Al-qaeda

The following articles have been tagged with "Al-qaeda":

'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty

National: 18 Mar 10
Colleen LaRose aka 'JihadJane', and the two men held in Ireland in connection with the alleged plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks, are set to face court on Friday. READ »

Two remanded over cartoon murder plot

National: 16 Mar 10
Two men arrested in Ireland last week in connection with a plot to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks were remanded into custody on Monday. Five of the seven arrested last Monday have now been released. READ »

Fourth murder plot suspect released

National: 14 Mar 10
A fourth suspect in the plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks for his caricature of the Prophet Muhammad has been released without charge by Irish police. READ »

Malaysia slams Sweden over cartoons

Politics: 14 Mar 10
The Malaysian foreign minister has asked Sweden to take action against newspapers which reprinted a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog last week. READ »

Three cartoon murder plot suspects freed

National: 13 Mar 10
Police in Ireland have released three of the seven people arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plotting to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. US media reports a second American Muslim woman has been arrested in the case. READ »

Murder plot suspects kept for questioning

National: 11 Mar 10
The seven people arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of a suspected plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks have had their periods of detention extended by an Irish court for another three days of questioning. READ »

US 'Jihad Jane' linked to plot to kill cartoonist

National: 10 Mar 10
An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" was charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks. READ »

Vilks 'not shaking with fear' over murder plot

National: 10 Mar 10
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks said he was undaunted by revelations of a plot on his life after seven people were arrested in Ireland on Tuesday. READ »

Irish police foil plot to kill Swedish cartoonist

National: 9 Mar 10
Seven Muslims were arrested by Irish police on Tuesday on suspicions of conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. READ »

Somali threats against Swedish illustrator

National: 4 Jan 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sparked outrage with caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog, has received threats via telephone from Somalia. The threats come just days after a Danish cartoonist was attacked by a terrorist. READ »

Teens sign up for jihad at Stockholm youth centre

National: 11 Nov 09
Swedish taxpayers helped fund a youth recreation centre in the north Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby which served as a recruiting station for the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab. READ »

Another Swede held in Pakistan: report

National: 12 Oct 09
Sweden’s foreign ministry confirmed on Monday that an additional Swedish citizen is currently being held in prison in Pakistan following the return home at the weekend of a group of Swedes who had been arrested on terror charges. READ »

Sweden looks to boost Afghanistan force

Politics: 30 Sep 09
Sweden wants to send more troops to Afghanistan after an assessment by the Armed Forces concluded that the current force of 500 soldiers is too small. READ »

Mystery grows over whereabouts of Pakistan Swedes

National: 27 Sep 09
The Swedish embassy in Islamabad has denied that 19-year-old Safia Benaouda and her two-year-old son have been released by the Pakistani authorities, as reports continue to circulate indicating their imminent return to Sweden. READ »

Swedish officials meet suspects in Pakistan terror probe

National: 23 Sep 09
Official from Sweden's embassy in Islamabad have met with four Swedish terror suspects currently detained in a Pakistani prison, the foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish terrorist gets life sentence

National: 15 Sep 09
Swedish citizen Ousama Kassir was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by a New York court after being found guilty earlier this year of planning to set up an Al-Qaeda training camp in the United States. READ »

Four Swedes in Pakistan terror probe

National: 14 Sep 09
Sweden's foreign ministry confirmed on Monday that four Swedish citizens - three adults and a child - are being held in Pakistan, where authorities are investigating whether the group has ties to Al-Qaeda. READ »

'Guantánamo Swede' arrested in Pakistan

National: 11 Sep 09
One of the three Swedish nationals arrested nearly two weeks ago in Pakistan is Mehdi Ghezali, a former terror suspect who was released from the United States’ Guantánamo Bay prison in 2004. READ »

Swedes reported arrested in Pakistan

National: 8 Sep 09
The Swedish embassy in Pakistan is investigating media reports that three Swedes have been arrested by the Pakistani military. READ »

Swedes killed in fighting in Somalia

National: 29 May 09
Several young men who left Sweden to join the radical Islamic militant group al-Shabaab in Somalia have been killed in battle, according to Sweden’s security service. READ »

Weapons smuggled in planes used to send aid: think tank

Politics: 12 May 09
A prominent Swedish think tank has warned that air cargo companies hired to deliver humanitarian aid and support peacekeeping operations in Africa are also often used to smuggle weapons. READ »

Swedish terror suspect worked for Al-Qaeda: prosecutors

National: 22 Apr 09
As the trial of a Swedish citizen facing terror charges began in New York on Tuesday, prosecutors argued that the man planned to set up an Al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in the United States. READ »

Somali insurgent group led by a Swede

National: 18 Mar 09
A Swedish citizen of Somali origin previously held in Sweden on terror financing suspicions has returned to his homeland to assume a leadership position in a newly created armed insurgent movement. READ »

Father-in-law appeals over al-Qaeda libel

National: 19 Dec 08
A man who told the FBI that his son-in-law had links to al-Qaeda is appealing his conviction for libel to Sweden’s Supreme Court. READ »

Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque

National: 16 Oct 08
Abu Qaswara, the Swedish citizen killed by US forces in Iraq in early October and thought to be a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda’s Iraq operations, has been connected to a Stockholm-area mosque. READ »

Swedish 'al-Qaeda leader' killed in Iraq

National: 15 Oct 08
The Swedish citizen who on Wednesday evening was reported to have been killed by US forces in Iraq was Abu Qaswara - named on UN and EU terror lists as one of the most senior al-Qaeda leaders in the country. READ »

Sweden sets sights on new snoop law

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 08
As Sweden's parliament prepares to pass a controversial new surveillance law, Faisal Enayat Khan takes a closer look at the development of a far-reaching tapping scheme. READ »

Moroccan Swede jailed on terror charges

National: 11 Jun 08
A Swedish citizen of Moroccan origin accused of terror-related crimes was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison by a court in Morocco. READ »

Swedish UN envoy sees 'light at end of tunnel' in Iraq

Politics: 28 May 08
Major tensions remain in Iraq but there are signs the situation is improving, according to the top UN envoy in Baghdad. READ »

No explosives found at nuclear plant

National: 22 May 08
Swedish bomb experts have not found any traces of explosives at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant after two men were arrested on suspicion of sabotage. READ »

Two arrests in nuke plant bomb plot

National: 21 May 08
Two Swedish contractors were arrested on Wednesday suspected of preparing to sabotage the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in southern Sweden, police said. READ »

Iraq conference: 'Al-Qaeda will not be invited'

Politics: 10 Apr 08
A UN conference on the international community's support for Iraq's development will take place in Sweden on May 29th, said Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (seen here with Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi). READ »

Swede held for 'al-Qaeda ties'

National: 14 Feb 08
A Swedish citizen with suspected links to al-Qaeda sympathizers is being held in France. READ »

Swede jailed for claiming ex son-in-law was terrorist

National: 31 Jan 08
A man has been sentenced to three months in jail for falsely informing the FBI that his former son-in-law had links to al-Qaeda. READ »

Swede linked to al-Qaeda

National: 8 Jan 08
Newly released documents indicate the involvement of a Swedish citizien in a group with ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network. READ »

Muhammad cartoon inspires musical in Sweden

National: 7 Nov 07
A Swedish cartoonist already facing a slew of death threats over his depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog is working on a musical based on the drawing called "Dogs". READ »

Father-in-law charged for Al-Qaeda slur

National: 2 Nov 07
A man in southern Sweden has been charged with slander after informing American authorities that his son-in-law had links with Al-Qaeda. READ »

Swedish terror suspect appears before New York court

National: 26 Sep 07
A Lebanese-born Swedish man arrived in the United States Tuesday to face terrorism-related charges after being extradited by the Czech Republic. "Mr. Judge, are you a better judge than a judge in Sweden? They don't judge me in Sweden," he told the New York court. READ »

Swedish terror suspect extradited to United States

Politics: 25 Sep 07
A Swedish terror suspect has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States almost two years after his initial arrest. READ »

'Muhammad cartoon not racial agitation'

Politics: 20 Sep 07
A cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog, published in a local Swedish newspaper in August, did not constitute incitement to racial hatred, Sweden's justice chancellor ruled on Thursday. READ »

Swedish publishers receive international backing

Society: 18 Sep 07
The World Association of Newspapers has expressed its support for the Swedish publishing community following death threats made at the weekend against artist Lars Vilks and newspaper editor Ulf Johansson. READ »

Algerian ambassador condemns bounty on Muhammad cartoonist

Politics: 18 Sep 07
Algeria's ambassador to Sweden on Monday condemned death threats from al-Qaeda in Iraq against a Swedish artist who drew a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad and a newspaper editor who published it. READ »

European Muslims condemn death sentence

Society: 17 Sep 07
Two leading European Muslim organizations have condemned the threats issued by al-Qaeda in Iraq on the lives of Swedish artist Lars Vilks and newspaper editor Ulf Johansson. READ »

Cartoonist forced to leave home

National: 17 Sep 07
Police have told Swedish artist Lars Vilks that it is not safe for him to remain at his home in southern Sweden following threats on his life from an al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq. READ »

Media and Prime Minister rally around cartoonist

National: 16 Sep 07
The Swedish media and Prime Minister rallied Sunday behind a cartoonist whose depiction of the Islamic prophet as a dog earned him death threats from Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as Swedish companies braced for a backlash. READ »

Vilks to get police protection

National: 16 Sep 07
Artist Lars Vilks is to be offered police protection following a statement from al-Qaeda's purported leader in Iraq offering a $100,000 dollar reward for his assassination. The controversial cartoonist has called on the Swedish government to condemn the threats. READ »

Ericsson takes down flags in Middle East

National: 16 Sep 07
Telecoms giant Ericsson has taken steps to reduce its visibility in the Middle East following Saturday's threat by al-Qaeda in Iraq to target major Swedish companies. READ »

Al-Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes

National: 15 Sep 07
The purported leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has called for the murder of artist Lars Vilks and newspaper editor Ulf Johansson. The organization also threatened to target "Ericsson, Scania, Volvo, IKEA and Electrolux" unless an apology is forthcoming. READ »

'Enemy combatant' lived in Sweden

National: 14 Aug 07
A man who previously lived in Sweden as an asylum seeker, and is now imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay, has been officially classed by US authorities as an 'enemy combatant'. READ »

'Swede dead' after US strike in Somalia

National: 3 Jun 07
A Swedish citizen has been reported killed in Somalia following an American air attack against alleged Islamic extremists. READ »

Sweden hands suspected Al-Qaeda man to Germany

National: 18 May 07
Sweden has extradited a Moroccan man suspected by German prosecutors of recruiting radical Muslims to fight US-led forces in Iraq. READ »

Sweden hands over Jordanian suspected of terror links

National: 5 Apr 07
Sweden has handed over a Jordanian terror suspect to German authorities. The man suspecting of plotting to create an Al-Qaeda cell in Sudan. READ »

CIA Egyptian applies for Swedish residency

National: 19 Mar 07
An Egyptian deported on a CIA plane from Sweden in 2001 has applied for a Swedish residence permit. The move follows a government decision to revoke the original order to deport Mohammad Alzery. READ »

Swede appears in Morocco terror court

National: 12 Jan 07
A Swede has appeared in a court in Morocco on Friday accused of participating in a recruitment network for foreign jihadis in Iraq. READ »

Swede 'arrested in Morocco terror sweep'

National: 5 Jan 07
A Swedish businessman taken from his home in Morocco on 26th December by men in civilian clothes was arrested by the security services, according to new information received by Sweden's foreign ministry. READ »

Säpo hunts for Kista terror accomplices

National: 5 May 06
Police are hunting for two more men suspected of involvement in an attack on an Iraqi polling place in a Stockholm suburb last December. READ »

Kista petrol bomb claimed by "al-Qaeda" group

National: 16 Dec 05
A petrol bomb attack on an Iraqi polling station in Stockholm on Thursday has been claimed by a group that says it has links to al-Qaeda, according to a letter received by Dagens Nyheter. READ »

Editorial: We?re not immune from terror

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 05
Sweden feels like an oasis from terror. But with an 'al-Qaeda' petrol bomb attack in Kista and Swedes accused of terror offences, anyone who thinks Sweden is above all that is deluded. READ »

Swedish soldier dies in Afghanistan

Smörgåsbord: 26 Nov 05
One of four Swedish soldiers wounded in a bomb attack in northern Afghanistan has died of his injuries. Another Swedish peacekeeper is in a serious condition in hospital after the explosion in Mazar-i-Sharif. READ »

Prosecutor questions Swedish terror suspect

National: 21 Nov 05
A prosecutor from Sweden is travelling to Bosnia to question an 18-year old Swedish citizen arrested there suspected of planning a terrorist attack. The suspect claims he had collected explosives and guns "out of curiosity". READ »

Swedish terror suspect "visited al-Zarqawi"

National: 18 Nov 05
The Swedish teenager being held in Sarajevo on suspicion of terrorist offences visited the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to the British newspaper The Times. READ »

Al-Qaeda "recruited from Sweden"

National: 1 Oct 05
An Italy-based Moroccan terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda has members in Sweden and Norway, according to intelligence sources quoted in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra. READ »

Man linked to London bombings threatens Sweden

National: 22 Jul 05
Swede suspected of links to London bombings
The Swedish man wanted by the FBI in connection with the London bombings has denied involvement, but says that Sweden would be "punished" if he was handed to the British. READ »

Swede suspected of links to London bombings

National: 21 Jul 05
A Swedish citizen has been linked to the British man who is thought to have "played a crucial role" in the bomb attacks in London on July 7th. Now the Briton is being interrogated in Pakistan and the Swede is being sought by the FBI. READ »