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Anti-Syrian-regime protesters holding Syrian revolution flags during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1946 withdrawal of French troops from Syria, which marked the end of France's mandate of the Arab country, in the old quarter of the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Assad accuses West of backing al Qaeda in Syria

Associated Press

Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following explosions in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Al Qaeda magazine on pressure cookers: ‘Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom’

Associated Press

Hip-deep in training: SEALs prep for action

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, known as the blind sheik. (Credit: Associated Press)

Blind sheik’s social media empire grows from behind bars

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

**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)

Al Qaeda reveals true role in Syrian insurgency

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**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)

Iraqi al Qaeda and Syria militants announce merger

By Bassem Mroue and Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

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Defense Department classifies Catholics, evangelicals as extremists

By Lachlan Markay - The Washington Free Beacon

Haidara Aissata, the lone woman in Mali's parliament.

Al Qaeda gaining strength in Mali, North Africa

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

Illustration Iraq Decisions by John Camejo for The Washington Times

KUHNER: America’s ill-fated war

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

French troops talk with Malian soldiers outside Bourem, in northern Mali, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Pascal Guyot, Pool)

Al Qaeda group in West Africa’s Mali added to U.S. terror list

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Alleged al Qaeda operative charged in N.Y. court

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Fireworks explode over the Palace of Westminster, which houses the British Parliament, as London celebrates the arrival of New Year's Day on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Al Qaeda terror suspect dodges deportation from Britain by citing Human Rights Act

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due to heavy shelling in Maadamiyeh south of Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

U.S. Army vet who became jihadist killed in Syria, website claims

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** 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)

CIA ratchets covert operations in Iraq to fight al Qaeda

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

Republicans denounce NYC terror trial for bin Laden son-in-law

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and released on Saturday, May 7, 2011, by the U.S. Department of Defense, a man whom the American government identified as Osama bin Laden watches television with an image of President Obama on the screen. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Defense)

CIA nabs Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law; federal court date Friday

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Claims of responsibility for an attack on an Algerian natural-gas field in January are tied to a group led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who had been a regional commander in northwestern Africa for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. (IntelCenter)

One-eyed extremist behind Algerian gas-plant slaughter reportedly killed in Mali

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

WILLIAMS: The home-grown terrorist next door

By Armstrong Williams

**FILE** Former President Bill Clinton (left) listens to former President George W. Bush speak on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Al Qaeda calls for jihadists to kill ex-leaders Clinton, Bush, Blair

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

The top U.N. envoy to Libya said in late 2011 that some weapons depots in Libya had still not been secured properly, and that much had "already gone missing." An open crate at the same facility reveals a rocket inside. (Associated Press)

Smuggled Libyan arms disrupting North Africa

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times