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terror trial stories: 16 news summaries

Paterson Rips Obama for Putting 9/11 Trials in NYC

NY governor among few Dems to criticize move

Nov 16, 09 9:41 PM CST
(Newser) - New York Gov. David Paterson, already unpopular with the White House, tonight ripped the Obama administration for deciding to try five men implicated in the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City. "This is not a decision that I would have made,” Paterson said. “New York was... More »

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Democrats • New York City • David Paterson • terror trial • 9/11 attacks • Obama administration • President Obama • Republicans

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

Nov 15, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Harry Reid • Hamid Karzai • Mitch McConnell • David Plouffe • George Stephanopoulos • David Axelrod • Sarah Palin • terror trial • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • President Obama • Sunday morning talk shows • Going Rogue

 9/11 Families 
 Split on 
 New York Trial 

Some welcome plotters' trial, to others it's a 'smack in the face'

Nov 14, 09 8:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Some see it as poetic justice—the plotters of the Sept. 11th attacks brought to justice a few blocks from the site of the Twin Towers they destroyed—and others are outraged that the terrorists will enjoy a jury trial in a court in this country, let alone this city.... More »

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New York City • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terror trial • 9/11 attacks

OPINION

 6 Myths About Trying 
 Mohammed in NYC 

US legal system is, in fact, up to this challenge

Nov 14, 09 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - While the news that Sept. 11 terror suspect Khalid Sheik Mohammed will be tried in New York has created quite a furor, there are also a number of misconceptions floating around about the trial. Andrew Cohen clears up six:
  • Mohammed’s lawyers won’t be able to get the
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New York City • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terror trial • 9/11 attacks

Senate OKs US Trials for Gitmo Prisoners

Obama expected to
sign measure aimed at speeding jail's closure

Oct 20, 09 7:54 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama won a modest victory today in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and allowing the government to continue to transfer detainees to the US for prosecution. The plan to permit terror suspects to be shipped to U.S. soil to face trial passed... More »

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Senate • House of Representatives • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror trial • President Obama

(Newser) - The only surviving gunman of the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai admitted his role in the November rampage in a dramatic courtroom confession today, reports the Times of India. "Sir, I plead guilty to my crime," Ajmal Kasab told the presiding judge, before describing how the attacks... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • terror trial • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Ajmal Amir Kasab • Mumbai attacks

 First Gitmo Detainee 
 Arrives in US for Trial 

Ahmed Ghailani to be tried for bombing US embassies

Jun 9, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(AP) - The first Guantanamo Bay detainee has landed on US soil, landing in New York to face trial on charges of bombing US embassies, the Justice Department said today. Ahmed Ghailani arrived in the early morning, to be held in law enforcement custody until his trial in federal court in lower... More »

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Kenya • Department of Justice • terrorism • Tanzania • Lower Manhattan • trial • Guantanamo Bay • bombing • court • US Embassy • terror trial • Eric Holder • Ahmed Ghailani

India Begins Trial of Surviving Mumbai Gunman

Kasab appears via video link from prison, could face death

Mar 23, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(AP) - The trial of the surviving gunman from last year's Mumbai terror attacks began today with Mohammed Ajmal Kasab addressed the court via video link from prison because of concerns he poses too great a security risk to appear in person. He indicated to an Indian court today he would accept... More »

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terrorism • India • Mumbai • terror trial • Mumbai attacks • Mohammed Ajmal Kasab

(Newser) - A Dallas jury found a Muslim charity and its ex-leaders guilty today on three dozen counts of terror funding, the Dallas Morning News reports. A retrial of the biggest terror financing case in US history, the case hinged on $12 million sent by the Holy Land Foundation to Hamas after... More »

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War on Terror • Hamas • Holy Land Foundation • terrorism financing • terror trial

 Obama to Close Gitmo, 
 Try Detainees 

But plan could be controversial

Nov 10, 08 8:05 AM CST
(AP) - President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the US to face criminal trials. The plan would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • terror trial • detainees • President Obama

Canada Terror Camp 
 Video Surfaces  

Footage shows masked men receiving weapons training in snowy rural Ontario

Sep 20, 08 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A video of an alleged terrorist training camp linked to 11 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada has surfaced online days before a verdict against one of them is due, the Toronto Star reports. A lawyer for the men complained that the video—which features men in a... More »

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Canada • terror plots • Islamic extremists • training camps • Toronto • terror suspects • terror trial

Gitmo Inmates May Testify
for bin Laden Aide

Prosecutors seek to block testimony as threat to national security

Jul 15, 08 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fellow Guantanamo Bay inmates may testify at the upcoming terror trial of Osama bin Laden’s former driver, the Washington Post reports. Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan hope the testimony will prove their client was not a high-level terror operative. The military officer in charge of the case said he... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • terror suspects • terror trial

Destroying Key Records
Was Standard at Gitmo

US interrogators told to 'minimize certain legal issues' in questioning detainees

Jun 9, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guantanamo Bay interrogators were urged to destroy notes from interviews with detainees, including Canadian Omar Khadr, documents suggest. Minimizing interrogation records “can minimize certain legal issues,” reads a Guantanamo operational manual for intelligence teams shown to Khadr’s lawyers. The case against Khadr is thought to be based... More »

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Afghanistan • Canada • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • Omar Khadr • terror trial

Gitmo Drives Detainees Crazy: Lawyers

As trials draw near, prisoners' mental health at issue

Apr 26, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's driver can't help his lawyers prepare his defense because he's been driven mad by years of isolation at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers say. The conditions "boil his mind" and prevent a fair trial, they say, an argument that will become increasingly common as lawyers begin preparing... More »

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War on Terror • mental health • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • terror trial

Jury Sees 'Martyr Videos'
in UK Terror Plot Trial

Discussed bringing families on suicide missions

Apr 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In London yesterday, prosecutors introduced “martyrdom videos” as evidence against eight British Muslims accused of plotting to destroy US-bound airliners in 2006, the Times  reports. One video, found in a man’s garage, envisioned “your people’s body parts responsible for these wars and oppression decorating the... More »

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London • terror plots • airline safety • hydrogen peroxide • airplane • videos • martyrdom • terror trial • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar





 8 'Plotted to Blow Up' 7 Airliners  

Trial of terror cell opens in London

Apr 4, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Islamic terrorist cell plotted a suicide mission to blow up seven transatlantic airliners in midflight, killing more than 1,500 passengers, a prosecutor charged yesterday as a trial began for eight men in London. The explosives were to be hidden in soft drink bottles and set off by detonators... More »

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terror plots • bomb • airplane • Heathrow Airport • terror trial • soft drink bottles • Woolwich Crown Court • Peter Wright QC • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • Mohammed Gulzar

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