Assassinated al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri tried to make Jews into Islam’s ‘greatest adversary’
Ayman al-Zawahri, killed by a CIA drone, authored a study on Jews that helped train Osama bin Laden’s focus on the U.S.
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Opinion Israel inspired al-Zawahri’s jihad. Here’s why he failed.
The assassinated al-Qaida leader tried in vain to avenge the Arab world’s humiliating defeat in 1967
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Fast Forward Al-Qaida Commander Who Called To Attack Jews Put On U.S. Terror List
(JTA) — A senior al-Qaida leader was placed on the U.S. State Department’s list of global terrorists a day after he called on Muslims to “attack the Jews and the Americans everywhere” in response to the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. According to the State Department announcement Tuesday regarding Khalid Batarfi,…
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Breaking News Israel Voices Concern Over Gulf Arms Race
Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon voiced concern on Tuesday that Washington’s supply of advanced arms to Gulf Arab states to deter Iran could eventually challenge Israel’s U.S.-backed regional military supremacy. “Even if there are not now any hostile designs (among them) against us, as we know in the Middle East intentions are liable to change….
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Breaking News FBI Helped Broker Failed Warren Weinstein Ransom Deal
The FBI helped arrange a ransom payment from the family of Warren Weinstein, the Jewish-American government contractor who had been held hostage by al-Qaida from 2011. News of the unsuccessful ransom attempt for Weinstein, who was accidentally killed in January by a U.S. drone strike, was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The family…
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Breaking News Killing of Al Qaeda’s ‘Jewish’ Propaganda King a Major Blow
(Reuters) — The killing of an American who directed al Qaeda’s media campaign from his Pakistani hideout is likely to be a big blow for the militants, especially as they wage a propaganda war with Islamic State. American al Qaeda member Adam Gadahn, who faced treason charges in the United States, was killed early this…
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News Jewish Lawyer Seeks Answers for 9/11 Victims
Jerry Goldman, a Jewish attorney from Philadelphia who represents the families of men and women killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, never expected to meet with a top Al Qaeda terrorist convicted in connection with that attack, and at the terrorist’s own request. But that’s what happened when Goldman met Zacarias Moussaoui, known as…
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Opinion No, Mr. President, It Isn’t Just Extremism. It’s Jihad
President Obama may have a fine plan in the works for combating what he calls “violent extremism,” but he doesn’t do the cause any good by tiptoeing around the problem. There are many sources of violent extremism in the world, but there’s basically just one that’s terrorizing vast sections of humanity right now, and that’s…
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