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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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3 Arrested in German Terror Plot

Militants planned to bomb Frankfurt airport and American military base

Sep 5, 07 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - German officials have arrested three suspected Islamic militants involved in a "massive" and "imminent" plot to bomb the Frankfurt Airport and the Ramstein Air Base, a U.S. and NATO military hub, the AP reported this morning. The men had gathered 1,500 lbs of hydrogen peroxide. "... More »

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terrorism • Germany • terror plots • September 11 • bombing

Danish Police Arrest 8, Foil Terror Plot

Officials say the men, with Mideastern backgrounds, are tied to Al Qaeda

Sep 4, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Danish police have arrested eight men they say were plotting a terror attack and were tied to Al Qaeda. The arrest comes after months of surveillance, an intelligence official told a press conference in Copenhagen today, but he declined to say what country was the target of the attack. "... More »

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Afghanistan • Somalia • Turkey • terrorism • Pakistan • terror plots • Islamic militants • Denmark • al-Qaeda

Padilla Terror Trial Targets Islam: Lawyer

Defense charges prosecutors play on jurors' post-9-11 fears

Aug 14, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lawyer for one of Jose Padilla's co-defendants accused prosecutors of turning the terror suspects' trial into a "US versus Islam" crusade to conceal a lack of evidence. Padilla, a US citizen, and two other men face charges of conspiring to murder and injure people in Afghanistan and Eastern... More »

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War on Terror • Islam • Jose Padilla • terror plots • counterterrorism • detainee • terrorist • dirty bomber • al-Qaeda

JFK Plotters Courted Extremist
Group

FBI more concerned about JAM than bomb

Jun 3, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The four men accused of plotting to terrorize New York’s JFK airport were courting the support of Jamaat al-Muslimeen, a Caribbean-based extremist group. In a blow-by-blow of the plotters' movements and motives, the New York Times reveals plans to meet the group notorious for a botched 1990 coup in... More »

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terrorism • terror plots • extremists • homeland security • JFK Airport • Jamaat al Muslimeen

'High-Value' Gitmo Detainee Alleges Torture

Pakistani national denies scouting for Al-Qaeda

May 16, 07 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 27-year-old Pakistani says he has been tortured since being moved last year from a CIA jail to the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Majid Khan, who once lived in Maryland, denies belonging to Al-Qaeda, but he was transferred to Cuba in September with 13 other "high-value" operatives after being... More »

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CIA • torture • terror plots • Majid Khan • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • al-Qaeda

Fort Dix Plot Draws Out 'Lone-Wolf' Terrorists

With Al-Qaeda lying low, officials fear
a new crop of home-grown jihadists 

May 9, 07 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The foiled Fort Dix plot revealed the one thing U.S. intelligence agencies least wanted to see, report Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball: evidence of an emerging home-grown jihadist movement. The would-be terrorists were "lone-wolf" operators, who drew inspiration from online videos and instruction manuals rather than taking orders... More »

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Fort Dix Terror Plot Foiled

May 8, 07 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six alleged terrorists are under arrest after plotting an attack against New Jersey's Fort Dix Army Base. The men, Islamic radicals from Albania and the former Yugoslavia, had hatched a deadly (if decidedly low-tech) plan: storm the base with automatic weapons and execute as many soldiers as possible. More »

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