[lit-ideas] Shaken and Stirred - al Qaeda Lately

 A Chill For Al-Jazeera
New York Post ^ <http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/54120.htm> |
September 27, 2005

 Of the 18 Islamist militants sentenced in Madrid
yesterday<http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-26T180950Z_01_YUE645045_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECURITY-SPAIN-SENTENCE.xml>,
one stands out.

Tayseer Alouni, a "journalist" for Al-Jazeera — the Arab TV network — was
sentenced to seven years for terrorist "collaboration."

No surprise there. The channel has become the essential media platform for
various al Qaeda-linked groups — while masquerading as a news organization.

The company heavily protested Alouni's conviction. An editor for a European
"watchdog" group, Reporters Without Borders, complained, "Journalists have
always investigated terrorist groups...

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U.S. official: Al Qaeda's No. 2 in Iraq killed
CNN <http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/27/iraq.qaeda/index.html> |
September 27, 2005
 Excerpt:
Abu Azzam, a "significant" figure in the al Qaeda network in Iraq, was slain
early Sunday in Baghdad during a joint operation, a military official
spokesman in Iraq said.

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US is logging gains against Al Qaeda in Iraq
Christian Science Monitor
^<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0928/p01s01-woiq.html>| September 28,
2005 | Jill
Carroll and Dan Murphy

Excerpt:
BAGHDAD AND CAIRO – In a succession of intelligence breaks, the US says it
has killed two key members of Al Qaeda in Iraq in recent days, including the
organization's No. 2 man who is suspected of orchestrating a series of
suicide bombings in Baghdad since April.

According to American military officials, the US has either made key arrests
or developed informants who have led to a cascade of actionable intelligence
over the past month. Since the middle of August, the US has reported killing
or capturing at least 16 members of Al Qaeda in Iraq, led by the Jordanian
militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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Pakistan Calls Osama Bin Laden Isolated, Ineffective
VOA News ^ <http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-09-26-voa11.cfm> | September
26, 2005 | Benjamin Sand

Excerpt:
Senior Pakistani officials claim to have effectively destroyed al-Qaida's
communications network in Pakistan, and say terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden
is almost completely isolated and out of touch.

Pakistan's military spokesman, Major General Shaukat Sultan, says it takes
the terrorist leader more than two months to exchange information with his
al-Qaida associates. "So that clearly indicates that Osama, at this moment,
is isolated," he said. "He is no longer effective as an operational
commander or an al-Qaida commander."
--
Assalaam alaikum,
M.A. Camp, Esq.

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