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    • Militants of al Qaeda escaped from the prison of Yemen

    22. June 2011

    militants escaped

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    57 militants of al Qaeda have escaped from the Mukalla jail in the Hadarmout province, a prison in southern Yemen, today (Wednesday) through a 45 yard underground tunnel. The 57 were among the 62 inmates in the prison. This may create very bad political crisis in Yemen.

    Groups of al Qaeda linked gunmen opened fire on the guards from outside and at that time the 57 prisoners escaped from the jail through the tunnel. Obviously, the prison breakout can be said as the carefully choreographed escape. One guard was killed in this open fire. Another guard was highly injured.

    In 2006, 23 al Qaeda linked escaped from a Sanaa detention center in Yemen, was the last major prison breakout. Nasser al-Wahishi, who wanting to be the next leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, and the dominant figure in al Qaeda, Qassim al-Raimi were among the jailbirds escaped from the detection center.

    The latest escape on Wednesday can be a sign of challenge of the militants of al Qaeda to the Yemen’s security and the government. A specialist in Yemen, Christopher Boucek said through email that “This incident is yet another example of the deteriorating security and stability situation in Yemen.”

    The militants of al Qaeda grabbed control of two towns in Abyan last month and also seized control of several neighboring provinces of Lahj last week. Some of these militants have been tolerated by the president of Yemen 33-year-old Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh is now taking treatment in Saudi Arabia. The vice president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi became the temporary president from the departure of the president Saleh.

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    Osama’s death-the aftermath

    03. May 2011

    The death of the dreaded fugitive and terrorist Osama Bin Laden has taken the media by storm. The amount of publicity his death has received is not astounding as Bin Laden is was the most wanted from the most wanted list on the FBI. That is why bringing down such a man would not only be dangerous but the aftermath that would follow would be much worse than that.While more consequences are awaiting to take form , I am listing one of them.

    Osama Bin Laden was from an elite Saudi Arabian family of rich and powerful people. His father was a prominent businessman and was well connected to the Saudi royal family. So Bin Laden used his financial leverage to finance holy wars and terrorist groups early one. The biggest asset to Al Qaeda and Osama himself, was not only the manpower and firepower he had, but his very appearance. Osama Bin Laden gained so much notoriety for his terrorist activities that his own face had become a symbol or an entity for war or terrorism. So to put it in simple words, the thing that was the most valuable to the Al Qaeda was Osama Bin Laden himself.

    But since his demise has stripped Al Qaeda of its main asset, the Al Qaeda is starting to lose its edge. There were a number of  INCIDENTS that  already stated that Al Qaeda has started to lose its financial power for some time now. The main financiers of the organizations like Abdul Gani where already killed by US agents some time ago. The people in the organization are also facing fierce competition from rivals in the middle east where riots and street violence is common. Because of all these factors, the Al Qaeda territories in other middle eastern countries are forced to server contact with the main operation and function on their own.  All this has left the organization in a massive cash setbacks and they are encouraging their members to engage in more criminal activites such as stealing, etc to keep themselves a float.

    So as a whole the aftermath is kind of ambiguous in results and while the good part means that Al Qaeda has almost lost half its strength, the bad part means that now they are bound to commit more crimes to stay cash flow positive. The US and other concerned authorities should now when the time is ripe and take action accordingly.

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    Osama Bin Laden died today

    02. May 2011

    The dreaded Al Qaeda leader and global terrorist, Osama bin laden was killed today in the early hours of Monday May 2 2011. This assassination that was carried out by a group of elite US police forces like the CIA and the Navy SEALs, has taken the news media on a global scale on by storm because today was the day where an infamous terrorist was killed after almost a decade long struggle by investigating his whereabouts. As we all know Osama bin laden came to fame when he masterminded the attack on the the twin towers in New York city, USA. That catastrophic incident had caused a worldwide disruption and caused a more than 3000 American lives as casualties and several hundred million dollars in property damage. But today it looked like the US has finally got its revenge by gunning down the Al Qaeda leader in his posh hideout in a compound located in the Pakistan/Afghanistan border.

    According to the concerned Pakistan officials and an eye witness, the CIA came to attack at the early hours of May 2 Monday morning. Then Bin laden retaliated by attacking with his own personal security force. It was his men versus the CIA who attacked with four armed helicopters. After a short fire fight , although the CIA did manage to loose some of their men, they finally managed to gun down and kill Bin laden. A spokesperson for the CIA commented that the CIA had been tipped on the whereabouts of the Osama somewhere in August last year where he was rumored to be living in Pakistan ever since. The Pakistani officials refused to comment any further. The team even managed to gun down a few people along with Bin laden one of whom was rumored to be his son and a high ranking Al Qaeda member.

    A large crowd of people had gathered in the white house to give show their happiness to this incident and president Barack Obama was quoted to have said that the justice is now done. But Obama feels that the country should be more aware and vigilant for any terrorist activities that may occur by Islamic extremists and AL Qaeda members who may want to seek revenge for gunning down their leader. But all that aside many people feel that his death will somewhat serve as an example to the other people in the FBI most wanted lists and teach them that no matter how powerful or dangerous you may be, you will meet a sticky end like death, sooner or later by the authorities.

    Here is the video explaining his death

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