Al Qaeda

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**FILE** In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, rebels from al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra sit on a truck full of ammunition at Taftanaz air base, which was captured by the rebels, in the Idlib province of northern Syria. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network)

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**FILE** In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, rebels from al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra wave their brigade flag on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter on Jan. 11, 2013, at the Taftanaz air base in the Idlib province of northern Syria that was captured by the rebels. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network)

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** FILE ** In this Friday, July 20, 2012, file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al Qaeda members are led away to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani, File)

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**FILE** Rebels from al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra wave their brigade flag on Jan. 11, 2013, as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter at a Taftanaz air base in Idlib province in northern Syria that was captured by the rebels. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network)

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**FILE** Neighborhood resident Mohamed Alassane ducks under a wire Feb. 6, 2013, to enter the Ministry of Finance's Regional Audit Department in Timbuktu, Mali, a site used by al Qaeda-linked Islamists for more than a year. (Associated Press)

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Disputes have arisen over which member of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 fired the shots that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011 at his hideout in the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Dec. 24, 1998, photo, Muslim militant and al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai)

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Yemeni soldiers stand guard on the rooftop of a state security court during a trial of suspected al Qaeda militants in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. A Yemen security official said an explosion Sunday in the province of Bayda had killed at least 13 suspected al Qaeda militants. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Rescue vehicles swarm the gas plant where al Qaeda-linked terrorists held hundreds of people hostage. An Algerian military assault Saturday ended with the deaths of at least 23 hostages, including an American, and 32 heavily armed kidnappers. (Associated Press)