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Suspects in Brit Terror Raids Freed for Lack of Evidence

Government seeks to deport men busted in touted sweep

Apr 22, 09 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine of the 11 suspects arrested in Britain's terror raids earlier this month have been released without charge due to lack of evidence, the Telegraph reports. The release of the remaining two is expected soon. The government is seeking to deport the men—suspected of being involved in what Prime... More »

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Gordon Brown • terror plots • deportation • Britain • terror suspects • al-Qaeda

UK Terror Busts Thwarted
Big Easter Attack: Cops

Investigators probing Pakistani extremists' links to al-Qaeda

Apr 10, 09 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's arrest of a dozen terror suspects this week—nearly overshadowed by the public blunder and subsequent resignation of a top terror official—is believed to have foiled a major plot to bomb Easter shoppers, sources tell the Daily Telegraph. The suspects, mostly Pakistani nationals in the UK on student... More »

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terror plots • bomb • Britain • terror suspects • al-Qaeda • Manchester

 7 Busted in 
 Amsterdam 
 Bomb Plot 

Shops shut, concert canceled as tipster warns of 'many casualties'

Mar 13, 09 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amsterdam police have busted seven people linked to a large-scale bomb plot in the city, authorities announced. An anonymous tipster told police the terror gang was planning an action aimed at "claiming casualties in busy places"; targets included megastores, reports the BBC. Several stores and a movie theater were... More »

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Madrid bombings • terror plots • Netherlands • bomb • Amsterdam • terrorist • arrest

Cops Foiled Earlier Mumbai Terror Plot 

Police believe captured Indian militant was among attackers' local accomplices

Dec 6, 08 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian police busted a terror cell planning to attack Mumbai earlier this year that was directed by the same two Pakistani-based terror kingpins accused in last week's attacks, said police. Those captured Pakistani and Indian militants, still being held, had guns, explosives, and maps of Mumbai landmarks, the New York ... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • terror plots • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 Terrorists Planned 
 to Blow Up Hotel 

Pakistani man confesses that group planned to blow up Taj Hotel

Nov 29, 08 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A captured terrorist has confessed that his group intended to blow up Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, and had enough explosives to reduce it to rubble in an "Indian 9/11," the Times of India reports. The 21-year-old Pakistani, apprehended after a gunfight in which he killed a police inspector,... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror plots • terrorist • interrogation • Mumbai • terrorist attack

 FBI Warns of 
 NYC Subway 
 Terror Plot 

Al-Qaeda casually discussed holiday plot, source says

Nov 26, 08 11:15 AM CST
(AP) - Federal authorities are warning law enforcement personnel of a possible terror plot against the New York City subway system during the holiday season. An internal memo obtained by the AP says the FBI has received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al-Qaeda terrorists may have discussed suicide bombing attacks... More »

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Canada Terror Camp 
 Video Surfaces  

Footage shows masked men receiving weapons training in snowy rural Ontario

Sep 20, 08 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A video of an alleged terrorist training camp linked to 11 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada has surfaced online days before a verdict against one of them is due, the Toronto Star reports. A lawyer for the men complained that the video—which features men in a... More »

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Canada • terror plots • Islamic extremists • training camps • Toronto • terror suspects • terror trial

Next Wave of Terrorist Plotters: White Men

Concern grows over US, EU citizens trained in Pakistan

Sep 9, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - US officials are increasingly worried that the next terror attack could be perpetrated by Americans or citizens of the European Union, MSNBC reports. Three German citizens—two ethnically German—were arrested last week in a plot to destroy a club frequented by US military personnel. The arrests have drawn attention... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • terror plots • Waziristan • al-Qaeda • domestic terrorism • Tehrik-e-Taliban • 9/11 attacks

 India on Alert
 as Bomb Toll
 Soars to 49

Nation on alert after series of blasts rocks market, hospital

Jul 27, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - India steeled for more attacks today as the death toll in a series of bombings soared to 49. A little known group called the Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for 17 blasts that rocked a busy market and hospital in the town of Ahmedabad yesterday. Police today found two other... More »

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terrorism • India • terror plots • bombing • terrorist attack • terror group

 China Arrests 45 in
 'Olympic Terror Plot'

Terrorist plot averted, officials say, but credibility problem persists

Apr 10, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has rooted out two terrorist groups plotting to kidnap Olympic athletes and attack tourist hotels during the games, the Ministry of Public Security announced today. Chinese forces rounded up 45 suspects and seized explosives and “jihadist” literature in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. But China has often cried... More »

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China • jihad • terror plots • kidnapping • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Human Rights Watch • terrorist groups • East Turkestan Islamic Movement • Xinjiang

Jury Sees 'Martyr Videos'
in UK Terror Plot Trial

Discussed bringing families on suicide missions

Apr 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In London yesterday, prosecutors introduced “martyrdom videos” as evidence against eight British Muslims accused of plotting to destroy US-bound airliners in 2006, the Times  reports. One video, found in a man’s garage, envisioned “your people’s body parts responsible for these wars and oppression decorating the... More »

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London • terror plots • airline safety • hydrogen peroxide • airplane • videos • martyrdom • terror trial • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar





 8 'Plotted to Blow Up' 7 Airliners  

Trial of terror cell opens in London

Apr 4, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Islamic terrorist cell plotted a suicide mission to blow up seven transatlantic airliners in midflight, killing more than 1,500 passengers, a prosecutor charged yesterday as a trial began for eight men in London. The explosives were to be hidden in soft drink bottles and set off by detonators... More »

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terror plots • bomb • airplane • Heathrow Airport • terror trial • soft drink bottles • Woolwich Crown Court • Peter Wright QC • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • Mohammed Gulzar

Chinese Say They Foiled 2 Terror Plots

Hijack attempt blocked while earlier raid stopped Olympic attack

Mar 9, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - China has thwarted two terror attacks, a top official revealed today, including an attempted plane hijacking on Friday and a January raid that captured and killed terrorists aiming to "sabotage" the Beijing Olympics, reports CNN. Both incidents were linked to regional separatists whose “goal was very clear,”... More »

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China • terrorism • terror plots • 2008 Beijing Olympics • counterterrorism • terrorist • hijack • East Turkestan Islamic Movement • plane hijacking • hijacking

Bust in Terror Plot to Kill Danish Cartoonist

Danish secret services make midnight arrests

Feb 12, 08 7:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Danish police this morning arrested several people suspected of plotting to assassinate a cartoonist who had offended Muslims with a cartoon insulting the prophet Mohammed. The newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which published a set of controversial cartoons in 2005, said the attempt was against one of 12 illustrators, Kurt Westergaard, who drew... More »

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terrorism • terror plots • cartoon • Denmark • cartoonist • assassination attempt • Danish Mohammed cartoons

Spain Busts 14 Islamic Militants in Terror Plot

Barcelona raids yield bomb materials; attack wasn't imminent

Jan 19, 08 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Spanish authorities toady arrested 14 people—12 Pakistanis and 2 Indians—suspected of planning a terror attack in or near Barcelona. After raiding five homes, officials seized four bomb timers and computer data, CNN reports. “They had taken a step beyond radicalization and were trying to get the means... More »

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Madrid bombings • terrorism • Pervez Musharraf • Spain • Europe • terror plots • Islamic extremism • Barcelona • terror suspects

Terror Threat Douses Brussels Fireworks

Officials say large crowds still a risk

Dec 31, 07 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Brussels has canceled or cut short many of its traditional New Year's Eve events, saying the terror threat level is still too high to permit large gatherings. Last week, Belgian police arrested—and released on lack of evidence—14 people accused of plotting to break a convicted terrorist out of... More »

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national security • Belgium • terror plots • fireworks • terrorist • Brussels • New Year's Eve

Belgium Frees Terror Suspects

Court finds lack of evidence to hold 14 men; country remains on high alert

Dec 22, 07 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Today Belgian police released 14 men accused of plotting to break free an al-Qaeda suicide bomber, the AP reports. A court ruled there was not enough evidence to justify holding them more than 24 hours—the standard time to present evidence on a suspect in Belgium. "The police get... More »

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Belgium • terror plots • terrorist • terror suspects

Saudis Foil Hajj Attack

Militants aiming to disrupt Muslim ritual nabbed

Dec 22, 07 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - As millions of Muslims completed the annual Hajj pilgrimage yesterday, Saudi police said they'd arrested a group that had been planning attacks, Al Arabiya reports. An official said the al-Qaeda suspects, detained at cities across the country, had been intent on disrupting the ritual and causing "security confusion."... More »

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Islam • Saudi Arabia • terrorism • terror plots • Mecca • Islamic extremism • al-Qaeda

208 Nabbed in Saudi Terror Raids

Hundreds arrested, oil attack foiled

Nov 29, 07 4:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Saudi Arabian security forces have arrested 208 suspected al-Qaeda militants reportedly plotting an attack on a major oil field, the BBC reports. Those busted included missile experts, assassination squads—and a 16-person "media cell" bent on promoting extremist ideology. The money men behind the militants were also nabbed. More »

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Saudi Arabia • terror plots • Islamic extremists • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

UK Court OKs Radical Cleric's US Extradition

Al-Masri tried to build a terrorist training camp
in Oregon, US says

Nov 15, 07 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri could be extradited to the US, thanks to a British court ruling today. Hamza is serving a seven-year prison term for inciting his congregation to murder, but US charges, which include attempting to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, could put the... More »

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terrorism • terror plots • extradition • Britain • radical cleric • Abu Hamza al Masri • terror suspects

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