What is al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula?
Here’s a look at what we know about the Islamist extremist group. Where is AQAP based? AQAP has its home in Yemen, an impoverished Middle Eastern nation that borders Saudi…
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The American who inspires terror from Paris to the U.S.
One of the Kouachi brothers, who mounted the attack last week on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, cited al-Awlaki as his operational commander. Before he died on Friday, one…
How the Kouachi brothers turned to terrorism
On Friday, the two brothers were killed in a shootout with police, achieving their goal of a supposedly heroic “martyrdom.” Before they died, one of the brothers spoke on the…