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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

al-Qaeda

US singer Taylor Swift performs on stage at the Paris La Defense Arena as part of her The Eras Tour, in Nanterre, northwestern France, on May 9, 2024. (Julien de Rosa / AFP)
August 8, 2024, 2:19 pm
Austrian official: IS supporter planned suicide attack at Taylor Swift show
Suspect confessed to terror plot, ‘thinks it is right to kill infidels’; jihadi material found at home of 2nd suspect, who was employed at venue days before now-canceled concerts
By Agencies
Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack in Mogadishu on August 3, 2024. (Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP)
August 3, 2024, 12:13 pm
At least 32 killed in Islamist suicide bombing, shooting attack on busy Mogadishu beach
Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, claims responsibility for attack on popular Lido beach area; police kill five gunmen in addition to suicide bomber
By AFP
This March 1, 2003, file photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. (AP Photo, File)
August 1, 2024, 3:01 am
9/11 mastermind and 2 accomplices cut plea agreement with US, avoiding death penalty
Pentagon says no details to be immediately revealed about deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has also admitted he murdered Daniel Pearl and helped 1993 World Trade Center attack
By W.G. Dunlop
This photo provided by Rewards for Justice, US Department of State, shows Khalid al-Batarf (Rewards For Justice, US Department of State, via AP)
March 11, 2024, 9:15 am
Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch says leader dead, in unclear circumstances
Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the US, led most dangerous arm of terror group since 2020
By AP
File - Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 14, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
February 2, 2024, 9:32 am
UN experts: Al-Qaeda messaging increasingly focusing on Al-Aqsa in wake of Oct. 7
New report says terror groups can’t launch long-range operations but still ‘harbor global ambitions’; threat high in Africa conflict zones, Afghanistan, rise in Europe
By AP and ToI Staff
In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)
November 17, 2023, 1:20 am
Bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ goes viral on TikTok amid Israel-Hamas war
Adulatory responses include ‘Everyone should read it,’ ‘Explains so much’; Guardian removes 2002 text; White House slams spread of evil lies; TikTok to prohibit videos promoting it
By JTA and Jacob Magid
Dar Al-Hijrah Imam Farahan Sadiqqi denies that Hamas committed a massacre inside Israel on October 7, 2023, in a sermon delivered to his congregation in Virginia. (Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 30, 2023, 11:22 pm
Imam of US mosque with ties to 9/11 attackers denies October 7 Hamas atrocities
Imam Farhan Siddiqi insists there’s no evidence of Hamas massacres, says this narrative is a sign that ‘Allah’s victory is near’
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog shows materials recovered from the body of a Hamas terrorist during an interview with Sky News, October 22, 2023. (Screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 23, 2023, 12:42 am
Herzog: Hamas brought instructions on making chemical weapons to Oct. 7 onslaught
President says terrorist from Gaza had USB with material copied from al-Qaeda on ‘dispersing cyanide’; meets with relatives of hostages, vows ‘to do everything’ to bring them home
By ToI Staff
This undated photo shows Ramzi bin al-Shibh, an al-Qaeda member who is suspected of helping plan the September 11, 2001 attacks, and is detained at Guantanamo Bay. (HO/FBI/AFP)
September 22, 2023, 9:49 am
9/11 detainee ruled mentally unfit for trial after torture at Guantanamo
Military judge says Ramzi bin al-Shibh, diagnosed with mental illnesses, is unable to defend himself; trial of alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, three others to go ahead
By AFP
Fighters from the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, stand to attention during a military training graduation ceremony in the country's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on August 16, 2023. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
August 27, 2023, 6:50 am
Jihadists kill 11 Syria soldiers in tunnel attack, says war monitor
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says assault in Idlib province carried out by al-Qaeda affiliate and group made up of members of China’s Uighur Muslim minority
By Agencies
Illustrative photo of a US Predator B drone (photo credit: AP/Eric Gay/File)
April 4, 2023, 12:00 pm
Senior IS commander planning attacks in Europe is killed in Syria, says US military
Officials say Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri was target of American drone strike, operation will temporarily disrupt terror group’s ability to carry out assaults
By AP and ToI Staff
An undated photo of Saif al-Adel, whom the US State Department announced was the new head of Al-Qaeda, February 16, 2023. (Photo by Combatting Terrorism Center, USMA - Public Domain, Wikimedia)
February 16, 2023, 8:44 pm
US says Iran-based former Egyptian special forces officer is new Al-Qaeda chief
Saif al-Adel, 62, becomes head of notorious terror group following July 2022 death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, State Department says; Tehran dismisses link to country as ‘laughable’
By AFP
Saif al-Adel, Al-Qaeda's likely new leader. (Combatting Terrorism Center, USMA via Wikipedia)
February 14, 2023, 12:08 pm
Iran-based trainer of 9/11 hijackers Sayf al-‘Adl believed to be new al-Qaeda chief
Though successor to Ayman al-Zawahri not officially announced by terror group, most UN member states say commander is its ‘uncontested leader’
By Edith M. Lederer
In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)
December 30, 2022, 7:19 pm
UK backed ‘whacking’ bin Laden months before 9/11 attacks
Newly released documents show London was aware of the threat posed by the al-Qaeda leader in December 2000
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mourners place flowers in the name cut-out of Kyung Hee (Casey) Cho at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, Sept. 11, 2020 (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
September 11, 2022, 10:11 am
US to mark 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks with vigils, interfaith services
Observances follow fraught milestone memorial last year, soon after chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal; Biden to visit Pentagon, first lady to speak in Shanksville, VP Harris at WTC
By Jennifer Peltz and Karen Matthews
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