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Leader killed in blind attack
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Leader killed in blind attack

The CIA did not know in advance that al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen was among the suspected militants targeted in a lethal drone strike last week, according to United States officials who said that the....

US rubbishes bin Laden story
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US rubbishes bin Laden story

The Obama Administration has rubbished claims that its account of the 2011 raid which killed Osama bin Laden was fabricated, describing allegations that Pakistan co-operated with the US to kill the....

Pilot's horrific death brings revenge call
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Pilot's horrific death brings revenge call

The Isis group's release of a video showing its fighters burning alive a captured Jordanian pilot sparked street protests calling for vengeance and threatened to draw Jordan's usually low-key monarch towards ever more direct confrontation with radical Isl

Revolt 'main Isis threat'
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Revolt 'main Isis threat'

A large-scale uprising by people living under the totalitarian regime of Isis (Islamic State) is the most likely trigger that will lead to the undoing of the self-declared caliphate.