"We are not changing our strategy, our strategy remains to achieve the goal of disrupting,dismantling and defeating al Qaida and its extremist allies, and denying them safe haven and the capacity to strike us here in London, or New York or anywhere else,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

In Sanaa,fears of an al-Qaida attack led to temporary closures this week of the American, British and French embassies.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Intelligence officials said the head of al-Qaida's operations in Afghanistan used a middleman to communicate with him.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

Mr.Panetta said he believed the killing gave the United States the best chance to defeat al-Qaida since the attacks of September eleventh,two thousand one.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

"So yes, there was dialogue with local authorities, and obviously they include members of al-Shabab.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

Nader Al-Khateeb, the Palestinian director of the group, says the Jordan has lost freshwater sources.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The State of Law coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki took an early lead.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

He says Ayman al-Zawahri -- a surgeon -- is the real founder of al-Qaida.

VOA: special.2011.05.07

The performers are part of the Al-Kasaba Theater and Cinematheque in Ramallah.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Bakool and Lower Shabelle are both under the control of al-Shabab.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

The American-born Muslim clergyman is accused of supporting al-Qaida.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

One of them,Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was found guilty.

VOA: special.2011.02.26

Bereket had harsh words for Ethiopia's Horn of Africa rival Eritrea, which the United States accuses of backing al-Shabab in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

"We discovered documents that underscored their interest when we overran some of these al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan in late 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

Al-Shabaab has taken over much of Mogadishu and southern Somalia, and is on a U.S.government list of international terrorist groups.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"When they become infected with the al-Qaida bug, their idea of who they should target as an enemy changes."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

On Face the Nation, Biden said al-Qaida is well aware of the heightened security measures in place in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called the passage of the vote a historic victory of the will of the people."

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"You don't have to have access to high levels of al-Qaida or the Taliban to get rudimentary tradecraft and bomb-making training."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

Members of al-Zaidi's 25-member defense team had asked for the charges to be dismissed, arguing President Bush was never in danger.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

The sectarian war between Ahlu-Sunna and al-Shabab is just one of several conflicts raging between and among Islamist groups in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Even as officials had tried to downplay the future al-Qaida threat, some had warned of a possible increase in Sunni-led violence.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

Like the tangled electricity wires at Bourj al Barajne camp outside Beirut, the situation of Palestinians in Lebanon is complicated.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

"When the forces of the TFG attack al-Shabab and score victories, we don't care from which geographical positions they start the attack,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

Professor Ahmad El Tayeb of Al Azhar University in Cairo said the President's speech there was a landmark.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

The rising power of a militant group called al-Shabab in neighboring Somalia has also added a new security challenge in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01