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NEWS ABOUT: Islamist extremists

Islamist extremists stories: 12 news summaries

 Clinton: Pakistan Has to Fight 

Terrorism fight a no-brainer, she tells students

Oct 29, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton said today that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, in combating the Taliban and other extremists that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton said inaction by the government... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • secretary of State • Waziristan • drones • Islamist extremists

UPDATED

 Bomb Kills 80 as 
 Clinton Arrives 
 in Pakistan 

More than 100 injured in attack on family market in Peshawar

Oct 28, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 80 people were killed today when a bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar, hours after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the country to show American support for its campaign against Islamist militants. Clinton, on her first official visit to the country as secretary of... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • bombing • Waziristan • Islamist extremists • North West Frontier Province

 10 Dead as Gunmen 
 Hit Pakistani Army HQ 

Third devastating attack in a week as Pakistan readies anti-Taliban offensive

Oct 10, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(AP) - Gunmen wearing military uniforms and wielding assault rifles and grenades attacked Pakistan's army headquarters today, sparking a ferocious gun battle outside the capital that killed four of the assailants and at least six soldiers, authorities said. Two of the attackers managed to infiltrate the heavily fortified compound in the garrison... More »

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Taliban • Rawalpindi • Islamist extremists • Pakistan military

 Fort Dix 5 Convicted 
 of Conspiracy 

Muslim immigrants guilty of plotting to kill soldiers at NJ base

Dec 22, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The five men charged in the Fort Dix terrorism case were convicted today of conspiracy to kill American soldiers, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The Muslim immigrants from Albania, Jordan, and Turkey were investigated by FBI agents and informers over 15 months in 2006 and 2007. Hours of recordings documented their... More »

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terrorism • New Jersey • conviction • Fort Dix • conspiracy • Islamist extremists • criminal trial

opinion

 Sorry, US: 
 Mumbai Is Not About You 

9/11 parallels neglect India's long fight with terrorism

Dec 3, 08 8:17 PM CST
(Newser) - US pundits have portrayed the Mumbai attacks as the 9/11 of India, a terrorist test of Barack Obama, and a deliberate attempt to go after US citizens abroad. "Sorry, it is not always about America," writes Indian native Isaac Cheriyathu in SpliceToday. Devastating, yes. But this was a... More »

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India • Mumbai • Islamist extremists • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • opinion • 9/11 attacks

 Terrorists Demand Release 
 of Islamist Prisoners 

Gunmen say they are part of Indian Muslim group

Nov 27, 08 5:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A terrorist inside Mumbai's Oberoi hotel, in which dozens of hostages remain trapped, has demanded the release of Islamic militants imprisoned in Indian jails. The man made his call for the release of "mujahedeens" in a phone call to an Indian television station. He added that he belonged... More »

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India • Mumbai • Islamist • Islamist extremists • terrorist attack • hostage

ANALYSIS

 Mass Trials 
 Signal Saudis' 
 Anti-Terror 
 Progress 

Nearly 1K will be tried according to Islamic law

Oct 24, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The biggest mass prosecution of Islamist extremists in Saudi Arabian history is the latest clue that the kingdom’ anti-terror campaign in on track, the Economist reports. The Saudis plan to try 991 prisoners on charges ranging from committing terrorist violence to justifying it in religious sermons—and will do so... More »

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Saudi Arabia • jihad • Islamist • Islamist extremists • Wahhabism • al-Qaeda • Islamic terrorism

 Islamists Eye 
 Weapons on Pirate Ship 


Ukrainian vessel surrounded by Western warships off Somalia

Sep 29, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Islamic extremists are preparing to unload anti-aircraft guns and grenades from a Ukrainian ship captured by Somali pirates, the Times of London reports, though the ship, taken Thursday as it approached Kenya, is surrounded by US and European warships. Speaking via satellite phone, the seized vessel’s captain said one... More »

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Somalia • piracy • Ukraine • Islamist extremists • US Navy • weapons

OPINION

At 20, al-Qaeda
Is in Decline

Bin Laden's terror group enters third decade losing war,
but 'legacy will endure'

Aug 17, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two decades after its founding, al-Qaeda's golden years are over, argues Peter Bergen in the Washington Post. Osama bin Laden's plan has largely backfired: 9/11 neither resulted in US withdrawal from the Middle East, or in the defeat of "impious" Middle Eastern regimes. But while al-Qaeda discredited itself in... More »

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Afghanistan • terrorism • Pakistan • Osama bin Laden • Islamist extremists • al-Qaeda • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack

9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

Militants were guilty
of 2003 Casablanca bombings

Apr 7, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted... More »

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terrorism • prison • Morocco • suicide bombing • Casablanca • escape • escaped criminal • Islamist extremists • Islamic terrorism

Bombs Aimed at Bhutto Kill 130

Two bombs explode in crowds celebrating former PM's return

Oct 18, 07 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two car bombs exploded in a crowd of supporters gathered to greet Benazir Bhutto as her convoy made its way through the streets of Karachi today, killing at least 130 people and wounding 150. The ex-PM was reported safe though one of the bombs exploded near the truck she was... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Karachi • Benazir Bhutto • Islamist extremists

Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head
of Cartoonist

$100,000 for murder
of Swede who drew offensive image

Sep 16, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda affiliate is offering a reward to slaughter a Swedish cartoonist who drew an image offensive to Muslims. In an online statement, Islamic State in Iraq offered $100,000 for Lars Vilks' murder and $50,000 for that of the newspaper editor who published the cartoon. The reward escalated... More »

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Islam • Islamic State of Iraq • Muslims • cartoon • Mohammed • Sweden • Islamist extremists • cartoonist • Nerikes Allehanda • Lars Vilks • Danish Mohammed cartoons • al-Qaeda

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