Al-qaeda Hijackers

Al-Qaeda Indian sub-continent (AQIS) operative Mohammed Abdur Rehman has admitted his links with the terrorists involved in the 1999 Kandahar plane hijack and 2002 American Centre blast incident in Kolkata, a senior police official said today.

Five years ago, elite United States forces shot and killed Osama bin Laden, ending a manhunt that began in earnest after his Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked planes and flew them into buildings in New York and Washington in September 2001.

The five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks -- including the alleged mastermind -- are due back in military court this week, though their prospects for an actual trial remain elusive.

An overcast today greeted relatives who gathered to commemorate nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11 attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington 14 years ago, when airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants brought death, mayhem and destruction.

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made his first public appearance in 17 months on Thursday, walking in court for a final hearing before his trial begins on January 5.

On September 11, 2001, just hours after hijackers deliberately crashed passenger aircraft in attacks on the United States, a Kuwaiti teacher and imam named Suleiman Abu Ghaith met Osama bin Laden inside a cave in Afghanistan.

Al-Qaeda's leaders have set up cells of engineers to try to shoot down, disable or hijack US drones, The Washington Post reported late Tuesday citing top-secret US intelligence documents.

Al-Qaeda on Thursday posted an online video of two plane hijackers of the September 11, 2001 suicide attacks, which they said were part of a war to drive US forces out of the Arabian Peninsula.

About 100 Islamic extremists on Tuesday praised the 9/11 hijackers at a rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta, as they celebrated the 11th anniversary of the deadly attacks. Demonstrators carried posters and banners, one declaring "We are all Osama" under a picture of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, as dozens of policemen stood guard be...

Al-Qaeda Indian sub-continent (AQIS) operative Mohammed Abdur Rehman has admitted his links with the terrorists involved in the 1999 Kandahar plane hijack and 2002 American Centre blast incident in Kolkata, a senior police official said today.

Five years ago, elite United States forces shot and killed Osama bin Laden, ending a manhunt that began in earnest after his Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked planes and flew them into buildings in New York and Washington in September 2001.

The five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks -- including the alleged mastermind -- are due back in military court this week, though their prospects for an actual trial remain elusive.

An overcast today greeted relatives who gathered to commemorate nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11 attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington 14 years ago, when airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants brought death, mayhem and destruction.

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made his first public appearance in 17 months on Thursday, walking in court for a final hearing before his trial begins on January 5.

On September 11, 2001, just hours after hijackers deliberately crashed passenger aircraft in attacks on the United States, a Kuwaiti teacher and imam named Suleiman Abu Ghaith met Osama bin Laden inside a cave in Afghanistan.

Al-Qaeda's leaders have set up cells of engineers to try to shoot down, disable or hijack US drones, The Washington Post reported late Tuesday citing top-secret US intelligence documents.

Al-Qaeda on Thursday posted an online video of two plane hijackers of the September 11, 2001 suicide attacks, which they said were part of a war to drive US forces out of the Arabian Peninsula.

About 100 Islamic extremists on Tuesday praised the 9/11 hijackers at a rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta, as they celebrated the 11th anniversary of the deadly attacks. Demonstrators carried posters and banners, one declaring "We are all Osama" under a picture of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, as dozens of policemen stood guard be...