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Attacks in Middle East Send Oil to Record $117.40
Apr. 21, 2008 - Rising oil prices were pushed to a record $117.40 a barrel because of three attacks. In one instance, a Japanese oil tanker was hit by a rocket near Yemen. Meanwhile, Nigerian militants attacked two oil pipelines.
- Attacks since early 2006 on Nigerian oil infrastructure by the militant group have cut nearly one-quarter of the country's normal petroleum output. Nigeria is a major supplier of oil to the U.S.
- Source: NewsMax
Al Qaeda No. 2 Calls on Muslims to Strike U.S., Jewish Interests
Mar. 24, 2008 - A video tape, supossedly from Al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri, urged Muslims to avenge Israel's recent military action in the Gaza Strip.
- Muslims, today is your day. Strike the interests of the Jews, the Americans, and all those who participated in the attack on Muslims," al-Zawahri said. " ... plan with precision, and then — while relying on God — assault, seeking martyrdom and paradise."
- Source: Fox
U.S. Guided Missile Strike Targets 'Terror Suspect'
Mar. 3, 2008 - A U.S. precision guided missile struck its intended target, an Al Qaeda training camp in Somalia today.
- U.S. officials at Central Command said the overnight strike targeted less than 20 Al Qaeda terrorists. They were assessing the damage done by the attack Monday, and said they'd know more about its success later in the day.
- Source: Fox
Witnesses: Missile Strike in Pakistan Kills 13 Suspected Militants
Feb. 28, 2008 - A missile fired from a U.S. military drone struck a house in the South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, reportedly killing 13 people and injuring others.
- Last month, one of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants, Abu Laith al-Libi, was killed in Pakistan's tribal region...in a missile strike by a U.S. drone.
- Source: Voice of America
- Al-Qaida's Zawahri Vows Revenge for Killing of Top Commander - Voice of America
- Al-Qaida deputy releases video condemning 'revisionists' - Guardian - UK - A video from al-Qaida deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, denounces Muslims who disagree with terrorist tactics.
Bomb kills top Hezbollah leader
Feb. 13, 2008 - Imad Mughniyeh, one of the top leaders for Hezbollah in Lebanon, was killed by a bomb in Damascus, Syria. Hezbollah claims that Israel assassinated him. He was high on US and Israeli most wanted lists, but Israel would not comment on the bombing
- Mughniyeh is widely believed to be behind a wave of Western hostage-taking in Lebanon in the 1980s.
- Source: BBC
Musharraf issues warning to West
Jan. 26, 2008 - Speaking to the Royal United Services Institute in London, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expleained his strategy for defeating terrorism and warned that he needs encouragement, not criticism, from the West.
- Source: BBC
Musharraf: Pakistan Isn't Hunting Osama
Jan. 23, 2008 - Speaking at the French Institute for International Relations, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says that he has 100,000 troops on the Afghan border to fight terrorism. They are busy rooting out the Taliban, but not focusing on finding Osama bin Laden.
- Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri are believed to be hiding somewhere in the lawless tribal areas along Afghanistan's frontier with Pakistan.
- Source: Fox
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