All news on the topic: Al-Qaeda

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Inside Saddam Hussein's dirt-ridden underground lair where he hid before capture
Saddam Hussein lived a life of luxury as millions of Iraqis faced horrors - but the dictator was captured in morbid squalor as The Mirror's Chris Hughes recalls the 'rank' conditions 20 years on
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Former FBI agent shares experience of working for CIA during 9/11 terror attack
Tracy Schandler Walder worked with the CIA’s counter-terrorism unit on the day of the 911 attack. Now she has opened up on her feelings of guilt, saying: “I have no other words other than ‘I’m sorry’”
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Osama Bin Laden relative spends £1.8million buying horses to race in Britain
Mohammed Saleh Bin Laden, whose uncle is a half-brother of the Al Qaeda founder, bought seven yearlings at the Tattersalls sale in Newmarket
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Nation cursed by war - millions battling drought and hunger in horror camps
Somalis have witnessed decades of conflict. The military regime of dictator President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991 – plunging Somalia into a bloody civil war
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Chilling 9/11 mystery as no-one knows intended target of one of the flights
Flight 93 is the only plane on 9/11 which failed to reach the intended target of hijackers and it remains a mysterious talking point with unanswered questions
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Warning Taliban may allow terror groups to plot new 9/11 as al-Qaeda gains hold
The Taliban is allowing Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network al-Qaeda to gain a foothold in Afghanistan and opposition leader Khalid Noor of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Council warns it could see another 9/11-style attack plotted
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ISIS and al-Qaeda 'back in Afghanistan' after 'policy failure' ex-diplomat warns
The UK diplomat who was Britain's ambassador to Afghanistan when the Taliban surged back to power has spoken out on the second anniversary of Western troops' withdrawal
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Soldiers announce coup on national TV as the president is held hostage
Members of Niger's presidential guard surrounded the presidential palace and detained president Mohamed Bazoum - and now they have announced a coup
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Flight attendant who thwarted shoe bomber helps block his move to cushy new jail
On December 22, 2001—just months after the 9/11 attacks—Richard Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami with homemade bombs hidden in his shoes - but his attack was thwarted
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'We'll never forget dozens of unarmed students who were shot by US forces'
The Mirror has returned to the scene of the bloodshed after negotiating via contacts for safe passage
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Islamic State leader 'killed in airstrike' as special forces bomb Iraq hideout
Specialists are carrying out tests on DNA samples from the remains of a terror suspect collected after a cave was bombed in the Hamrin Mountains in north east Iraq
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West's backing for Ukraine has hit Russian military 'without NATO firing a shot'
British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey pointed to the Kremlin's losses as evidence of how NATO's support for Kyiv had harmed Russian forces without the alliance needing to fire weapons
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PGA Tour 'should be ashamed' over LIV deal as 9/11 families group slam merger
The PGA Tour's decision to agree to a controversial merger with LIV Golf, which is owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, has sparked an almighty backlash
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'Al-Qaeda tried to kidnap me in Iraq' - marine tells of terror snatch bid
Lee West has shared his memories form a 17-year career as an elite Royal Marines commando including the moment he was nearly taken prisoner by terrorists in Baghdad
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Brit ISIS terrorist 'absolutely committed to Jihadi' walks free from prison
Shazib Khan was jailed in 2016, aged 23, and was described by a judge as "absolutely committed to the Jihadi creed" after planning to travel to Syria to join ISIS
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Terrorist who plotted to blow up London Stock Exchange set for prison release
Mohammed Chowdhury, 33, has been freed and recalled to prison in the past but now the Parole Board has now deemed him no longer a threat to society.
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'I was there in Iraq 20 years ago - the invasion left behind violence and chaos'
The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false
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'My son's last words were "don't worry mum, I'll be back" - but he never was'
Ben Hyde was among six Redcap military policemen killed at a police station near Basra. At the time it was the British forces’ biggest single loss of life since the Falklands
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Brothers freed from Guantanamo Bay after 20 years despite never being charged
Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani were seized in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2002 and handed over to US authorities. They claim they were tortured by CIA operatives before winding up in the notorious internment camp
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Al-Qaeda's new leader among FBI's 'most wanted' for up to $10million bounty
Saif Al-Adel, who is based in Iran, has taken over al-Qaeda's leadership, succeeding Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a US missile strike, a UN report has confirmed