The Associated Press found something amazing: a note, addressed to an underperforming jihadist, berating him for a laundry list of failures.
Al Qaeda has published the latest issue of its jihadist recruitment magazine Inspire, which includes a handy, up-to-date list of all the people they hate the most, including Terry Jones and Salman Rushdie.
Paul Krugman on recapping Obama's first-term successes, Simon Johnson on Bernanke's successor, Jason Burke on al-Qaeda's non-resurgence, Alan Johnson on Israeli elections, and Penn Bullock on stand-your-ground laws.
The Islamic militant group holding a French intelligence agent for last three years says he survived the botched rescue attempt made by his countrymen, but that they have decided to kill him anyway in retaliation.
In an attempt to defend the troubled government from Islamic extremists threatening to bring it down, French military forces have entered the West African country.
Al-Qaeda in Yemen has begun to offer bounties for anyone who kills U.S. soldiers and officials in their country, including the U.S. ambassador.
A series of bombings and gun assaults across Iraq has made Monday one of deadliest days of the year in Iraq, with at 82 people dead and more than 130 injured, and those numbers are likely to rise.
The most prominent Syria defector to date says that his country's "wounded" regime may have already used chemical weapons on its people and has collaborated with Al Qaeda terrorists to orchestrate high profile bombings across the country.
ProPublica's Justin Elliott tries to lay out exactly what's known (not much) about President Obama's policy on drone strikes, what's not (a lot), and what the White House is saying in response to a New York Times report.
Everyone is talking about drones. Domestically, their surveillance power is being hyped for everything from fighting crimeto monitoring hurricanes or spawning salmon. Meanwhile, concerns are cropping up about privacy, ethics and safety. ProPublica has rounded up some of the best coverage of drones to get you oriented.
In a shocking revelation from intelligence sources, the suicide bomber reportedly thwarted trying to blow up a U.S. airliner last month, was actually an informant who willingly turned over the bomb and a top al-Qaeda operative to the CIA.
The Obama administration's top counterterrorism chief, John Brennan, announced today that some of the documents found in Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound will posted online for all to read.
Here's an interesting question, courtesy of ABC's Jake Tapper: "If the purpose of the Afghanistan war is to fight Al-Qaeda, when was the last time we actually did that?"
Egyptian officials and the news outlets got excited this morning with the arrest of man they thought was a top al-Qaeda leader, but it turns out that even though they had the wrong guy, they had reason to hold him anyway.
The al-Qaeda-linked group says a bomber who carried the attack in Mogadishu was American-born, and released a tape of him calling for jihad in the west.
The attack took out al-Qaeda's media chief, and Anwar al-Awlaki's son
The U.S.-born operational planner died with several others in Yemen
Someone on a message board for al-Qaeda sympathizers had called for his tongue to be cut out
The plan involves funneling money and recruits to Pakistan
A spokesman says the burned and injured ruler will appear in public within 48 hours
In the latest example, the AP reports on bin Laden's rebranding effort
On obesity drugs, the new head of al-Qaeda, and the right not to get married
Panetta's accusation furthers mistrust over intelligence sharing
Its third major operative is killed in six weeks
The U.S. has used a drone strike to kill at least one al- Qaeda operative
Killing of Pakistani enemy may decrease anger toward U.S. strikes
British intelligence officials hacked the terrorists's inaugural issue of Inspire
The terrorists have an "excellent" benefits package, plenty of management headaches
Saif al-Adel tipped al-Qaeda off to Pearl's kidnapping but didn't want him killed
Al Qaeda has released what may be the final bin Laden recording
Police officers are now patrolling her home in Kenya 24 hours a day
Failed prison break kills 18 and no leader has been named
The seized documents also suggest bin Laden still had a hand in al-Qaeda's activities
U.S. officials are giddy about what they call the "mother lode of intelligence"
Detainee files contain Al Qaeda revelations, including a threat of a "nuclear hellstorm"
National security journalists don their music critic caps to assess artistic merit
He wanted to target Chicago or Houston, but settled on Detroit because of cost
Stories of Jihad, plus, tips for the home!
They both worry about al-Qaeda in Libya
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