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Writer: Rukmini Callimachi

June 11, 2013
8:37 pm

A French soldier holds the launch tube of an SA-7 surface-to-air missile before its destruction in Timbuktu, northern Mali, on March 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/ECPAD, Olivier Debes)

Al-Qaeda may possess feared surface-to-air missiles

Training manual on how to use weapon found in Timbuktu; same missile was fired at a plane carrying 271 Israelis from Kenya in 2002

By Rukmini Callimachi

May 29, 2013
2:02 am

This image taken from video provided by the SITE Intel Group made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar. (photo credit: AP/SITE Intel Group)

Letter offers rare glimpse into al-Qaeda’s inner workings

Disciplinary missive to terror mastermind Moktar Belmoktar, behind major north African attacks, provides window into messy split with highly structured group

By Rukmini Callimachi

March 3, 2013
1:45 am

This image taken from video provided by the SITE Intel Group made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar. (photo credit: AP/SITE Intel Group)

Locals doubt Chad claim that terror mastermind killed

Official in Mali says report of death of al-Qaeda terrorist behind Algeria gas plant kidnapping likely a PR stunt

By Dany Padire and Rukmini Callimachi

January 13, 2013
9:49 am

Franch Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, speaks as French Army Chief of Staff Adm. Edouard Guillaud stands during a press conference, in Paris, Saturday, January 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Thibault Camus)

Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels

West-African nations join campaign against al-Qaida-linked extremists in effort to foil emergence of ‘terrorist state at the doorstep’ of Europe

By Baba Ahmed and Rukmini Callimachi

October 15, 2012
11:33 pm

In this Sept. 14, 2012 photo, Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades burn the US flag during a protest in front of the Tibesti Hotel, in Benghazi, Libya. (photo credit: AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon)

White House mulling response to Libya attack

Weeks ahead of elections, Obama weighs whether exacting retribution on al-Qaeda is worth the risk of a regional flare-up

By Kimberly Dozier and Rukmini Callimachi