FBI releases Most Wanted Terrorist List
WAX2001101003 - 10 OCTOBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Most Wanted Terrorist poster of Ayman Al-Zawahiri released by the FBI, October 10, 2001. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday the creation of a special task force within the Justice Department to prosecute terrorism cases. cc/cc/FBI UPI
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A lack of Western support for formal opposition to the Syrian government has led to radicalization of the rebel groups, Turkey's deputy prime minister said.
Nearly two dozen suspected members of al-Qaida were executed for terrorism-related charges ahead of provincial elections, the Iraqi government said.
Syrian troops breached a six-month rebel blockade in Idlib province, an opposition group and Syrian state media said Monday.
In his first message since November, al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri urged rebels in Syria to fight to establish an Islamic state governed by Sharia law.
It was surprising to observe Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a diehard Islamist, conduct himself as a man of compassion.
The U.N. Security Council announced it removed Osama bin Laden's name from a list of sanctioned members of al-Qaida.
Al-Qaida and its allies have unleashed a wave of suicide bombings across the Middle East and other regions, suggesting a jihadist resurgence.
Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, the notorious jihadist leader killed in 2006, pervades the operations of the Islamist group that spearheads rebels fighting in Syria.
Pakistan's tribal area people continue to suffer human rights abuses including torture and detention by government forces and Taliban groups, a human rights group claimed.
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