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Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula

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  • Al Qaida: The Beginnings

    Al Qaida: The Beginnings
    The Council of Foreign Relations Al Qaida is a network formed around 1988 by Osama bin Laden. The network's goal is to rid the Middle Eastern countries of Western influence and spread Sharia Law throughout the world.

  • Osama's Orders

    Osama's Orders
    Armies of LiberationAhmad Mansour, information cheif of Al Qaida in Yemen, states in a phone call that, speaking for Osama bin Laden, the "US was still their No. 1. enemy."

  • AQAP and YSB Attack the Italian Embassy in Sana'a

    AQAP and YSB Attack the Italian Embassy in Sana'a
    Armies of LiberationYSB and AQAP attack and claim reponsibility for attacking and storming the Italian Embassy in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.

  • Deadly Attacks on the US Embassy

    Deadly Attacks on the US Embassy
    Armies of LiberationA double car bomb attack on the US Embassy in Sana'a result in 16 dead including 6 attackers, 4 civilians and 2 Yemeni security personell. Three terrorists were wearing suicide vests and the attackers were wearing military uniforms and driving police cars.

  • Guantanamo Bay

    Guantanamo Bay
    Council on Foreign RelationsOn President Obama's second full day in office, he vowed that Guantanamo Bay would be closed within the next year. He stated that "persons detained at Guantanamo Bay shall be returned ot their home country, released, transferred to a third country, or transferred to another US detention facility." However, there are some AQAP operatives detained there, and many former detainees at Guatanamo Bay formed and operate AQAP. The closing of Guananamo Bay is very controversial because of this.

  • Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula

    Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula
    Council on Foreign RelationsAl Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is Al Qaida's most active branch. In January 2009, it was formed through a union of the Saudi and Yemeni branches of Al Qaida. Since then, AQAP is headquartered in Yemen. The primary goals of AQAP are to rid Muslim countries of Western influence and replace secular "apostate" governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes focused on sharia law

  • Fort Hood Shooting

    Fort Hood Shooting
    Atlas ShrugsFort Hood, the world's largest US military base located just outside of Killeen, Texas, was the place where Maj. Nidal Hasan had shot and killed 13 people and 29 others. Hasan had ties with Anwar al-Awlaki and AQAP. Hasan also worked as Fort Hood's psychologist.

  • The Underwear Bomber

    The Underwear Bomber
    SIRSUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab, on Christmas Day, 2009, boarded a Northwest Airlines jetliner headed for Detroit. However, he had a bomb sewn... well... you can figure that out for yourself. He had planned with Anwar Awlaki and Al-Asiri to detonate the bomb when the plane was flying. Thankfully, the bomb had not detonated and he was arrested when the plane landed. AQAP has taken full responsiibility for the incident. Since then, the Underwear Bomber has been sentenced to four life sentences in jail.

  • Times Square Bombing Plot

    Times Square Bombing Plot
    NY Daily NewsCBS NewsFaisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American, seemed like "just a normal dude" to his neighbors in Connecticut, but little did they know he was involved in AQAP and Taliban operations until the failed Times Square bombing. Shahzad has confessed to receiving explosives training in Pakistan.

  • Active AQAP Activity

    Active AQAP Activity
    Critical ThreatsUS officials report that the CIA thwarted a plot the AQAP had planned to blow up a US-bound improvised explosive device (IED). The bomb was seized by an undercover agent, who successfully transportded the bomb to Saudi Arabia.