“Bin Laden kept immaculate financial records,” he said. “No doubt using al-Quicken.” He had to give it up to Bin Laden for “not just being al-Qaeda’s charismatic leader, but also their annoying guy from Accounting.”

Source:
http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/03/stephen-colbert-admired-bin-laden-accounting-video/

Weve all heard of bomb dogs, who sniff out explosive materials.

It appears al Qaeda has put a sick new twist on this, and made dog bombs – or at least attempted to do so.

Source:
http://dogblog.dogster.com/2010/11/08/al-qaeda-sewed-bombs-inside-dogs-in-failed-jet-attack/

The blog platform shut down last month after the FBI alleged the service was used by al-Qaeda’s operatives is back online.

Read this blog post by Greg Sandoval on Media Maverick.

Source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20014357-261.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Including Iran in President Bushs Axis of EvilĀ during the 2002 SOU didnt end a U.S.-Iranian diplomatic, but it did provoke the Iranians to release one of the most notorious guerrillas of Afghanistans decades of war from Iranian house arrest: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an ally of al-Qaeda who went on to kill our troops in Afghanistan.

Source:
http://washingtonindependent.com/86820/amb-crocker-putting-iran-in-the-axis-of-evil-led-them-to-release-brutal-insurgent-leader

Tuesday’s Washington Post reports, “Al-Qaeda’s third-ranking operative, an Egyptian who was a founding member of the terrorist network and a key conduit to Osama bin Laden, has been killed in Pakistan, according to a statement Monday from al-Qaeda that U.S. intelligence officials believe is accurate.”

Source:
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0601/washington-post-qaeda-martyrdom-statements-reliable-officials/

“al Qaeda and its affiliates are small men on the wrong side of history.

They lead no nation. They lead no religion. We need not give in to fear every time a terrorist tries to scare us. We should not discard our freedoms because extremists try to exploit them. We cannot succumb to division because others try to drive us apart.”

Source:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/22/_they_lead_no_religion_obama_defends_islam_muslim_fanatics_at_commencement.html

Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Afghanistan last month that killed seven CIA employees and contractors and a Jordanian military officer, according to a statement posted on Islamist Web sites.

Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/07/afghanistan.cia.al.qaeda/index.html

White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan was briefed in October on an assassination attempt by Al Qaeda that investigators now believe used the same underwear bombing technique as the Nigerian suspect who tried to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, U.S. intelligence and administration officials tell NEWSWEEK.

Source:
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/01/02/white-house-advisor-briefed-in-october-on-underwear-bomb-technique.aspx

Nigerian man reportedly linked to al-Qaeda in custody after foiled terror attempt on transatlantic flight to Detroit.

Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/26/plane-bomb-plot-detroit

On Sunday, U.S.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates acknowledged on ABC’s “This Week” that, “We don’t know for a fact where Osama bin Laden is.” He added: “It’s been years since we had good intelligence” about the Al Qaeda leader’s whereabouts.

Source:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/091208/opinion-where-osama-bin-laden