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** FILE ** Radical cleric Abu Qatada is pictured in the Belmarsh high-security prison in London on a video from 2005. (AP Photo/Her Majesty's Prison Service)

U.K.: Hurdles cleared in bid to deport radical cleric

By David Stringer - Associated Press

Afghan special forces hold their weapons after a gunbattle with insurgents near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Afghan officials blame attacks on Haqqani network

By Deb Riechmann and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Adis Medunjanin has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a terrorism plot that targeted the New York City subway system. (U.S. Attorney's Office via Associated Press)

U.S.: Other targets eyed in NYC plot

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Gunfire and smoke is seen coming out of a building occupied by militants during a battle with Afghan-led forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. The Afghan capital awoke Monday to a second day of explosions and heavy gunfire as Afghan-led forces worked to defeat insurgents holed up in the building in the heart of the city and another near parliament. (Associated Press)

Afghans blame hits on Haqqanis

By Rahim Faiez and Deb Riechmann ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

**FILE** This Jan. 8, 2010, courtroom file sketch shows Zarein Ahmedzay (right) with his attorney Michael Marinaccio during his arraignment at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in New York. Ahmedzay and two former high school classmates are accused of plotting to bomb subways in New York City. (Associated Press)

U.S. government: Other targets eyed before NYC subway plot

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Yemeni policemen sit in a pickup truck in front of the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, April 8, 2012. The airport reopened Sunday, a day after gunmen loyal to the nation's former president seized the facility, officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

127 killed in 2 days of clashes in southern Yemen

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

127 killed in 2 days as militants, Yemeni military clash

By Ahmed al-Haj - Associated Press

Yemeni policemen sit in a pickup truck in front of the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, April 8, 2012. The airport reopened Sunday, a day after gunmen loyal to the nation's former president seized the facility, officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen: 44 killed in clashes with al Qaeda fighters

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

** FILE ** Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, in April 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

U.S. offers $10M bounty for Pakistani militant

By Asif Shazad and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

LYONS: Why we must strike Iran

By Adm. James A. Lyons - The Washington Times

**FILE** Supporters of Pakistani religious parties rally March 27, 2012, near the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, against the Pakistani government allowing NATO to resume shipping supplies through the country to its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Anti-Americanism in Pakistan snarls U.S. war efforts

By Chris Brummitt - Associated Press

** FILE ** Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, in April 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

U.S. offers bounties for terrorist leaders in Pakistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Yemeni airstrikes kill 43 al Qaeda militants

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Pakistani police secure the area outside the house where Osama bin Laden's family members are being detained in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

Bin Laden relatives get short prison sentence

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

(Associated Press)

Bin Laden’s wives get 45-day jail sentences

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

A defected army soldier supporting protestors looks on from behind a weapon mounted on a patrol truck to secure a street where protestors demand the trial of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Clashes between Yemeni army, militants kill 30

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Hunt for KSM’

By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times

Saudi diplomat kidnapped in southern Yemen

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

** FILE ** French President Nicolas Sarkozy stands by soldiers carrying a coffin during a ceremony in Montauban, southwestern France, on March 21, 2012, to pay homage to the three soldiers killed by a suspect claiming al Qaeda links and also suspected in the killings of three Jewish children and a rabbi. (Associated Press)

Source: Killer didn’t send French attacks video

By Jamey Keaten and Sarah DiLorenzo - Associated Press

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Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain who was locked out of the cockpit by crew members during a New York-to-Las Vegas flight on Tuesday because of his behavior. Passengers said the pilot ranted about a possible bomb onboard.

Passengers restrain ranting JetBlue pilot

By Oskar Garcia and Betsy Blaney - Associated Press