Upbeat CIA assessment on Al-Qaeda challenged (AFP via Yahoo! News)
CIA director Michael Hayden has come under stiff challenge for portraying Al-Qaeda as on the defensive after global setbacks, even in its safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
CIA claims al-Qaeda is on the defensive (Mail and Guardian)
Al-Qaeda has been essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and is on the defensive throughout most of the rest of the world, the CIA claimed on Friday.
US remains comfortable with new Pakistani government in war on terror (The Pakistan Link)
WASHINGTON: The United States remains comfortable with the new government in Pakistan in the conduct of its war on terrorism, Central Investigation Agency (CIA) chief Michael V Hayden said in an exclusive interview published in the Washington Post on Friday.
Women’s liberation, al-Qaida style (The Globe and Mail)
Remarks by No. 2 leader Ayman Al-Zawahri on the role of women prompt outcry from female fundamentalists
Analysis: US terrorism list also a political tool (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
North Korea has not been linked to a terrorist attack in more than two decades, but it is still on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Al-Qaeda is near defeat, says CIA (Sydney Morning Herald)
AL-QAEDA is near defeat in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive even in its safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistani border, CIA chief Michael Hayden said in an interview published yesterday.
CIA assessment on Al-Qaeda challenged (Khaleej Times)
WASHINGTON – CIA director Michael Hayden has come under stiff challenge for portraying Al-Qaeda as on the defensive after global setbacks, even in its safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Chertoff downplays terrorist nuclear threat (AP via Yahoo! News)
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is downplaying the idea of a nuclear attack by terrorists after recent postings on al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites exhorted militants to pursue weapons of mass destruction for use against the U.S.
