littlurl.com - 1/19/2009
—
Osama bin Laden's son coordinated communications between al Qaeda's second-in-command and Iran’s Qods Force, The Wall Street Journal reported . Sa'ad bin Laden facilitated communications between Ayman al Zawahiri and Qods Force, the notorious special operations branch of the Iranian ...
topics.nytimes.com - 1/23/2009
—
topics.nytimes.com —
When Marxists took over the government of southern
Yemen in 1970, many people fled to the north,...
and a civil war raged for two decades. The conflict became a proxy conflict in the cold war, with the Soviet Union aiding South Yemen, and United States ...
(more)
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
longwarjournal.org - 1/25/2009
—
longwarjournal.org —
Said Ali al Shihri, former Guantánamo detainee and
deputy leader of al Qaeda in Yemen. Photo from...
The SITE Institute. Two former Guantánamo detainees appear in a newly released al Qaeda propaganda video, according to the SITE ...
(more)
Return to Jihad
longwarjournal.org - 1/26/2009
—
longwarjournal.org —
Members of al Qaeda in Yemen announce the
merger with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Center-left...
is Abu Hareth Muhammad al Awfi; far right is Said Ali al Shihri In the face of Saudi Arabia's success against the al Qaeda ...
(more)
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
Comments
Blog Reactions
US Sanctions Iran Based al Qaeda, Zawahiri Promises Fighters to Yemen
The Jawa Report —
... reported. Zawahiri contacted the Qods Force after his agreement to supply more fighters to Yemen to battle Shiite rebels, a US military source was quoted as saying. Zawahiri spoke to Qods Force commander Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, the senior US military intelligence official told The Long War Journal, confirming the account in The Wall Street Journal. "Zawahiri was concerned that the al Qaeda-manned militia fighting on the side of the government against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels might threaten Irans interests in Yemen," the official said. The Yemeni ...
Zawahiri Pledges New Fighters to Yemen’s Sa’ada War
Armies of Liberation —
... reported. Zawahiri contacted the Qods Force after his agreement to supply more fighters to Yemen to battle Shiite rebels, a US military source was quoted as saying. Zawahiri spoke to Qods Force commander Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, the senior US military intelligence official told The Long War Journal, confirming the account in The Wall Street Journal. “Zawahiri was concerned that the al Qaeda-manned militia fighting on the side of the government against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels might threaten Iranâs interests in Yemen,” the official said. The Yemeni ...
Related Content
Osama’s son coordinates call between Zawahiri and Iran’s Qods Force
longwarjournal.org 1/17/2009 — Osama bin Laden’s son coordinated communications between al Qaeda’s second in command and Iran’s Qods Force, according to Mike McConnell , the outgoing Director of National Intelligence.
Sa’ad bin Laden facilitated communications between Ayman al ...
Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
longwarjournal.org 2/11/2009 —
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh recently struck a deal with Ayman Zawahiri, and Yemen is in the process of emptying its jails of known jihadists. The Yemeni government is recruiting ...
The USS Cole plotter's unbelievable story
longwarjournal.org 1/16/2009 — This article was originally published at The Weekly Standard under the title Going Fishing?
Abd al Rahim Hussain Mohammed al Nashiri.
On Wednesday, Bob Woodward of The Washington Post reported a bit of old news that was ...
Dhimmitude
yourish.com 12/31/2008 — Certain defenders of Iran are fond of pointing out that Iran has the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel. What they never mention, of course, is that Jews are restricted from traveling abroad (they must leave a family ...
Yemeni al Qaeda leader: State conducts terror attacks
longwarjournal.org 12/3/2008 —
Hamza Ali Saleh al Dhayani.
Yemen's security forces have repeatedly orchestrated terror attacks within Yemen in order to manipulate US and international perceptions, the most wanted fugitive in September's terror attack on the ...
The State of Jihad: 2008
longwarjournal.org 1/1/2009 — The past year has seen significant developments in the Long War. Pakistan teeters on a civil war and a potential war with India after Taliban gains and an attack launched on Mumbai from within Pakistan. India has emerged as a central battlefield in ...