Al Qaeda boss asserts self President Obama says al Qaeda's core is headed for defeat, but the man who succeeded bin Laden is still giving orders.
June 12, 2013 - CNN
Al Qaeda, Sunni insurgents exploit Iraq's sectarian woes By Suadad al-Salhy and Patrick Markey BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Masked gunmen stopped the bus full of Shi'ite Muslim police officers and families at what looked like an Iraqi army checkpoint on a western desert highway in the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar. Two of the gunmen asked passengers one by one where they were from and then shot 14 dead in their seats, leaving one woman alive with a simple ...
June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Barack Obama in Toronto Star In a break between huddles with early arrivals Sunday, Obama outlined the stakes for the two-day summit, warning: "Organizations like Al Qaeda are in the process of trying to secure a nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction that they have no...
David Petraeus in RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty We are engaged in a tough fight. After years of war, we have arrived at a critical moment,he said. "We must demonstrate to the Afghan people and to the world that Al-Qaeda and its network of extremist allies will not be allowed to once...
President Bush in Times Online Some say the gains we are making in Iraq come too late,Mr Bush said. "They are mistaken. It is never too late to deal a blow to al-Qaeda. It is never too late to advance freedom. And it is never too late to support our troops in a fight...