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  1. Leon Panetta: ‘U.S. Within Reach of Defeating Al Qaeda’“Is it going to take some more work? You bet it is!”
  2. Al Qaeda Appoints Zawahiri As Its New LeaderThe Egyptian radical was formerly the No. 2.
  3. Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants That Helped Us Find Bin LadenOh, so you didn’t want us to find him?
  4. Man Behind ’98 U.S. Embassy Bombings Killed in SomaliaHe had a $5 million bounty on his head.
  5. Al Qaeda’s ‘Military Brain’ Reportedly Killed in PakistanIlyas Kashmiri is allegedly dead.
  6. Report: Al Qaeda Picks an Interim PresidentWhat is this, a think tank?
  7. They Found Porn in Bin Laden’s Compound (a Lot of It)A common finding in terrorist hideouts.
  8. Obama’s Outreach to Muslim World: Why Settle for Al Qaeda When You Could Have an Uprising?Al Qaeda: “What is coming is greater and worse.”
  9. Baghdad Prison Uprising Leaves 17 DeadIn an incident started by a top Al Qaeda insurgent.
  10. Taliban Acknowledges Bin Laden’s Death, As It Continues Attacking KandaharAl Qaeda also acknowledged bin Laden’s death.
  13. In Osama Bin Laden’s Ancestral Home, Yemeni Protesters Have Better Things to Worry About“We want freedom. That’s what we care about. Not Osama bin Laden.”
  14. Al Qaeda Confirms Bin Laden’s Death; CIA Spied From High-Tech Safe HouseThe CIA had been watching bin Laden from a safe house nearby.
  15. Feds Issue Railroad Security Advisory Following Bin Laden RaidThere are no plans to issue a terror alert.
  16. Pakistan’s Link to Bin Laden Prompts U.S. Concern Over ISI’s ‘Double Game on Terrorism’“There’s no doubt he was protected by some in the ISI.”
  17. U.S. Focus Turns to Pakistan’s Role in Hiding Osama Bin Laden [Updated]Pakistan’s president: “He was not anywhere we had anticipated he would be.”
  18. Obama’s National-Security Adviser: Woman Being Used As a Shield Presumed to Be Bin Laden’s WifeIt’s “inconceivable” that bin Laden didn’t have help from within Pakistan.
  19. Osama Bin Laden Is DeadReportedly killed in a mansion outside of Islamabad, Pakistan.
  20. Leaked Gitmo Docs Show Al Qaeda Operatives Plotted to Cut Cables on the Brooklyn BridgeThey never acted on it.
  21. Should the U.S. Arm Libyan Rebels, Despite ‘Flickers’ of Al Qaeda Influence? [Updated]How to evade your own embargo.
  22. Al Qaeda’s Version of Cosmo Advises Lady Jihadists on Skin Care and Suicide BombsHow to marry a mujahideen or plan a suicide attack in six easy steps!
  25. Yemeni Soldiers Arrest Al Qaeda LeaderFugitive Mohammad Abdallah Maouda is now in captivity.
  26. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: Winona Ryder Doesn’t Google Out of Fear of Joining Al QaedaPlus, Donald Glover revealed his dong-loving original Twitter handle, on our regular late-night roundup.
  27. Mediavore
    The New Yorker Eats L.A.; Al Qaeda Trying To Make Airport Food Even WorseNine great bites from the last year are discussed, while a new terror plot could affect eating before flying.
  28. Mediavore
    Pee-Pee Rampage Puts a Pennsyltucky Woman at the Top of Santa’s NaughtyPlus Fox News floats the idea that Al Qaeda wants to poison airline and hotel food, and USA Today picks the healthiest airline snacks, all in our morning news roundup.
  29. Al Qaeda Continues Annual Christmas Tradition: Vague, Unspecified ThreatsOh, this again.
  30. First Civilian Trial of Gitmo Inmate Ends With 284 Acquittals and One ConvictionIt’s not a good sign for Obama’s detainee policy.
  31. Suspect Behind Yemen Parcels: ‘Underwear Bomber’ Who Once Blew Up His Own BrotherWe knew we hadn’t heard the last of the “butt bomber.”
  32. scary things
    U.S. Believes Foiled Terror Plot’s Explosives Were ‘Designed to Be Detonated in Flight’“It is my understanding that these devices did not need somebody to detonate them.”
  33. Arrested Yemeni Woman Believed to Be Half of a Terrorist CoupleHer terrorist lover asked her to mail bombs. Did she know what she was doing?
  34. Explosive-Laced Toner Cartridges Had ‘All the Hallmarks of Al Qaeda’“The United States is not assuming that the attacks were disrupted, and is remaining vigilant.”
  37. Pentagon Hosted Future Terrorist Imam for LunchWhoops …
  38. Analysts Use ‘I’m a Mac, I’m a PC’ to Explain Al Qaeda’s Newest American Import“Awlaki comes off as someone who might be your favorite professor.”
  39. An Al Qaeda Trial Begins in Manhattan, and Life Goes OnVisitors to the federal courthouse downtown for the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani will be greeted with a friendly “Welcome to the Terrordome.”
  40. North Carolina Man Jazzes Up Al Qaeda Magazine: ‘Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom’Service-y and aspirational!
  41. U.S. Issues Terror Alert for European Travel“U.S. citizens are reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack.”
  42. Officials Testify About Increased Terrorist Threat From Inside the CountryAl Qaeda’s recruitment tactics to radicalize Americans.
  43. Author of Al Qaeda Magazine Reportedly an American CitizenTwenty-three-year-old lived in Queens before moving to North Carolina.
  44. Accused Times Square Bomber Threatens U.S. in Surfaced ClipKilling of Abu Musab al Zarqawi cited as motivation for attack.
  45. World Cup Viewers in Uganda Killed by BlastsGroup with Al Qaeda ties is suspected.
  46. So Did Al Qaeda Really Put Out a Shoddy PDF Magazine With Bad Clip Art?Apparently, that is beneath them.
  49. Top Al Qaeda Operative Was Involved in Last Year’s NYC Subway PlotFeds say he met with one of the would-be suicide bombers.
  50. CIA Hasn’t Known Bin Laden’s Whereabouts Since the Early AughtsOn the upside: Taliban in Afghanistan at “weakest point since 9/11.”
  51. Al Qaeda Spokesman Warns of New AttacksAmerican-born Gadahn takes some digs at Obama.
  52. American Citizen Sentenced to Fifteen Years for Aiding Al QaedaSyed “Fahad” Hashmi was sentenced to fifteen years in jail yesterday.
  53. Schumer Believes Gaza Flotilla May Be Connected to Al Qaeda’The American people and the world deserve the full story.’
  54. Accused Terrorist Plotter: ‘I Wanna, Like, Be the World’s Known Terrorist’N.J. residents to appear in court tomorrow.
  55. Terrorist Suspects Taken Into Custody at JFKThe New Jersey residents reportedly planned to join al-Shabaab before federal law-enforcement agents caught up with them.
  56. Al Qaeda’s Third in Command Reportedly Killed in PakistanYazid was “key to Al Qaeda’s command and control.”
  57. U.N. Official Calls Out CIA Drone Strikes As Bad IdeaTactic has become common under Obama.
  58. U.S. Expands Secret Military ActivityDirective signed by top U.S. commander in September.
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