Tag: Al-Qaeda

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Afghanistan: Behind the rise of the Taliban & Al-Qaeda (Ex-US State Dept official Barnett Rubin) E952

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Barnett Rubin, ex-State Department official and author of ‘Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs To Know’. He discusses the rise of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda out of the Mujahideen after a brutal conflict with the Soviet Union, how the communist government fell to the Islamist forces following the collapse of the USSR … Read More >Afghanistan: Behind the rise of the Taliban & Al-Qaeda (Ex-US State Dept official Barnett Rubin) E952

Categories Middle East

‘Hollywood scenarios’: Tehran denies Israeli operatives killed Al-Qaeda second-in-command in Iran

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Iran has dismissed a report that an Al-Qaeda commander was killed inside its territory by Israeli spies, calling the story a fabrication used by the US and Israel to avoid responsibility for their own ties to the terror group. … Read More >‘Hollywood scenarios’: Tehran denies Israeli operatives killed Al-Qaeda second-in-command in Iran

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US neutralizes top al-Qaeda leader in Yemen… 5 years after ‘promoting’ him with previous drone strike

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The leader of al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was killed in a counter-terrorism raid in Yemen, US President Donald Trump has stated. The the group may be no closer to defeat then in 2015, when its last “emir” was killed. … Read More >US neutralizes top al-Qaeda leader in Yemen… 5 years after ‘promoting’ him with previous drone strike