Showing posts with label Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

aQ 'under pressure'

Matthew Levitt, Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Status Check on the Struggle against Global Terrorism, 10 Aug 2010: "The State Department's recently released Country Reports on Terrorism 2009 (CRT 2009) reveals several important trends in the evolution of global terrorism. The good news is that al-Qaeda is facing significant pressure, even as the organization and its affiliates and followers retain the intent and capability to carry out attacks."

Refers to US Dept of State, Country Reports on Terrorism [tip: Jerusalem Post]

Friday, December 04, 2009

Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish

Long War Journal, Former Guantanamo detainee now al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula's Mufti, 4 Dec 09 "A former Guantanamo detainee has emerged as a leading ideologue and theologian for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – one of the strongest al Qaeda affiliates in the world."

Thursday, November 05, 2009

AQAP

AFP, Qaeda blasts Saudi king over mixed university: SITE, 5 Nov 09 "Ibrahim al-Rubaish, a Saudi member of Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), said in an audio message posted on the internet that the new King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, where post-graduate science students and researchers will work together, violated Islamic shariah law."