AL-ZARQARI IS KILLED IN IRAQ
Iraq's most-wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqari was killed in a safehouse by 500-pound bombs dropped by U.S. warplanes on June 7, 2006, it was announced on June 8, 2006. Al-Zarqari is shown in a U.S. Defense Department image after his death. (UPI Photo/Defense Department)
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A series of bombings in Mogadishu shows that the al-Shabaab movement, allied to al-Qaida, remains a lethal force despite the loss of key strongholds.
Two months after French forces intervened in Mali, al-Qaida and its allies are under heavy pressure in the northern mountains.
Jihadists are becoming increasingly active in Jordan, already gripped by political crisis that could threaten the Hashemite throne.
Eleven Jordanians were held in an alleged al-Qaida-linked plot to attack civilian and government targets in Amman, including the U.S. Embassy, officials said.
A spokesman for al-Shabaab said Friday that Kenyan forces don't have full control over one of the militants' remaining strongholds in war-torn Somalia.
UPI Almanac for Friday, June 8, 2012.
The U.S. State Department said Thursday it designated Saleh al-Qarawi, a leader in a Lebanese militant organization, as a specially designated global terrorist.
Both the interim government of Somalia and al-Shabaab, a group linked to al-Qaida, claimed victory after fighting in the southern part of the country.
Jordan's King Abdullah II offered full support to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and promised to restore the Jordanian ambassador to Baghdad.
UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 8, 2008.
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