The attack took place far from the coast showing the pirates' ability to carry out long distance raids.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

If war broke out,it said, he was to attack the Spanish naval force in the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Late Thursday, fighters loyal to Commander Karey carried out a revenge attack on an al-Shabab stronghold in the capital.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

They also killed Noordin Top, the leader of the group that carried out the attack on the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

saying the president knows that al-Qaida terrorists remain committed to carrying out a deadly attack on U.S.soil.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

He is expected to press Israel not to carry out its threat to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

The investigators, officials here say, want to try to determine the intended target and when the alleged attack was to be carried out.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Authorities announced an investigation is under way, but initially ruled out a terrorist attack.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"There was no single piece of intelligence, a 'smoking gun' if you will, that said that Mr.Abdulmutallab was going to carry out his attack against that aircraft,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Last Friday, soldiers were returning from patrol when they were ambushed in an attack thought to have been carried out by rebels from the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The Taliban had given safe haven to al-Qaeda, which had carried out the hijacking of four airliners to attack New York and Washington, in which more than 3,000 people died.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

But he says this one stands out. "This is a very unusual attack in as much as it appears to be a successful attack upon the Revolutionary Guards at such a high level involving so many of the senior officers,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

The arrests in Swat are the latest blow for the Taliban insurgents in Pakistan whose chief commander Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a suspected U.S missile attack on his hide out in the South Waziristan region near the Afghan border.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Ibrahim,a civil society activist for the Somali Institute for Research and Development, says that if al-Shabab carried out the attack for which he says there is little doubt the group's denial could be due to the shocking nature of Thursday's death toll.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05