Switzerland said it had paid no ransom for her release by gunmen in a region with a strong al-Qaeda presence.
Although that number is down from last year's 83, al Qaeda has a strong presence in rural Yemen that continues to haunt the government.
Searches of more than 40 facilities and safe houses in Afghanistan have revealed al Qaeda's strong interest to acquire weapons of mass destruction, Franks said.
They want to argue that the strong hand of al-Qaeda is behind every attack.
It had always been close to al-Qaeda, with strong links to fighters in Iraq.
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We've taken strong measures against al Qaeda -- it's a broken organization, at least as it was in 2001.
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Kidal was until recently under the control of the Ansar Dine Islamist group, which has strong ties to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
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By the time Bush got around to issues people care about -- prescription drugs, education, environment, Social Security, Medicare, keeping the economy strong -- Al Gore owned the field.
Kidal, 1, 500km (930 miles) north-east of the capital Bamako, was until recently under the control of the Ansar Dine Islamist group, which has strong ties to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
While the structure and capability of al-Qaeda may not be strong, they could still have access to plenty of cash.
In Anbar, where al Qaeda in Iraq has a strong presence, some residents have turned their anger toward the security forces from the central government.
The U.S. State Department recently listed the Nusra Front, which has close ties to al Qaeda in Iraq and a strong anti-Western ideology, as a terrorist organization.
They love the Clintons and I think Al Gore can continue because of his strong position on Iraq.
Khayal was charged with murder and will stand trial in al-Zawiya, where there is strong sentiment against him, Amnesty said.
He was convicted of terrorism-related charges and was proved to be a senior al Qaeda financier as well as a strong supporter of the terrorists groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
So if the word al Qaeda was derived from or had strong ties to the word 'Islam' or 'Muslims, ' or if it had the name 'Islamic party' it would be difficult for Obama to say that.
For the record, Mr. Alamoudi currently is serving a 23-year sentence in federal prison for his conviction on terrorism-related charges and was proved to be a senior al Qaeda financier as well as a strong supporter of the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
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"The journalist Nir Rosen got into Baba Amr (which is closed) and told me that several groups of Western journalists are entering illegally through Lebanese borders -- including a French and German delegations, " Khaled al-Ahmed, a man with strong ties to the Assad regime, wrote in November.
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" It purports to "show that in the case of Iraq's relationship with al Qaeda, intelligence was exaggerated to support Administration policy aims primarily by the Feith policy office, which was determined to find a strong connection between Iraq and al Qaeda, rather than by the IC, which was consistently dubious of such a connection.
Prominent international terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and Hezbollah have assumed a strong presence - primarily to finance and plan, but also to carry out, attacks - while several local terror groups such as al-Itihaad al-Islami and the Salafist Group for Call and Combat have emerged to wage jihad for control of Africa itself.
Mr Mekdad was accompanied by the Arab League's Assistant Secretary General, Samir Seif al-Yazal, who said the nine-strong advance team of monitors would not be deterred.
Despite strong support from foreign allies, the lingering al-Shabaab insurgency still poses a threat to Somalia's new democratic government.
Al-Qaida too, has always had an extremely strong presence in the country.
For the U.S., the ability to find and kill one of al Qaeda's most critical leaders is evidence of a strong network of human spying assets on the ground, Mr. Jones said.
Mr Lieberman, Al Gore's running-mate in 2000 and a strong supporter of the war in Iraq, said he would stand as an independent candidate in the mid-term elections, potentially splintering the state's Democratic vote.
It now looks as if al-Assad is losing ground, but other regimes have survived strong uprisings.
In language that will surely be open for debate once Al Jazeera America enters U.S. homes, Carmon used strong words in describing the Qatari government.
If al Qaeda manages to pull off another terrorist attack, there is a strong chance it will be linked to Somalia.
Palestinian representative Nasser Al-Kidwa said Wednesday that an emergency session is needed to send a strong message to Israel from the international community.
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