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Iran Swaps Top Al-Qaeda Operatives for Kidnapped Diplomat

Sky News reported last week that Iran has released five senior al-Qaeda operatives, including several possible successors to Ayman al-Zawahiri as head of the organization, in exchange for an Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Yemen earlier this year.

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US Sends Guantanamo Inmate Back to Morocco

Washington (AFP) – The United States announced Thursday it has repatriated a Moroccan prisoner who spent 13 years at Guantanamo Bay, as part of a long-running effort to close the military prison in Cuba.

The Associated Press

Hacking: Internet Lines Cut in California

You might call it old-school hacking—the kind of hacking you do with an axe. California police are dealing with a rash of attacks on Internet fiber optic cables. An incident Monday night brought the total number of attacks to 15 since last summer.

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ISIS 9/11 Video: ‘We Are Back in America’

ISIS has released a video to commemorate–and celebrate–the 9/11 attacks. “We are back in America,” the terrorist nation declares, warning that Americans can expect another attack on the scale of what their godfathers in al-Qaeda pulled off on September 11, 2001, and promising to deliver “cars full of explosives and suicide bombers.”

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Malaysia Arrests Three Bangkok Bombing Suspects

Malaysian authorities on Monday announced the arrest of three suspects—two Malaysians and a Pakistani national—in connection with the August 17 terrorist bombing of the Erewan shrine in Bangkok, in which 20 people were killed.

AP Photo/Mark Baker

Report: Gaza Jihadist Group Pledges to ISIS

The Gaza-based terrorist group Jaysh al Islam [Army of Islam] has reportedly pledged its services to the Islamic State terror group’s branch in the Sinai Peninsula, according to a message that circulated jihadist Internet networks this week.

Anadolu Agency/AFP