Belgian police arrest 14 Al-Qaeda suspects
Belgian police have detained 14 people suspected of having links with al-Qaida, including three thought to have been planning an imminent attack.
Rashid Rauf was linked to al-Qaeda’s number two Ayman al-Zawahiri
A British al-Qaeda suspect reportedly killed by a US missile strike in a Pakistani tribal area was linked to the group’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to officials Rashid Rauf and a Saudi militant called Abu Zubair al-Masri were among five [...]
US Muslim leaders denounce al Qaeda’s slur toward Obama
Spiritual leaders of New York’s African-American Muslim communities lashed out Friday at a purported al Qaeda message attacking President-elect Barack Obama and, using racist language, comparing him unfavorably to the late Malcolm X. I like this and couldn’t agree more. [...]
Al-Qaeda Leader Insult Obama in Web Video
In a video, Ayman Zawahiri–Osama bin Ladin no. 2–says the president-elect is ‘the direct opposite of honorable black Americans’ and says Obama, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice are ‘house Negroes. Another early test to Obama’s mettle of coolness.
