Police: Mastermind of UK terror plot sentenced
The architect of an al Qaeda-inspired terror plot in Birmingham, England, was sentenced Friday to at least 18 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
The architect of an al Qaeda-inspired terror plot in Birmingham, England, was sentenced Friday to at least 18 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
Abou Zeid, one of al Qaeda’s most influential figures in North Africa, has been killed.
Stevens specifically mentioned a rise in Islamic extremism and al Qaeda’s growing presence in Libya, the source said.
Abu Yahya al-Libi was second-in-command
As details of the foiled al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airline became public, the world learned about the new reality of how U.S. intelligence works.
The double agent, who volunteered as a suicide bomber for the terrorist group, was actually working as an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia.
Device was more sophisticated, with built-in fail safes, lawmaker says
U.S. and other intelligence agencies broke up a plot to bomb an airliner, U.S. counterrrorism officials said Monday.
Warren Weinstein, 70, makes the emotional plea to President Barack Obama in a video released on several Islamist websites Sunday.