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extremists stories: 24 news summaries

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 ADL: Beck Is Top 
 Hate Monger 

He's offering 'platform to extremists,' report charges

Nov 18, 09 2:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Right-wing Fox mouth Glenn Beck is the most toxic media hate monger operating in the US today, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League. "Beck has made a habit of demonizing President Obama and promoting conspiracy theories about his administration," the r eport states. He "has... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • extremists • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • right-wing media • right-wing attacks • Anti-Defamation League • right-wing extremism • conspiracy theorists

(Newser) - The shootings of George Tiller and a National Holocaust Museum guard came despite a renewed FBI effort to preempt solo acts of political violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Identifying such extremists—while respecting their civil rights—is a challenge. Both James von Brunn and Scott Roeder expressed their... More »

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FBI • extremists • white supremacism • domestic terrorism • right-wing extremism • Scott Roeder • James Von Brunn

(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

London Teen: How I Was Recruited for Jihad

Group meeting in mosque invited boy to outside gatherings

May 17, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Islamists approached him in the mosque, and before he knew it a 15-year-old Londoner was watching jihadist videos and being encouraged to train in Pakistan, the boy tells the Times of London in the “first inside account” of the recruitment process. “A lot of people think that... More »

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terrorism • London • jihad • extremists • recruitment • mosque • Britain • martyrdom • teenager

Barred Savage Calls for British Boycott

Savage, Phelps lash out at UK's hate speech penalty

May 7, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wing radio mouth Michael Savage has branded British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith a "witch" and urged his listeners yesterday to boycott the country's products and cancel trips to Britain, the Daily Telegraph reports. "I suggest you stop buying English made goods," fumed Savage, who has been barred... More »

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extremists • Jacqui Smith • Britain • Westboro Baptist Church • Fred Phelps • Michael Savage • hate speech

 Savage May Sue 
 Britain for Banning Him 

Radio host fumes over making extremist list

May 5, 09 9:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radio yakker Michael Savage isn't amused that he's ended up on a list of people banned from Britain for spreading hate. The conservative talk show host told the San Francisco Chronicle he's considering legal action. "Today it's me. Tomorrow it's someone else," he said. "The land of... More »

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extremists • Jacqui Smith • Britain • Michael Savage • hate speech

US Warns
of Rise in Right-Wing Extremism

Homeland Security:
Recession is catalyst

Apr 14, 09 9:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wing extremist groups may be taking advantage of volatile economic times and the election of the first black president to drum up membership in the US, the Homeland Security Department says. The nine-page report, sent to police agencies nationwide, says extremism isn't limited to racist hate groups but "may... More »

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extremists • right wingers • hate groups • Homeland Security

(Newser) - President Obama stated flatly today that the US is not winning the war in Afghanistan and said he is considering reaching out to less extreme elements of the Taliban, the New York Times reports. He likened the strategy to the successful American efforts in Iraq of convincing Sunni insurgents to... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • extremists • Bill Maher • President Obama

German Cops Raid Neo-Nazi Houses

Cops seize banned music as anti-Semitic violence rises

Mar 4, 09 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - German police are searching houses nationwide for neo-Nazi propaganda that may be fueling anti-Semitic crimes, Reuters reports. The probe of 200 houses and businesses belonging to Germany's extreme right comes as extremism increases in East Germany, the country's poorer half. "The primary aim is to seize and confiscate prohibited... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • extremists • radicals • East Germany • Neo-Nazi • anti-Semitism

 Indian Women Fight 
 Back With Pink Panties 

Women fight back after Hindu extremists vow to disrupt Valentine's Day

Feb 14, 09 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - An extremist group opposed to young couples in India celebrating Valentine's Day is being deluged by pink panties, reports Radio Netherlands. The protest—organized after members of Sri Ram Sena attacked women drinking in pubs and vowed similar action today—seems light on the surface but actually is a sign... More »

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India • women • extremists • Hindu • Valentine's Day • Hindus

opinion

 Killers Aim for  
 Mumbai Dream 

City's a golden songbird they want dead: Mehta

Nov 29, 08 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - A Mumbai native and 9/11-era New Yorker asks a familiar question in the wake of India's attacks: Why do they hate us? The beloved city he still calls Bombay "stands for lucre, profane dreams, and an indiscriminate openness." It's a sensual, vibrant place that understands money and... More »

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India • extremists • religion • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Hindus • Indian Muslims

OPINION

 Mac Hypocritically Mum 
 on Felonious Pal Liddy 

Republican won't cough up details despite hammering Obama on Ayers

Oct 23, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bad enough for a presidential candidate to pal around with a “lawless radical,” Steve Chapman writes in the Chicago Tribune, but worse to clam up about it even as you blast your opponent for the same thing. That’s exactly where John McCain is over dealings with G.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Watergate • extremists • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Bill Ayers • G. Gordon Liddy

Mohammad Child Bride Book Hits US Early

Publisher moves up release date after London firebombing

Oct 7, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial novel tracing the life of the Prophet Mohammed's child bride has been rushed out early by its US publisher, Reuters reports. The Jewel of Medina's British release was suspended after its London publisher's headquarters was firebombed. Beaufort Books—which took the project after Random House dropped it amid... More »

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Islam • extremists • Mohammed • author • Beaufort Books • Prophet Mohammed

McCain Claims Obama Is
Hamas Choice

Alleged endorsement is fair game, his campaign insists

Apr 26, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's campaign plans to make an issue out of an alleged "endorsement" of Barack Obama by Hamas, TPM reports. In a conference call with bloggers yesterday, McCain defended a fundraising email that claimed Obama was the militant group's choice for president. "I think it's very clear who... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Hamas • extremists • negative campaigning

Pakistan's Strife Grows as New Gov't Waits in the Wings

Restaurant bomb, airstrikes kill at least 17

Mar 16, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A series of airstrikes on a Pakistan compound believed to be sheltering Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters killed at least 16 today, AFP reports, a day before the country's incoming government is to be sworn in. The declining security comes after a bomb exploded last night in an Islamabad restaurant crowded... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • extremists • bombing • bomb explosion • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda

'Terror Toxin' Found in Vegas

Police hunt source of container found in hotel room

Feb 29, 08 6:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Las Vegas police have discovered the deadly toxin ricin at a long-stay hotel, CNN reports. It's "100% ricin," said a police official. "We did have enough ricin to be concerned. At this point, it has been contained and is not a threat to anybody." Three policemen,... More »

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Las Vegas • extremists • toxin • biological weapons • ricin

Extremists
Mark New
‘Cold Peace’

Russian videos
signal paranoia, wounded pride

Aug 29, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The “sleeping bear” of Mother Russia is either waking to attack its enemies or rolling over a few victims as it dozes, dreaming of a lost empire, Maclean’s reports. Military flights above Guam and flag-posting on the North Pole have been well-reported; but an explosion of violent nationalism,... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • extremists • Kremlin • Cold War • Nashi • nationalism

Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer

Attack on $38K gas-guzzler called
a 'hate crime'

Jul 18, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 32-year-old man in Northwest DC woke to find his dream car—a $38,000 Hummer—with slashed tires, smashed windows, and a message carved into its body: "FOR THE ENVIRON." In a green-friendly neighborhood dominated by hybrids, two masked eco-extremists decided to punish Gareth Groves by mutilating... More »

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environment • environmentalism • gas • Washington DC • prius • extremists • vandalism • hummer • miles per gallon • mpg • vandals • eco vandals • hybrid car • cars

Al-Qaeda Behind Bomb Attempt

London says car bomb similar to Iraq IEDs, search second car; manhunt begins

Jun 29, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda-spawned extremists orchestrated the failed bombing attempt in central London today, British authorities say. The car bomb found near a London nightclub resembled improvised explosives used in Iraq, and the Guardian reports al-Qaeda has long nurtured plans to attack nightclubs in the west. More »

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London • England • extremists • London park • bombing • bomb • car bomb • 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

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