Fourteen years after the September 11 attacks in New York, doubts still follow the incident and the real cause of the collapse of the World Trade Centre Twin Towers and Building 7 It is fourteen years this year that the incident happened but, like many epochal events, time has done nothing to erode the memories. …
Cancer Kills ‘Dust Lady’ of 9/11
She was one of the lucky people who escaped death 14 years ago, when Al Qaeda agents attacked the world trade centre, in the United States of America. Many families who lost loved ones in that sad episode would wish she was their own, not just because her photograph made the headlines, but because she…
US Confirms Hostages’ Deaths In Al-Qaeda Raid
The United States has disclosed that a US counterterrorism operation in January killed two hostages who were being held by al-Qaeda. Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American held by the militants since 2011, was one of those killed in the raid in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The other hostage that was killed was…
Al-Qaeda Frees Prisoners In Yemen
The Islamist sect, Al-Qaeda, has burst into a prison in southeastern Yemen, freeing about 270 prisoners, including one of its leaders. A key figure in the Al-Qaeda ranks, Khalid Batarfi, who had been in prison for about four years was part of those that escaped jail in Hadramount province, Yemen on Thursday. Batarfi is infamous…
U.S At War With Those Perverting Islam – Obama
The United States President, Barack Obama, has reiterated that the U.S is “not at war with Islam,” rather, it is at war with the people who are perverting Islam. Obama gave the assurance at a three-day summit on extremism organised by the US following attacks in Denmark, France and Australia. He said the world had…
New Saudi King Seeks Unity Among Arab, Islamic Nations
King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, the new Saudi Arabia monarch has pledged to continue the policies of his predecessors and called for unity among Arab and Islamic nations at this time of regional unrest. “The Arab and the Islamic nations are in dire need of solidarity and cohesion,” the 79 -year-old King said in…
Al-Qaeda chief Killed by Pakistan Military
Adnan el Shukrijumah, a senior al-Qaeda militant, accused of planning to bomb trains in New York and London, has been killed in Pakistan, the country’s military says. The military announced Shukrijumah’s death in a statement, saying that he was killed along with two other suspected militants in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal area early Saturday. South…
Hostages killed during Yemen Rescue Bid
Luke Somers, US journalist and Pierre Korkie, South African teacher have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid. The operation, which was carried out on Saturday, was done by a joint US and Yemeni special forces in the southern Shabwa region In a statement, Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary said that…
Al-Qaeda Spreads Its Wing to South Asia
Al-Qaeda, a militant group, has extended its terror operations to India, South Asia. Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the group, announced that the group would raise its jihad flag across South Asia.“Al-Qaeda is an entity that was formed to promulgate the call of the reviving imam, Sheikh Osama Bin Laden. May Allah have mercy upon him.…
