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Ill. Dems Rally Around Plan
to Take Gitmo Prisoners 

Quinn, Durbin say detainees at empty prison would create 3,000 jobs

Nov 16, 09 9:14 AM CST
(AP) - Illinois' governor and senior senator spent yesterday feverishly trying to regain momentum on their plan to use a nearly empty maximum-security prison 150 miles from Chicago to house Gitmo detainees. With federal officials visiting Thomson Correctional Center today, local GOP lawmakers had gone on the offense Saturday, calling it a... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Illinois • federal prison • Dick Durbin • governor • suspected terrorists • detainees • Pat Quinn

 UN to US: Drone Attacks 
 Could Be Unlawful 

Human rights watchdog wants more accountability from CIA in Pakistan

Oct 28, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UN human rights watchdog has some strong misgivings about the CIA drone attacks on suspected terrorists in Pakistan that have killed 600 people since last year. "Extralegal executions" are a violation of international law, Philip Alston tells the BBC. “These... More »

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Iraq • CIA • Pakistan • execution • UAVs • drones • Predator • suspected terrorists • United Nations Human Rights Council • Central Intelligence Agency • Philip Alston

Bomb-Making Notes Found on Shuttle Pilot: FBI

Officials release evidence against
Najibullah Zazi

Sep 20, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - An airport shuttle driver arrested last night kept notes on bomb-making as well as a scale and batteries, items that can be used in explosives, authorities said today. Najibullah Zazi, 24, also allegedly confessed to taking explosives training with al-Qaeda in Pakistan. The FBI arrested him, his father, and an... More »

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terrorism • New York • Denver • suspected terrorists • Najibullah Zazi

Need a Gun?
On the Terrorist Watch List?
No Problem

Feds OK sales thanks to controversial law

Jun 20, 09 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - People placed on Washington's terrorist watch list can be prevented from boarding an airplane or getting a visa, but they can still buy a gun, the New York Times reports. In the last 5 years, people on the list tried to buy guns nearly 1,000 times, and current laws... More »

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Department of Justice • National Rifle Association • terror suspects • suspected terrorists • guns • Frank Lautenberg

Infamous Terrorist Flees
to Lebanon

Suspect in 1982 Pan Am bombing spotted
in Tripoli: FBI official

May 29, 09 6:25 PM CDT
(AP) - A master bomb maker who once targeted commercial airliners and was suspected of aiding the Iraq insurgency has fled to Lebanon, an FBI official has confirmed. There is information that 73-year-old Abu Ibrahim was reportedly in Tripoli, a city in northwest Lebanon, the official said earlier this week. The... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Lebanon • FBI • terrorist • suspected terrorists • Abu Ibrahim

First Gitmo Detainee Coming to US for Trial

He's linked to 1998 embassy bombings

May 20, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(AP) - A top al-Qaeda suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the US, and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court. Ghailani has been indicted in the... More »

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(Newser) - A Pentagon report concludes that 74 of 534 prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay returned to militant activity—a recidivism rate of 14%, or about 1 in 7, the New York Times notes. The report, still under review, could complicate President Obama’s goal of shutting the facility by January because... More »

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Pentagon • extremists • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • suspected terrorists • Gitmo

Obama OK With CIA Rendition

Prez allows abductions, transfers to continue, promises suspects won't be tortured

Feb 1, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Torture techniques are out and Guantanamo Bay is facing closure, but Barack Obama is keeping one anti-terror tool: rendition, the Los Angeles Times reports. He signed an executive order allowing the CIA to continue the practice of secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to US-friendly nations. "You still... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • rendition • torture • prisoners • interrogation • suspected terrorists • President Obama

 Who's Still at Guantanamo? 

A significant portion of the final 110 have combat, recruiting experience

Dec 30, 08 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Before he can close Guantanamo, Barack Obama must decide what to do with the 250 detainees still there. About 80 are scheduled to be tried and will serve their sentences in their home countries, USA Today reports. The Pentagon has approved the release of 60 more, but has not... More »

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US military • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • Guantanamo prisoners • training camps • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

 Rice: Pakistan's Ready
  to Crack Down on Terror 

India issues airport terror alert after new threats

Dec 4, 08 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan is prepared to take urgent action against terrorists, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after talks with leaders today. The meeting stressed Pakistan's duty to combat "those who may use Pakistani territory, even if they are non-state actors," in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, she said.... More »

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Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • Yousaf Raza Gilani • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 India to Use 
 Truth Serum 
 on Terrorist 

Drug used during Cold War, now banned in most democracies

Dec 3, 08 6:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Indian police plan to inject a controversial truth serum into the lone surviving Mumbai terrorist to try to prove his identity, reports the London Times. The narcotics-powered analysis could yield proof that the so-called "baby-faced gunman" is indeed from Pakistan, which India suspects but Pakistan doubts. Western agencies stopped... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • interrogation techniques • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • police interrogation • truth serum

 Cops Yank 
 Terror Suspects 
 off KLM Flight 

Two arrested onboard at Cologne airport

Sep 26, 08 4:56 AM CDT
(AP) - German police commandos may have averted a terrorist attack early today when they grabbed two suspects off an Amsterdam-bound flight before the plane took off from Cologne airport, reports AP. The pair had been under observation for months and a suicide note was found in their apartment saying they wanted... More »

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terrorism • Germany • terrorist • Cologne • hijacker • Air France KLM Group • airplane • suspected terrorists • plane hijacking

Journalist's Suspected Kidnapper Nabbed in Iraq

US forces grab duo linked to al-Qaeda

Aug 25, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The suspected mastermind behind the 2006 abduction of US journalist Jill Carroll and a cohort have been captured by US-led military forces, CNN reports. The pair, nabbed in Baghdad, are suspected of planning numerous kidnappings and suicide bombings in the country. Their capture leaves “few remaining experienced leaders” in... More »

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Baghdad • coalition forces • abduction • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Jill Carroll

Court: al-Qaeda Suspect Can Challenge Detention

Ruling finds president can legally order detention, but detainee free to challenge status

Jul 16, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The president has the right to order the detention of enemy combatants, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday—but detainees can challenge that status. The Virginia-based court was hearing the case of an al-Qaeda suspect who's been in a Navy brig for 5 years without trial, Reuters reports, making him... More »

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enemy combatants • Ali al Marri • detainee • executive order • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • detention without trial

US Terror Watch List Tops 400K

As ledger exceeds 1M records, ACLU calls
it 'unfair,' feds call it 'effective'

Jul 14, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington's terror suspect list has topped the 1-million milestone, Reuters reports. That adds up to 400,000 people, including duplicates, about 50,000 of whom are tagged with “no-fly” status. The American Civil Liberties Union slammed the list as poorly managed and too long to be effective. The ACLU... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • ACLU • TSA • watch list • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • terrorist watch list

9/11 Mastermind to Gitmo Judge: Martyr Me

As trial opens, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed requests death penalty

Jun 5, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man said to have planned the Sept. 11 attacks, asked a judge to be put to death today, MSNBC reports. During his arraignment at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base a military judge told Mohammed he could face the death penalty. Mohammed replied, “Yes, this is... More »

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death penalty • war crimes • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • martyr • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • suspected terrorists

Al-Qaeda Involved in Karzai Shooting Plot: Kabul

Taliban, Pakistani militants gain strength

May 1, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghan government today implicated al-Qaeda in the botched Sunday shooting attempt on President Hamid Karzai, the New York Times reports. Security forces captured or killed several suspects linked to the assassination plot. Among them was a man with links to militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, who is based in Pakistan’... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • assassination attempt • Pakistan militants • Afghan border • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • mujahedeen

Gitmo Prisoner Hails 9/11
at Court Hearing

He plans to skip future court sessions

Apr 11, 08 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A terror suspect told a military court at Guantanamo yesterday that he didn't recognize its legitimacy, and praised the 9/11 attacks. "I believe that Osama bin Laden has succeeded in a great way in attacking you," said Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, the Sudanese man accused of being... More »

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terrorism • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • tribunal • Guantanamo prisoners • suspected terrorists

 Justice Memo Backed 
 Torture Interrogations  

President's wartime powers override law, document argued

Apr 2, 08 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Laws banning torture and assault should not apply to US military interrogators overseas, argues a 2003 Justice Department memo released yesterday. The Defense Department was told not to rely on the memo nine months after it was issued, but it established a legal foundation for controversial interrogations, the Washington Post... More »

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Pentagon • torture • Abu Ghraib • US military • Guantanamo Bay • classified information • interrogation techniques • suspected terrorists • Iraq war • torture memo

Former Prisoner to Detail Torture
on 60 Minutes

Pentagon rips 'outlandish' claims of shocks, hanging

Mar 30, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former terror suspect will reveal details of tortures he suffered in 5 years of US custody tonight on 60 Minutes, reports CBS News. American authorities seized the ethnic Turk in Pakistan and continued to torture him even after determining he was innocent, he charges. The Pentagon refutes his claims.... More »

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Pentagon • torture • Guantanamo Bay • 60 Minutes • suspected terrorists • electrical shocks

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