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OPINION

 Time to 
 Crack Down 
 on Jihad 2.0 



Web indoctrination of terrorists on US soil poses major threat

Nov 19, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has knocked Nidal Hasan out of the headlines but the Fort Hood suspect is the kind of threat America needs to focus on, warns Daniel Henninger. Home-grown terrorists, indoctrinated over the Internet, are now more of a danger than "old-school" jihadis abroad, and the ideology that... More »

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Internet • terrorism • free speech • Facebook • First Amendment • counterterrorism • terror websites • domestic terrorism • Nidal Malik Hasan

Prosecutors Hope Plea Deals Will Close Gitmo Cases

Federal, Military prosecutors fight for rare testimony

Nov 13, 09 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal and military prosecutors looking to convict Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are competing with each other to offer plea bargains to lower-profile inmates in exchange for testimony. Some detainees have remained at Gitmo because they are considered too difficult to prosecute, and the evidence against... More »

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military • terrorism • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees • federal prosecution • Obama administration • Gitmo

 9/11 Plotters Will 
 Face Death: Holder 

New York trial represents proper US tradition, AG says

Nov 13, 09 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-defendants will face the death penalty, Eric Holder confirmed today, and the AG leapt to defend the decision to try them in a civilian court in New York. They will “answer for their alleged crimes in a courthouse just blocks... More »

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terrorism • military tribunal • federal courts • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terrorist • al-Qaeda • criminal trial • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • Obama administration • KSM

Republicans Decry Decision to Try 9/11 Planner in NYC

GOP slams AG's 'dangerous mentality'

Nov 13, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court. John Boehner called the plan to try the confessed planner of the 9/11 attacks in New York "irresponsible” and accused AG Eric Holder of "reverting to a dangerous pre-9/11 mentality.... More »

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terrorism • New York City • prison • New York • GOP • Ground Zero • Daniel Pearl • September 11 • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • John Boehner • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • Frank Wolf • Obama administration • Supermax • Republicans • Buck McKeon


 First US Citizen 
 Sues Feds 
 for Rendition 

NJ man alleges interrogation, coercion in Somalia, Egypt

Nov 11, 09 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries. Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims US agents repeatedly threatened him... More »

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Somalia • Kenya • rendition • terrorism • FBI • ACLU • Egypt • extraordinary rendition • Amir Meshal

 Beck Rates 
 Health Reform 
 as 9/11 Attack 


9/12ers are girding for this year's national catastrophe

Nov 3, 09 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Glenn Beck's found a new way to frame his opposition to heath care reform, and this one's a doozy: It's a terrorist attack. A decade ago “I could have shouted every single day about Osama bin Laden,” the Fox News commentator said, “and nobody would have... More »

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Congress • terrorism • September 11 • legislation • Glenn Beck • health care reform • 9/11 attacks • 9/12 Project • Sam Stein • 9/12ers

UPDATED

 Dozens Dead in Pakistan Blast 

Suicide bomber duo injure 40 near bank

Nov 2, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A pair of suicide bomb blasts rocked Pakistan today, killing at least 26 people. Two bombers on motorcycles blew themselves up near a queue outside a Rawalpindi bank close to army headquarters, injuring 60, many of them women and children. "There were many people lying on the ground with... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • United States • suicide bombing • Waziristan • drones • Pakistan army

ANALYSIS

No Clear Way for US to Prosecute Gitmo Prisoners

Experts split on whether to use federal courts or military commissions

Oct 29, 09 11:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is edging closer to his goal of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison: Congress has approved detainee trials on US soil and the National Defense Authorization Act, passed yesterday, attempts to repair the damaged legality of President Bush’s military-commissions system. But hurdles remain, with legal scholars split on... More »

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Bush administration • terrorism • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Human Rights Watch • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration • President Obama • National Defense Authorization Act

 Clinton: Pakistan Has to Fight 

Terrorism fight a no-brainer, she tells students

Oct 29, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton said today that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, in combating the Taliban and other extremists that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton said inaction by the government... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • secretary of State • Waziristan • drones • Islamist extremists

'FIGHT NOT PAKISTAN'S ALONE'


 Clinton Backs Pakistan 
 as Bomb Toll Hits 90 

Secretary of state says 'this is our struggle as well'

Oct 28, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Offering sympathy for victims of today's terrorist bombing, Hillary Clinton praised Pakistan's offensive against extremists and pledged US support at a critical point in the country's history. "Pakistan is in the midst of a struggle against tenacious and brutal extremist groups who kill innocent people and terrorize communities,"... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • terrorism • Pakistan • Peshawar • secretary of State • Islamic militants • Islamic extremists • bombing

 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

 Mass. Man 
 Busted on 
 Terror Charges 

Feds say 27-year-old was plotting attacks inside and outside US

Oct 21, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal authorities arrested a 27-year-old man just outside of Boston today, saying he planned to attack a shopping mall with automatic weapons. The man, Tariq Mehanna, had been out on bail following an arrest last year for allegedly lying about the whereabouts of a man trained by al-Qaeda to fight... More »

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terrorism • Boston • terrorist • al-Qaeda • Tariq Mehanna

 Suicide Attacks Kill 4 
 at Pakistani School 

Simultaneous blasts hit women's cafeteria of Islamic University

Oct 20, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(AP) - Two suicide attackers bombed an Islamic university in the Pakistani capital today, killing four people and wounding 18 as the army pressed ahead with a critical offensive on a Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan, authorities said. The near simultaneous blasts hit a women's cafeteria and a faculty building at Islamabad's International... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • university • South Waziristan

Feds: NY Hedge Fund Boss Funded Terror

Donations were funneled to Tamil Tigers

Oct 19, 09 1:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A hedge-fund manager busted for insider trading has been contributing money to a Sri Lankan terrorist group, according to FBI agents. Raj Rajaratnam came under scrutiny in a federal probe into the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, a charity which was charged with funneling money to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,... More »

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terrorism • tsunami • insider trading • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • SEC • Raj Rajaratnam

 New Pakistan Blast Kills 11 

Peshawar explosion rocks beleaguered nation

Oct 16, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The string of deadly bombings in Pakistan continued today as 11 people died in a blast at a police station in Peshawar, the capital of the dangerous North West Frontier Province near the Afghan border. Two of the victims were children. The Taliban are being blamed for two weeks of... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Peshawar • bombing • North West Frontier Province

5 Guilty of Plotting
Aussie Terror Attacks

Jihadists convicted of planning mass killings after 10-month trial

Oct 16, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five men have been convicted of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in Australia using guns and home-made explosives. The men, busted in raids in Sydney, were accused of plotting attacks to force the government to change its Middle East policy. One of the men trained at a terror camp... More »

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terrorism • Australia • jihad • terror plots • New South Wales • Lashkar-e-Taiba

Terror Act Used to Block
Climate Activist's Trip

Protester stopped en route to Copenhagen

Oct 15, 09 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British climate change activist says police abused anti-terror laws to prevent him from traveling to this week's climate change conference in Copenhagen. Police yanked him and another activist off a bus they stopped on the way to the Channel Tunnel. The activist, who has taken part in several acts... More »

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climate change • terrorism • political activism • protesters • Copenhagen climate change conference

Feds: Suspect Had Contact With Al-Qaeda Bigwig

Terror group co-founder of took intense interest in would-be bomber

Oct 14, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(AP) - The Denver man accused of plotting a terrorist bombing had contacts with al-Qaeda that went nearly all the way to the top—to an Osama bin Laden confidant believed to be the terrorist group's leader in Afghanistan, say US intelligence officials. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an Egyptian reputed to be one... More »

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terrorism • Denver • terrorist • al-Qaeda • Najibullah Zazi

 US Eyes Saudi Rehab 
 for Yemeni Detainees 

But Saudi Arabia not jumping at the chance to take in Guantanamo detainees

Oct 14, 09 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Saudi Arabian returns home from Guantanamo Bay, a top Saudi prince personally informs their families—then asks them to sign guarantees that he will not return to terrorism. It’s part of Saudi Arabia’s highly effective extremist rehabilitation program, which has so far graduated 108 detainees. Now,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • terrorism • Guantanamo Bay • rehabilitation • Yemen • extremism • Guantanamo prisoners

 Broke al-Qaeda 
 Pleads for Funds 

Terror group seeks donations as US disrupts financing network

Oct 13, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Efforts to cut off al-Qaeda's funding have been largely successful and the organization is now critically short of cash, according to the US Treasury. The group's "influence is waning" as the money dries up, according to one official who monitors terrorist financing, noting that al-Qaeda has already issued several... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Treasury Department • al-Qaeda • terrorism financing

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