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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq bombings that killed almost 50
Al Qaeda's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Wednesday for a wave of attacks that killed 46 people across the country this week and said the violence exposes how weak government security is ahead of the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad. Ref. Source 9
Hunt to find doctors training Al Qaeda to plant explosives inside suicide bombers:
Security at airports in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East has been stepped up amid fears terrorists with surgically implanted bombs are planning to strike. Ref. Source 7
Al Qaeda Taking Deadly New Role in Syria Conflict:
It is the sort of image that has become a staple of the Syrian revolution, a video of masked men calling themselves the Free Syrian Army and brandishing AK-47s - with one unsettling difference. In the background hang two flags of Al Qaeda, white Arabic writing on a black field. Ref. Source 6
Al Qaeda in decline says US report
Osama bin Laden's death sent al Qaeda into a decline that will be hard to reverse, the United States said on Tuesday (local time) in a report that found terrorist attacks last year fell to their lowest level since 2005. Ref. Stuff.co.nz