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(Newser) - Seven and a half tons of steel from the fallen World Trade Center towers returned to New York today, reconstituted as the bow of a newly launched Navy warship. The crew of USS New York stood at attention for a 21-gun salute as the $1 billion amphibious dock landing ship... More »

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Navy • World Trade Center • September 11 • US Navy • terrorist attack • 9/11 attacks • USS New York • USS New York battleship

 Ship Built of WTC Steel 
 Arrives in NYC 

USS New York contains 7.5 tons of steel from twin towers

Nov 2, 09 10:09 AM CST
(AP) - The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks. First responders, families of victims, and the public gathered at a waterfront viewing area, where they could see... More »

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Navy • World Trade Center • September 11 • terrorist attack • USS New York • USS New York battleship

 Mass. Terror Suspect an 
 'Incompetent Wannabe' 

Mehanna and accomplice were turned away from training in Yemen, Pakistan

Oct 22, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Massachusetts man arrested yesterday for plotting to shoot up a mall, kill US troops fighting overseas, and assassinate US officials didn’t really have a chance. Tarek Mehanna traveled to Yemen in search of terrorism training but couldn't find a camp. His alleged accomplice was turned away from Pakistani... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Massachusetts • Yemen • training camps • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Tariq Mehanna • Tarek Mehanna • Lashkar e Tayyiba

 Oktoberfest 
 Hikes Security 
 After al-Qaeda 
 Warnings 



Beer tents busy despite terror group's threats

Sep 30, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's biggest beer festival now resembles a beer fortress after al-Qaeda videos hinted that the Munich Oktoberfest would be a target. Armed policemen now guard all the entrances to the festival, and fighter jets are patrolling overhead. People have been warned not to bring in large bags, and the... More »

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Germany • beer • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Oktoberfest

mumbai attackers

 Resurgent Militants 
 Could Ignite 
 India-Pakistan War 

India braces for fresh attacks that could spark war

Sep 30, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pakistan-based terror network that organized the slaughter of 163 people in Mumbai last year is still thriving, and security officials on both sides of the border fear it's only a matter of time before operatives attack India again. Lashkar-e-Taiba enjoys broad support within Pakistan, its top leadership remains intact... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror plots • Islamic extremists • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

(Newser) - A Taliban spokesman today denied that the group was behind a huge explosion that killed at least 43 and injured 65 more in Kandahar last night. Roughly 40 shops were destroyed in the blast, which went off outside a wedding hall just as people were breaking their Ramadan fast. Rescue... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Kandahar • terrorist • Ramadan • terrorist attack • terror attack

(AP) - Attackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast today. Seeking to fend off widespread criticism over security lapses, the Iraqi military released what it said was... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • suicide bombing • truck bomb • terrorist attack • confession

(Newser) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has his private jet ready to zip into Glasgow to pick up the Lockerbie bomber, reports the London Times. Scottish officials say they have made a decision about Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi but won't announce it until 1pm local time. Megrahi, who continues to insist on his... More »

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Scotland • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • Lockerbie • terrorist attack • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - News that the Lockerbie bomber has dropped his appeal amid reports that he's about to be released on compassionate grounds has critics smelling a back-room deal and a cover-up, the Times of London reports. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, is expected to be sent back to Libya soon... More »

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Libya • appeal • Moammar Gadhafi • Lockerbie • terrorist attack • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - A Palestinian militant group mocked in the movie Bruno has warned ominously that it will "respond in the way we find suitable" against the film's star Sacha Baron Cohen. The movie "was part of a conspiracy against the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade," said a statement from the group.... More »

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(AP) - Taliban fighters wearing suicide vests and armed with AK-47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the main police station today in the southeast city of Khost, triggering hours-long gunbattles that left seven militants dead and 14 people wounded, officials said. The attack began in the afternoon when at least six fighters... More »

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(Newser) - Indonesian officials are fairly certain the wanted terrorist who masterminded the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings is also responsible for yesterday's attacks in Jakarta, the BBC reports. There are “strong indications” that Noordin Mohamed Top—a financier for al Qaeda-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiah who is thought to have... More »

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Indonesia • bombing • Jakarta • Bali • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top • mastermind

(Newser) - Al Qaeda is weak militarily and “has been rejected by a great majority of Muslims,” Steve Coll writes in the New Yorker, but the terrorist organization and its affiliates can still create a “shock” like today's bombings in Jakarta. Despite the group's apparent inability to pull off... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • terrorism • US foreign policy • bombing • Osama bin Laden • Jakarta • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Obama administration • patience

(Newser) - Today's terror attack in Jakarta appears to be the work of a group Indonesia thought it had put out of business years ago, experts tell ABC News. The twin attacks on luxury hotels that killed 8 people and injured at least 50 are being blamed on Jemayah Islamiyah, a group... More »

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Indonesia • suicide bombing • bombing • Jakarta • terrorist attack • terror attack • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

(Newser) - London officially unveiled its memorial to the 52 people killed in the July 7, 2005, terror attacks today, the Guardian reports. The Hyde Park memorial consists of 52 stainless steel pillars, each representing a victim, split into four groups corresponding to the four bombing targets. In the center is a... More »

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London • Prince Charles • memorial • London bombings • terrorist attack • Hyde Park

 Liberty's Crown Reopens 


Jul 4, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Statue of Liberty's crown reopened to the public today for the first time since the 9/11 attacks, reports the Daily News. The first people allowed up were seven US servicemen who took the oath to become citizens. Those interested in ascending the narrow staircase to the top better be... More »

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terrorism • New York City • homeland security • security practices • terrorist attack • Fourth of July • Statue of Liberty • New York harbor

 Beck Guest: 
 US Needs 
 Attack by 
 bin Laden 

Glenn himself seems to agree

Jul 1, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck and his guest last night, ex-CIA employee Michael Scheuer, kicked off the 4th of July festivities early when Scheuer declared that America’s only hope “is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.” Gawker blogger the Cajun Boy... More »

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CIA • Fox News • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Glenn Beck • terrorist attack • Michael Scheuer

(Newser) - Autopsy reports indicate that Air France flight 447 did not crash because of a terrorist strike, the Independent reports. Examinations of the first 16 bodies—all recovered whole—show no signs of explosion, fire, or penetration by shards of metal. The autopsy details, leaked to the Brazilian press this weekend,... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • plane crash • bodies • airplane • terrorist attack • Air France • Air France Flight 447

(Newser) - A bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan killed about 40 people today, Reuters reports. The attack, which occurred near the troubled Swat Valley, took place as Pakistani leaders urged visiting US envoy Richard Holbrooke to ramp up US aid, notes the AP. Such attacks won't "deter the government... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • bombing • mosque • terrorist attack • Swat Valley • Richard Holbrooke

(Newser) - US counterterrorism officials are worried that al-Qaeda may mount a biological attack from Mexico and could even seek to collaborate with domestic terrorists, the Washington Times reports. The fears are bolstered by a February video from Kuwait al-Qaeda recruiter Abdullah al-Nafisi. In the video, Nafisi boasted that anthrax “... More »

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Mexico • Hezbollah • homeland security • Mexican border • anthrax • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • bioterrorism • Abdullah al-Nafisi

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