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Al-Qaida sympathizer, Ali Mohammed Omar, 42 talks to the Associated Press in the capital San'a, Yemen Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Omar, who said he is not a member of al-Qaida, warns of a bedrock of sympathy for the terror group among Yemenis that could turn to outright support, particularly if the United States becomes directly involved. Yemen's president said he is ready to open a dialogue with al-Qaida fighters who lay down their weapons and renounce violence, despite U.S. pressure to crack down on the terror group. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Al-Qaida sympathizer, Ali Mohammed Omar, 42 talks to the Associated Press in the capital San'a, Yemen Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Omar, who said he is not a member of al-Qaida, warns of a bedrock of sympathy for the terror group among Yemenis that could turn to outright support, particularly if the United States becomes directly involved. Yemen's president said he is ready to open a dialogue with al-Qaida fighters who lay down their weapons and renounce violence, despite U.S. pressure to crack down on the terror group.

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  1. Yemeni soldiers man a security checkpoint at the entrance of the southern province of Abyan on August 31, 2010 following an attack on August 28 by suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen on an army post nearby that killed 10 soldiers and 2 civilians.
  2. Weapons belonging to al-Qaida militants seized by Iraqi security forces during recent security operations on display at the Iraqi federal police headquarters in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.
  3. Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher arrives in the Roosevelt Room for a remembrance ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the US State Department in Washington 11 September 2006, on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US claimed by al-Qaeda. The United States fell silent Monday on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks in commemorations that mixed tears and political wrangling over the US-led 'war on terror.'
  4. Members (front-backs to camera) of a group of suspected extremists allegedly belonging to 'Al-Qaeda in Aceh' sit in a Jakarta court room for their hearing on August 26, 2010, facing multiple charges, including carrying out acts that caused 'terror or fear', possessing illegal firearms and participating in militant training. The suspects are the first to appear in court out of more than 100 people detained after the discovery of a militant training camp in Aceh province, Sumatra, in February. If convicted they could face between three years in jail and death.
  5. People carry an injured person after explosions during a Shiite Muslim procession in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, killing 18 people and wounding at least 150 others. The explosions appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks by Sunni extremists against the minority Shiites they consider infidels. Allied with al-Qaida and the Taliban, the bombers are also seeking to destabilize Pakistan's U.S.-backed government.
  6. Ugandan soldiers carry on September 1, 2010 at the Entebbe airport the coffin of one the four Ugandan African Union (AU) peacekeepers soldiers killed on August 30 in a mortar shell attack in Mogadishu, Somalia. The AU troops, numbering some 6,000 Ugandan and Burundian soldiers, are considered the only hurdle between the Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab and a total takeover of the conflict-torn Somali capital.
  7. Iraqi police display weapons found at a cache allegedly belonging to Al-Qaeda militants in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, 100 kms west of Baghdad, on August 28, 2010.
  8. Al-Qaida linked Shebab fighters patrol, on August 23, 2010 near a camp in northern Mogadishu�s Suqaholaha neighborhood, before they engaged in an offensive against the Somali government forces which left at least 12 dead on August 23, 2010. Somalia's Shebab launched an offensive against government troops and African Union forces in Mogadishu Monday, sparking clashes that left 11 civilians dead and 53 wounded, medics said. The Al Qaeda-inspired insurgent group launched an offensive against government army barracks in the neighbourhoods of Hodan, in the south, and Bondhere, in the north, witnesses said.
  9. Somali boys drag the body of an alleged AU fighter through the streets of Mogadishu on August 30, 2010. Clashes in Somalia pitting Islamist radicals against government troops backed by African Union forces have killed at least six civilians and wounded 16, officials and medical sources said Monday. The fighting erupted on Sunday when fighters from the Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab movement attacked a government barracks around Sigale in the capital's Hodan neighbourhood. The attack drew a retaliatory operation from government forces, sparking an intense battle involving gun, mortar and artillery fire.
  10. Somali residents drag the body of a Somali government soldier killed during clashes between Islamist fighters and Somali government forces in Mogadishu, Somalia .Monday, Aug 30, 2010. Somalia's government is appealing for more help in its fight against powerful militants who have recently intensified their attacks. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed said Monday it was unrealistic to expect the forces of an ill-equipped government to battle the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab.
  11. A US soldier sits atop a military vehicle as troops patrol the streets of the ethnically-divided Iraqi city of Kirkuk, north of the capital Baghdad, on August 26, 2010, one day after more than a dozen apparently coordinated car bombs targeted Iraqi police and other attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 53 people in various parts of the war-torn country, including the oil-rich city.
  12. Muktar, 28, a member of suspected extremists allegedly belonging to 'Al-Qaeda in Aceh' facing multiple charges, including carrying out acts that caused 'terror or fear', possessing illegal firearms and participating in militant training, listens to the prosecutor's indictment at a Jakarta court on August 26, 2010. The suspects are the first to appear in court out of more than 100 people detained after the discovery of a militant training camp in Aceh province, Sumatra, in February. If convicted they could face between three years in jail and death.
  13. An Iraqi policeman guards a mobile checkpoint in central Baghdad on August 26, 2010 following more than a dozen apparently coordinated car bombs the day before targeting Iraqi police and other attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda that killed more than 50 people.
  14. Albert Vilalta (R) and Roque Pascual (L), two hostages released by Al-Qaeda's North African wing after nine months in captivity in Mali, arrive with Spanish Secretary of State for Cooperation Soraya Rodriguez at the military airport in Ouagadougou, on August 23, 2010. Albert Vilalta and Roque Pasqual were freed from nine months in captivity in the northern Mali desert, less than a week after their Malian kidnapper, jailed for 12 years in Mauritania, was extradited back home.
  15. Albert Vilalta (R) and Roque Pascual (L), two hostages released by Al-Qaeda's North African wing after nine months in captivity in Mali, arrive at the military airport in Ouagadougou, on August 23, 2010. Albert Vilalta and Roque Pasqual were freed from nine months in captivity in the northern Mali desert, less than a week after their Malian kidnapper, jailed for 12 years in Mauritania, was extradited back home.
  16. President of humanitarian group Barcelona Accio Solidaria Josep Carbonell (R), director Francesc Osan (C) and spokesman Josep Ramon Gimenez (L) celebrate in Barcelona on August 23, 2010 after receiving news that two of the organization's aid workers who have been held hostage by an Al Qaeda offshoot for almost nine months have been released in Mali. Albert Vilalta and Roque Pascual were freed after a ransom payment was made, according to unconfirmed media reports. Vilalta and Pascual were among three workers from Catalan non-governmental organization kidnapped in Mauritania late November. The north African Al Qaeda branch released the third hostage, Alicia Gamez, in March.
  17. Yemeni security man a check point in Abayn province in southern Yemen on August 22, 2010, after seven Al-Qaeda members were killed in clashes with the army in the area, the defence ministry's news website said on August 21, 2010, bringing to 21 the death toll from the previous day's fighting. South Yemen, and the Abyan province in particular, is feared to have become a base for Al-Qaeda militants to regroup, under the network's local franchise Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
  18. FILE - In this July 26, 2010 file photo, Nasser Ahmed al-Bahri, former bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, talks during an interview with the Associated Press in San'a, Yemen. Nasser warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaida and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay in power.

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