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NEWS ABOUT: terror attack

terror attack stories: 19 news summaries

 Mastermind 
 of 9/11 to Face 
 Trial in NYC 

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be transferred from Gitmo

Nov 13, 09 7:46 AM CST
(AP) - Self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court. An official announcement is expected later today. The actual transfer of the detainees isn't expected to happen for weeks because formal charges have not... More »

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • waterboarding • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • civil trial • terror attack

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 10 Killed as Bomber Hits 
 Pakistan Spy Agency 

Latest in a string of retaliatory attacks by militants

Nov 13, 09 5:10 AM CST
(AP) - A suicide bomber in a pickup truck attacked the northwestern regional headquarters of the Pakistani spy agency overseeing a campaign against militancy, killing 10 people today. The attack on the Inter-Services Intelligence agency building occurred in the city of Peshawar, which has borne the brunt of the militants' retaliation against... More »

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Pakistan • Peshawar • suicide bomber • bomb • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • terror attack

 Blasts in Pakistan Kill 24 

Insurgents his air force facility, bus headed to wedding

Oct 23, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(AP) - A suicide bomber killed seven people near a major air force complex in northwest Pakistan today, while an explosion killed 17, including three children, on a bus heading to a wedding elsewhere in the region. The attacks are the latest in a surge of militant strikes this month, coinciding with... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • terror attack

 Hadron Collider 
 Physicist Admits He 
 Was Al-Qaeda Mole 


Standford University Ph.D. was about to mount attack: officials

Oct 12, 09 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top-level nuclear physicist working on the Hadron Collider has admitted being an Al-Qaeda spy, French officials are reporting. Adlène Hicheur, 32, is expected to be charged today after investigators discovered he suggested targets to the terror organization, reports the Independent. French officials believe the Stanford University Ph.D.... More »

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Algeria • France • physicist • scientist • al-Qaeda • terror network • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • terror attack • Adlène Hicheur

Hoaxsters Get German Media to Report Fake Attack on US

Fake city of Bluewater California supposedly attacked by rappers

Sep 12, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of Internet-savvy hoaxers had all of Deutschland believing that a group of German rappers had attempted a suicide bombing in a California Thursday, Wired reports. The DPA—Germany’s version of the AP—ran a story with the headline “Attack in Small California Town,” reporting that... More »

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California • Germany • prank • hoax • terror attack

(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) - A suicide car bomb exploded early today outside the main gate of NATO's headquarters, killing seven and wounding 91 in the biggest attack in the Afghan capital in six months.  The bomber evaded several rings of Afghan police and detonated his explosives on the doorstep of the international military... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Kabul • car bomb • explosion • terror attack

(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

(AP) - A pair of powerful bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta business district, killing 8 and wounding at least 50, officials said. The blasts at the neighboring Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street. Both hotels are strong draws... More »

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Indonesia • bombing • Jakarta • hotels • terror attack

(Newser) - The death toll in the suicide attack on a luxury hotel in Pakistan rose to 11 with at least 70 injured, reports the Times of London. At least two foreigners were among the dead at the five-star Pearl Oriental in Peshawar, though no more specific IDs were available. Still no... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • suicide bombing • hotel • luxury hotels • terror attack

 Mumbai Suspect 
 Pleads Not Guilty 

Says he's 21 years old; co-defendants also plead not guilty

May 6, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(AP) - The only surviving suspected gunman in last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai pleaded not guilty today to all charges against him, including waging war against India and murder. The presiding judge read out all the charges against Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in a Mumbai courtroom; Kasab responded with a plea of... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • plea • gunman • terror attack • Mumbai attacks • Mohammed Ajmal Kasab

Taliban Uses Human Shields in Pakistan Fight

90K refugees flee
terror campaign as battles continue

May 2, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's attempt to reclaim control of Taliban-seized districts—perhaps his last shot at maintaining power—ran into new terror tactics today, the Times of London reports. In the Buner district, Taliban are using 2,000 villagers as human shields, while elsewhere they are waging an aggressive... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Asif Ali Zardari • terror attack

(AP) - Pakistani security forces overpowered a group of gunmen who staged a deadly, highly coordinated assault on a police academy today, capturing six of the militants while eight others died during an hours-long battle in the country's east. Apart from the militants, the assault left eight police and three civilians dead,... More »

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Lahore • gunmen • terror attack • Mumbai attacks

 Pakistan Admits Mumbai 
 Attack Plot; Prosecutes 8 

Minister prepares to prosecute 8 suspects

Feb 12, 09 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's interior minister conceded today that last year's Mumbai attacks were at least partly planned in his country, reports the BBC. At a news conference, Rehman Malik said he had begun legal proceedings against eight suspects, two of whom remain at large. While the minister admitted that "some part... More »

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Pakistan • India • Mumbai • Lashkar-e-Taiba • terror attack • Mumbai attacks • Rehman Malik

NY Driver Free to Put
bin Laden Reminder on Car

Former NYPD officer settles fight with DMV over 9/11-related license plates

Dec 24, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - A retired New York City police officer is free to use the vanity license plate “GETOSAMA” after settling a yearlong dispute with the DMV, the AP reports. Arno Herwerth ordered the tags to remind fellow motorists that the Sept. 11 mastermind was still on the loose; the DMV delivered,... More »

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NYPD • New York • September 11 • Osama bin Laden • license plates • vanity plates • terror attack • Arno Herwerth

Mumbai Gunmen Aired Slights in
Cell Phone Calls

During seige, attackers cite Muslim grievances in India, Kashmir

Dec 16, 08 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Cell phone calls made by Mumbai gunmen during their attacks last month have shed some light on the motivations behind the slaughter, the Washington Post reports. Two members of Lashkar-e-Taiba who phoned an Indian TV station during the attacks cited the deaths of 1,000 demonstrators—mostly Muslims—in Gujarat... More »

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India • murder • Kashmir • Mumbai • Islamic terrorism • terror attack • Mumbai attacks

India Fighter Jets
Buzz Pakistan

Pakistan downplays 'accident,' while Brown reads riot act to Zardari

Dec 14, 08 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - India fighter jets crossed into Pakistan territory yesterday before being intercepted by Pakistani aircraft who harried them back to their own nation, according to officials in Islamabad. The jets buzzed two regions where Indian officials charge that terrorists are being trained, reports the New York Times. Pakistan downplayed the "... More »

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Pakistan • India • Gordon Brown • Kashmir • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • Lashkar-e-Taiba • terror attack • Mumbai attacks

(Newser) - Reacting to the Mumbai terror attacks, India’s sports minister said today that he opposes upcoming cricket matches between India and Pakistan, the Washington Post reports. MS Gill said India's team should not take a 5-week Pakistani tour as planned while "people from their soil were indulging in... More »

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sports • Pakistan • India • cricket • Mumbai • terror attack

(Newser) - India’s new home minister said today that the response to the Mumbai terror attacks was lackluster, the New York Times reports. “There have been lapses,” said Palaniappan Chidambaram. “I would be less than truthful if I said there had been no lapses.” Meanwhile, PM ... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Manmohan Singh • terror attack • Palaniappan Chidambaram

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