July 15, 2012 The suspected Norwegian al-Qaida 33 years old affiliate is seemingly an ordinary man holding some unusual political ideas. According to the Norwegian Intelligence Services (PET) his most likely present location is somewhere between the Yemen’s Abyan och Shabwah provinces. Other speculations suggest that he has been trained as an operative for…
July 1, 2012 Army General Kjell Grandhagen (Director of Norwegian Intelligence Services) has confirmed that several Norwegians have been trained in conflict regions abroad. He did not comment specific cases, such as the one mentioned by The (British) Sunday Times claiming that one Norwegian convert would be used to attack an American plane. ”We…
The Toronto Star – May 4, 2012 When Al Qaeda contemplated the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, the organization didn’t forget to include Canada in its plans. Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn mused the organization should reach out to a group of 30 to 50 select journalists and writers who would be candidates to…
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida was sentenced Thursday to 17½ years in prison after giving an impassioned speech in which he declared his love for Islam and said, “This is not terrorism; it’s self-defense.” Tarek Mehanna, 29, an American who grew up in the wealthy Boston suburb of Sudbury,…
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The father of slain American Joel Shrum says Shrum’s wife and children have returned home safely to the U.S. from Yemen. Al-Qaida’s Yemen branch claimed responsibility for Shrum’s death last Sunday, saying he was trying to spread Christianity in the mainly Muslim Arab nation. The 29-year-old Shrum, of Mount Joy, Pa., was…
