-Qaida leaders and the organizations' operational cells.    » read more »

Washington, 01 August 2007 (By Jim Malone) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Wednesday he would be willing to send U.S. troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists without permission from the government of President Pervez Musharraf. Senator Obama made the comments in a foreign policy speech in Washington, as we hear from VOA National correspondent Jim Malone.

Obama focused on how he would fight the war on terrorism if he were elected president in November of next year.    » read more »