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NEWS ABOUT: Islamic extremists

Islamic extremists stories: 39 news summaries

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 Loose FBI Rules 
 Raise Privacy Fears 

People are unfairly targeted, complain Muslim groups

Oct 29, 09 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI has been given far too much leeway to gather information on individuals and groups, charge Muslim and civil liberties organizations. Guidelines in a newly disclosed FBI manual allow the bureau to probe people or organizations without any factual evidence against them. Agents are given broad powers to proactively... More »

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FBI • privacy • ACLU • domestic intelligence • Islamic extremists • domestic surveillance • civil liberties • Muslim-Americans

 Radical Muslim Cleric 
 Killed in FBI Raid 

6 others held after series of operations in Detroit area

Oct 28, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of a radical Islamic sect was killed by the FBI today in a shootout in a Detroit suburb, part of a series of raids against the group, said to be plotting “an offensive jihad” in order to establish a state governed by Sharia law. Luqman Ameen Abdullah,... More »

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Iraq • FBI • jihad • Detroit • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic extremists • Dearborn, Michigan • Ummah

'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

UPDATED

 Deadly Wave of 
 Pakistan Attacks 
 Kills 38 

Government warns of 'guerrilla war' after blasts in Lahore, northwest

Oct 15, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan erupted in violence today as three teams of militants launched coordinated strikes on law enforcement buildings in Lahore and a suicide car bomber struck a police station in the country's northwest. A few hours later another blast rocked a school in Peshawar, near the Afghan border, killing at least... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic extremists • car bomb • Waziristan • Lahore • South Waziristan

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

 Asian Terror Kingpin Killed  


Aug 8, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesian security forces have confirmed the death of the country's most wanted terrorist, ABC reports. Noordin Top, believed to have masterminded every terror attack in the country since 2002, including that year's Bali bombings and last month's Jakarta hotel bombings, was found dead after a 17-hour standoff and gun battle... More »

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Indonesia • Islamic extremists • bombing • terrorist • Java • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

 7 NC Men 
 Charged With 
 Plotting Foreign 
 Terror Attacks 

Suspects accused of conspiring to carry out jihad attacks on Israel

Jul 28, 09 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A North Carolina construction worker, his two sons and four other men in the state have been charged with plotting to carry out terror attacks abroad, the BBC reports. The men, all but one of whom are US citizens, conspired to carry out jihad attacks in countries including Jordan and... More »

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jihad • terror plots • North Carolina • Islamic extremists • Raleigh • terror suspects • mujahedeen • Daniel Boyd

'Shoe-Bomber' on Hunger Strike
in Colo. Prison

Supermax inmate force-fed, hydrated
after refusing food

Jun 10, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted terrorist Richard Reid has been on hunger strike inside Colorado's Supermax prison since March, reports the Times of London. The British Muslim, sentenced to life after attempting to blow up a transatlantic jet with bombs hidden in his shoes, has refused 59 meals in recent month. Reid has been... More »

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Islamic extremists • hunger strike • Richard Reid • Supermax

US Offers Pakistan Key Control of Predator Missions

Joint US-Pakistan project seeks to bolster Pakistani government against Taliban

May 13, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military has been flying armed Predator drones over Pakistan and has offered the Pakistani military significant control over the targets and missions, the Los Angeles Times reports. The program—separate from the CIA's drone missions, which Pakistan accuses of violating its sovereignty—began in recent weeks and is... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Islamic extremists • drones • Predator

US Terror Reports Boost Jihadis' Radical Cred

Extremists elders complain youth give them less respect than  Western analysts do

Apr 30, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prominent anti-Western cleric Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi says he isn't going soft in his old age—and he's got the Western intelligence reports to prove it. The Jordanian jihad theorist, under fire from more radical and violent younger extremists, proudly points to a report from West Point's counterterror center labeling him... More »

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War on Terror • jihad • Islamic extremists • counterterrorism • Islamic extremism

Emboldened Taliban Gear Up for Pakistan Takeover

Taliban move closer to capital after peace deal allows Islamic law in northwest

Apr 20, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's deal to allow the Taliban to impose Sharia law in the Swat valley in return for peace has inspired the extremists to seek further gains, the Washington Post reports. Taliban fighters are spreading deeper into the region—a mere 100 miles east of the capital—and leaders say they... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic extremists • Swat Valley

Taliban Wield Mighty New Weapon: Class Warfare

Militants exploit tensions in areas where feudalism still holds sway

Apr 17, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban militants are exploiting the deep class divisions in Pakistani society in a push to expand their power, the New York Times reports. The militants gained control of the Swat Valley in part by organizing landless peasants into gangs to force out wealthy landlords. It's a strategy that many fear... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic extremists • Swat Valley

Taliban Deliver Cyberjihad Messages Via US Web Hosts

Anonymity, efficiency of US firms attracts extremists

Apr 9, 09 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Taliban message boasting about killing coalition soldiers in Afghanistan was broadcast to the world online via Houston last month, the Washington Post reports. The website was one of dozens belonging to Islamic militants that have been hosted on US servers. The terror plotters rely on the affordability, efficiency, quality... More »

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Taliban • Internet • Islamic extremists • web hosting • al-Qaeda

Terrorists Recruiting Somali-Americans in Heartland US

Counterterrorism agencies fear emergence of homegrown terror cells

Mar 11, 09 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - US counter-terrorism agencies are warning of a mounting terror threat as Somali extremists linked to al-Qaeda recruit Americans, the Washington Post reports. Agencies are probing the disappearance of a number of young Somali-Americans now believed to be in Somalia, and cite the case of Shirwa Ahmed, who lived in Minneapolis... More »

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Somalia • terrorism • Islamic extremists • counterterrorism • terrorist • al-Qaeda

Pakistani Taliban Vow
to Blow Up Girls' Schools

Extremists also ban polio vaccines; order women to cover up

Dec 26, 08 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat region have threatened to blow up schools and kill schoolgirls if female education isn't halted by next month, reports the Times of London. The extremists have already destroyed 125 schools for girls in the region this year. Women have been warned not to set foot... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • school • Islamic extremists • Islamic extremism • Swat • North West Frontier Province

US Suspects Pakistani Group Behind Mumbai Terror

Kashmir-based extremist group has links to al-Qaeda, Taliban

Nov 29, 08 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - American intelligence experts are focusing on a Pakistani group as they help India probe the Mumbai attacks, the New York Times reports. Counterterrorism authorities won't say what makes them suspect Kashmir-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, but it’s believed that at least one member has been captured for interrogation. The militant group is... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • India • Islamic extremists • Kashmir • Mumbai • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • terrorist groups • Lashkar-e-Taiba

OPINION

How the US
Made Somalia a Terrorist Haven

Coalition overthrown, country is now run by al-Qaeda allies

Nov 18, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq and Afghanistan loom largest among the fiascos undertaken in the name of a "war on terror," Martin Fletcher writes in the Times of London, but there has been a third front in that offensive: Somalia. After 15 years of anarchy, the US helped destroy the country's first... More »

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Somalia • War on Terror • jihad • Islamic extremists • Council of Islamic Courts • warlords • al-Qaeda • insurgency

Brits Launch Classroom 'Terror Watch'

Teachers asked
to watch out for
extremist students

Oct 8, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - British teachers will be asked to monitor student behavior and report any suspected extremists to police under new government guidelines, the Guardian reports. A "tool kit" for teachers sets out how they should conduct classroom debates to smoke out any possible Islamic extremist  or far-right racist views across all... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • British terror attacks • school • Islamic extremists • Britain • teacher • students

Muslim 'Terror Trio' Bombs Publisher's London Home

Book about Muhammad child bride sparks attack

Sep 28, 08 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three suspected Muslim terrorists were busted yesterday after they firebombed the London home of the publisher of a novel about the Prophet Muhammad that includes a sex scene, reports the Times of London. The three men were nabbed after a petrol bomb was pushed through the door of the Dutch... More »

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London • Scotland Yard • Islamic extremists • terrorist attack • publishing industry

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

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