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1998 CIA memo warned Clinton of Bin Laden plan to hijack commercial airliner

<p>A newly declassified CIA memo from 1998 warned President Bill Clinton that Al-Qaeda leader could target the US with a hijacked, explosive-packed commercial airplane.</p> <p><i> (Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Rosh Hashanah in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli…

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1998 CIA memo warned Clinton of Bin Laden plan to hijack commercial airliner

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Somalia: Al-Shabaab drives nearly half of al-Qaeda-linked violence as 2027 risks mount

Somalia has become the main pressure point in al-Qaeda’s global network, with its affiliate al-Shabaab accounting for nearly half of all recorded political violence involving al-Qaeda-linked groups so…

  • Al-Shabaab responsible for nearly half of al-Qaeda-linked political violence in Somalia in 2026.
  • Over 2,300 political violence events involving al-Shabaab recorded this year.
  • Concerns about increased instability and potential territory gains for al-Shabaab in 2027.

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