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Yemen's weak ceasefire benefits al Qaeda
CNN's Nic Robertson reports al Qaeda will be the biggest winner the longer Yemeni President Saleh clings to power.
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Air cargo bomb threat Achilles heel of international aviation security
By Nic Robertson, Paul Cruickshank, and Tim Lister This article is based on an investigation of several months into the threat posed by explosive devices disguised in air cargo. Late last October, a...
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Reality behind the changing Afghan mission
By Nic Robertson While there are undoubtedly strong political (and financial) reasons for U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to set a firmer timetable for a change in mission of US forces in...
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Al Qaeda's biggest threat
By Paul Cruickshank, Nic Robertson, and Tim Lister Editor's note: This report is based on a one-year investigation by CNN into air cargo security in light of a thwarted plot by al Qaeda in October 2010...
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Somali al Qaeda's western reach
By Nic Robertson and Paul Cruickshank At a summit in London Thursday on Somalia one of the most pressing concerns was that Islamist militancy being incubated in the failing state could result in...
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Al Qaeda's bomb-makers evolve, adapt and continue to plot
Three months before he was killed by a U.S. drone strike, Fahd al Quso, one of al Qaeda's top operatives in Yemen, spoke at length to a local journalist. He was asked why al Qaeda in the Arabian...
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Libyan official: U.S. drones seeking jihadists in Libya
By Nic Robertson, Paul Cruickshank and Jomana Karadsheh reporting from Tripoli, Libya A senior Libyan official told CNN that the U.S. is flying surveillance missions with drones over suspected jihadist...
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Cagefighter 'cures' terrorists
In past months, dozens of convicted terrorists have been released in the UK, including onto the same London streets. Seldom since 9/11 has al Qaeda, though weakened, had such an opportunity to create...
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Three terror suspects held in Spain, authorities say
By Paul Cruickshank and Nic Robertson Three suspected terrorists have been arrested in southern Spain in "one of the biggest operations against al Qaeda in Spain," Spanish Interior Minister Jorge...
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The Danish agent, the Croatian blonde and the CIA plot to get al-Awlaki
By Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister and Nic Robertson The story would not be out of place on the TV thriller "Homeland": the Danish petty criminal turned double agent who receives $250,000 in cash for...
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