Topic: Ayman al-Zawahiri

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Ayman al-Zawahiri, the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida, in a two-hour video blamed Iran for collaborating with the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan.

DOHA, Qatar, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida reportedly has issued a video marking the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the United States.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The Pakistani army, in its recent anti-Taliban campaign in the northwest tribal area, missed nabbing al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri, a senior official said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Pakistan's top security official says the country's Taliban is a "mouthpiece" of al-Qaida.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Although no one has claimed responsibility for the series of deadly bombings this week in Algeria, suspicion immediately focused on the Islamic extremist group that now calls itself al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leaders are adopting a more defensive tone in their public pronouncements, indicating they may be concerned that criticism from former allies and the increasing civilian death toll from their attacks are undermining their support, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An English-language audio message purportedly from al-Qaida No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Pakistanis to support the Jihadi movement.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Ayman al-Zawahiri, believed to be al-Qaida's second-in-command, may be critically injured or killed in Pakistan, CBS News reported Saturday.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 25 (UPI) -- A massive anti-terror sweep has netted more than 500 suspects allegedly planning attacks on oil installations and other targets, Saudi Arabian authorities say.

CAIRO, June 25 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida has taken full advantage of modern communications, with video and audio posts to the Web and even online chats with a top leader hiding in Pakistan.