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FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004 file photo, Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz speaks during the GCC Interior Ministers meeting in Kuwait. The Saudi royal family said Saturday, June 16, 2012 that Crown Prince Nayef has died. He was in his late 70s. Nayef was the hard-line interior minister who spearheaded Saudi Arabia's fierce crackdown crushing al-Qaida's branch in the country and then rose to become next in line to the throne.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari, File)

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef dies

By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Lee Keath - Associated Press

** FILE ** JetBlue Airways Capt. Clayton Osbon (right) is escorted to a waiting vehicle by FBI agents as he is released from the Pavilion at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas, on Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Amarillo Globe-News, Michael Schumacher)

JetBlue passengers sue airline over pilot scare

By Frank Eltman - Associated Press

The United States' use of unmanned drones to kill terror suspects was opposed by the majority of voters in 17 of 21 countries polled for a Pew Research Center survey on the U.S. image abroad. (Associated Press)

Survey: U.S. drone program unpopular overseas

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh chant slogans outside the Saleh Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, May 25, 2012, during a rally to demand prosecution of those involved in an assassination attempt against Mr. Saleh. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Al Qaeda in Yemen driven from 2 major strongholds

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Supreme Court turns down Guantanamo appeals

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Supreme Court turns down new Gitmo appeals

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

World Briefs: U.S. official arrives in Somalia’s capital

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A man in Karachi, Pakistan, naps on Thursday, May 17, 2012, on one of the oil tankers used to transport NATO fuel supplies to neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the supply route to Afghanistan after American airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani troops along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in November. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

U.S., Pakistan beginning to look more like enemies

By Rebecca Santana and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) walks with Gen. John Allen and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker (second from right) on the airport tarmac after his arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Mr. Panetta arrived to take stock of progress in the war and discuss plans for the troop drawdown. Gen. Allen heads the NATO coalition forces. (Associated Press)

U.S. patience with Pakistan running out

By Heidi Vogt and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

The helmet of Kenyan soldier Nicholas Munyanya reads in Kiswahili "Tea in Kismayo," no doubt hoping for respite in the strategic Somali port city that African Union troops hope to wrest from the control of al-Shabab terrorists by late August. (Associated Press)

Troops close to taking Somalia out of terrorists’ control

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

Panetta: Patience with Pakistan ‘reaching limits’

By Deb Riechmann and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Yemen: Clashes kill at least 26 al Qaeda militants

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

** FILE ** An image made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter shows al Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi in 2007. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

U.S. sees ‘degradation’ of al Qaeda organization

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An image made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter shows al Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi in 2007. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

White House: Al Qaeda No. 2 killed

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An image made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter shows al Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi in 2007. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)

U.S. official: Al Qaeda No. 2 killed by U.S. drone

By Kimberly Dozier and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

** FILE ** This March 25, 2007, file image, made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter, shows al Qaeda militant Abu Yahia al-Libi. A CIA drone strike Monday, June 4, 2012, targeted al Qaeda's second in command in Pakistan, but it was unclear whether he was among those hit, U.S. officials said. The Associated Press has no way of independently verifying the content, location or date of this video. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

Pakistan: Al Qaeda No. 2 at house hit by U.S. drone

By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

** FILE ** Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown in a video released by the Department of Defense on Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

NATO kills senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

NATO airstrike kills 2nd-highest al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

World Briefs: Mob sets presidential hopeful’s headquarters afire

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. efforts on Web said frustrating to al Qaeda

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times