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Bin Laden Threatens France Over Burka Ban, War

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:25:15 CDT

An audiotape purportedly from terror master Osama bin Laden threatens France with a "strike by the neck" because of its burka ban and participation in the Afghan war. "If you want to tyrannize and think that it is your right to ban free women from wearing the burka, isn't it...

Al-Qaeda No. 2: 'Hey Pakistanis, Spare a Dime?'

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:05:32 CDT

Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader warns the Pakistani people in a new audio message that the US poses a grave danger for Pakistan's future, and asks if they could help financially. "It is the individual duty of every Muslim in Pakistan to join the mujahedeen, or at the very least, to...

911 Tape Captures Last Pleas of Drowning Woman

Matt Cantor — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:17:00 CDT

A 911 tape released yesterday reveals the last moments of a woman desperately trying to direct rescuers to her car as it submerged in floodwaters, the AP reports. The 49-year-old Oklahoma woman told operators she had her nose against the car’s roof. “Please hurry, because I'm running out of air...

Al Qaeda Claims Algeria Bombings

Matt Cantor — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:50:01 CDT

The North African branch of al-Qaeda has claimed it was behind a pair of car bombs in Algeria that killed 12 this week, al-Jazeera reports. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb issued an audio recording of an official announcing responsibility for the attacks. The bombings were the latest in a series...

Bin Laden: 'Fire and Iron' Can Free Gaza

Caroline Zimmerman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:09:52 CDT

Osama bin Laden calls followers to arms to stop the blockade on Gaza in a tape broadcast today on Al-Jazeera. Israel did not take the Palestinian territory "by negotiations and dialogue but with fire and iron. And this is the way to get it back," he said, adding that fighting...