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**FILE** Rep. Michael McCaul, Texas Republican and House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct ranking member (Associated Press)

Lawmaker warns: Chaos from Assad fall could give al Qaeda chemical weapons

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Analysts counter claims on number of al Qaeda among Syrian rebels

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama pauses as he answers a question regarding the ongoing situation in Syria during his news conference at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

Intel clashes with Obama’s election-year al Qaeda claims

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda’s strength with Syrian rebels now being downplayed

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Gov. Thomas H. Keane (left), New Jersey Republican, and former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, Indiana Democrat, speak before a Senate panel in 2010. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda may rise from ashes of Syria: report

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Free Syrian army fighters hold their weapons as they stand on a military tank in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Syrian rebels seize Christian village, killing 8 regime soldiers

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This image posted on the Syrian presidency’s official Facebook page on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, purports to show Syrian President Bashar Assad talking with soldiers in Darya, Syria, on his first known public trip outside Damascus, the capital, since March 2012. (Associated Press)

Pro-Bashar Assad hackers breach Marine website: Fight ‘alongside our army’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Wave of bombings, attacks in Iraq kill at least 47

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

WILLIAMS: Syria is for dummies

By Armstrong Williams

KUHNER: Obama’s flimsy red line

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

Although Syrian refugees are calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, a growing number of jihadist organizations are fighting to take his place. (Associated Press)

U.S. bombing in Syria would benefit jihadists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Syrian rebel fighter returns from fighting Syrian army forces in Aleppo. (Associated Press)

Syrian rebels also fighting al Qaeda, other hard-liners for villagers’ hearts and minds

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda urges fighters’ widows to show support through ‘sexual jiihad’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Pakistani cleric Haji Alam Sher, founder of the Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, talks to the media in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The United States has placed unprecedented sanctions on the Islamic school for allegedly training and financing fighters from al Qaeda and other militant groups. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

U.S. sanctions Pakistani school for ties to al Qaeda

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda ‘rat line’ from Syria to Iraq turns back against Assad

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** This image from video provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Adam Gadahn as he appeared on a video released on militant websites on Oct. 23, 2010. (Associated Press/SITE Intelligence Group)

American al Qaeda propagandist calls for killings of U.S. diplomats

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Emergency services attend a British Airways passenger plane after it had to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport on May 24, 2013. (Associated Press)

Heathrow Airport on alert for breast-implanted bombs: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Illustration by Hunter/The Washington Times

TAUBE: Al Qaeda 2.0

By Michael Taube

Illustration by Hunter/ The Washington Times

LYONS: The national security component of immigration reform

By James A. Lyons

Fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali, as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda supporters seek PR help on Twitter, are promptly flamed by ‘infidels’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times