Other Iraqis echoed that sentiment. But al-Zaidi argued in court that Mr.Bush did not qualify as a guest.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

I think it is a threat not just to the United States, but to many many countries We've seen the Al-Quada a taxi actually kills far more Muslims than Christians.

我认为它不仅仅对于美国是一个威胁，而是对很多很多国家,我们看到基地组织一个出租车撞死的穆斯林比基督教的人多。

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But al-Shabab, which follows an ultra-conservative form of Islam, opposes the moderate version of Islamic law the president and his U.N.-supported government are likely to put in place.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

But Vice President Joe Biden supports a proposal to narrowly target military efforts at al-Qaida, using unmanned aircraft and special forces.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

But the deputy prime minister said al-Qaida first recruited the young man in Britain when he was a student in London.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Al-Shabab recently ended a ban on airlifts, but a UNICEF spokeswoman, Shantha Bloemen, says there are no guarantees.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

I think it's still possible for us to stamp out al- Qaida, to make sure that extremism is not expanding but rather is contracting.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

He was very happy. But,Al spent too much money.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

Al-Zaidi, who faced the cameras wrapped in an Iraqi flag, was missing a tooth, but otherwise appeared in good health.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Intelligence officials say Balawi was a double agent, posing as a Jordanian informant but working for the al-Qaida terror network.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09

But Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed anger (over the incident), considering it an outrage against a guest to the nation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

But residents in Mogadishu say al-Shabab fighters have been searching vehicles Wednesday at various checkpoints set up in areas under their control.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

But on Friday, Robow and Rage were again seen in the company of ultra-hardliners at an al-Shabab-run military camp in north Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

But Biden countered that the Bush White House mishandled the conflict, and should have been more focused on fighting al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

But late Saturday, the Mogadishu-based spokesman for al-Shabab,Ali Mohamed Rage, also known as Ali Dhere, also claimed victory.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

But Sharif has to get out there and try to regain the political territory lost to al-Shabab,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

But now, counterterrorism research fellow, "This is clearly a sign that the group has become closer to al-Qaida and is looking to attack abroad."

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

Ethiopia's army entered Somalia in 2006 to drive out an al-Shabab backed administration in Mogadishu, but encountered stiff opposition and withdrew earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

One wrinkle in the Times Square plot is that the claim of responsibility came not from al-Qaida, but from the Tehrik-e-Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban group.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Gibbs said the tape is still being analyzed, but said the message is consistent with those heard in the past from al-Qaida threatening the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

Al-Zaidi was initially sentenced to three years behind bars, but the term was later reduced, and he was granted additional time off for good behavior.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

He said the coalition effort to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan will be costly and require great commitment, but that it will succeed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Asked if Kuwait is ready to take such steps, Deputy Prime Minister al-Sabah stressed Kuwaiti support for U.S.-led peace efforts but would not be specific.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

That is because 'terrorism' is but a tactic -- a means to an end, which in al-Qaida's case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

He says that instead of using professionals, al-Qaida is finding people who are ideologically motivated and well-placed to attack, but who receive only rudimentary training.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

But council members began distancing themselves from al-Shabab extremists after moderate Islamist cleric Sharif Sheik Ahmed was elected in January to lead a new unity government.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

But,he adds,although the TTP and al-Qaida have different goals, they have been growing closer, and that U.S.officials now believe there is a terrorist syndicate in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

But he said he feared that the gunmen would lose patience and sell them to al-Shabab, a militant, al-Qaida-linked Islamic group that controls parts of Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Witnesses there say al-Shabab fought off the offensive, but Bula Burte remains tense.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

But,as I said, Mr.al-Megrahi now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24