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terrorism stories: 476 news summaries

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 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

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 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

Nuclear Scientist Arrested for Alleged al-Qaeda Ties

CERN says researcher didn't work on dangerous projects

Oct 9, 09 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - French authorities have arrested a researcher working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on suspicion that he has been in contact with al-Qaeda. Police say they believe the 32-year-old and his brother contacted people linked to the terror group online, and they had been planning an attack in... More »

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terrorism • France • al-Qaeda • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • European Organization for Nuclear Research • LHC Beauty

 Cleland Memoir 
 Recalls Horrors 
 of Vietnam, 
 Karl Rove 

Cleland describes how he survived grenades and Republican attack ads

Oct 6, 09 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Max Cleland may be a living symbol of dedication to country—the former Georgia senator lost both legs and an arm to a grenade in Vietnam—but that didn't stop Karl Rove's political machine from ending his political career with attacks on his patriotism. "There are plenty of reasons... More »

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terrorism • Karl Rove • Vietnam • homeland security • Georgia • Vietnam veteran • senator • Saxby Chambliss

 Weak Afghan al-Qaeda 
 Calls Surge Into Question 

Whether Taliban will facilitate or shun terror group is up in the air

Oct 5, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The principal rationale for the original US invasion of Afghanistan was the elimination of an al-Qaeda safe haven. Almost a decade later, the terrorist group is much diminished there, as well as in Pakistan, prompting serious second thoughts within the administration about ramping up forces in the region. Aides to... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • Stanley McChrystal

 Suicide Bomber Kills 5 
 at Pakistan UN Office 

Terrorist infiltrated World Food Program headquarters

Oct 5, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber disguised as a security officer infiltrated UN offices in the Pakistani capital today, killing five people and leaving several others critically injured. Witnesses said the blast at the UN World Food Program, in one of Islamabad's more exclusive neighborhoods, shattered windows and left victims lying in pools... More »

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United Nations • terrorism • Pakistan • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Islamabad • World Food Program


 Al-Qaeda's New 
 Security Threat: 
 Bombs Inside 
 Bombers 

Recent Saudi assassination attempt used security-proof technique

Sep 30, 09 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda debuted a new suicide bomb technique in an attempt on the life of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef this month—one that could raise serious concerns about airport security. The bomber convinced Nayef that he wished to surrender and provide intelligence on his former comrades. Though he... More »

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terrorism • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • bomb • al-Qaeda • bomb plot

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