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FLIP-FLOPPERS

 Stewart Pits 
 '06 Giuliani 
 Vs. '09 Giuliani 

Rudy just can't decide how he feels about terrorist trials

Nov 17, 09 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - During last night’s Daily Show analysis of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed’s upcoming trial, Jon Stewart pointed out Rudy Giuliani’s blatant flip-flopping on the issue between 2006 and now. Though 2006 Giuliani believed that “America is dedicated to the rule of law” and “We are a... More »

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entertainment • Rudy Giuliani • New York • celebrity • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terrorist • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Rudy Giuliani Daily Show

 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

 Marine Beats Terrorist... 
 Er, Orthodox Priest 

Reservist may be guilty of hate crime in Tampa, police say

Nov 11, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A Marine reservist in Tampa chased down a terrorist and beat him with a tire iron—only the terrorist was actually a lost tourist and Greek Orthodox priest who spoke little English. Jasen D. Bruce went after Alexios Marakis after Marakis approached him asking for directions. Bruce chased him for... More »

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Florida • military • battery • terrorist • Arab



 Bomb at Pakistan 
 Market Kills 24 

Car blast targeting civilians thought to be work of Taliban

Nov 10, 09 9:48 AM CST
(AP) - A car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan today, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 100. The blast, the third in as many days, appears to be the latest attack by militants avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border. More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • suicide bombing • bombing • bomb • car bomb • terrorist • terrorist attack

 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

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

(Newser) - The US and Pakistan were this close to catching Osama bin Laden about 5 years ago, says former President Pervez Musharraf. "Then, suddenly, we lost track." In a question-and-answer forum following a speech in South Dakota, Musharraf said intelligence closed in on the al-Qaeda leader in a "... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • hunt

OPINION

 Mukasey: Now's No Time
to Weaken Patriot Act

Terror arrests show that national security needs trump privacy worries

Oct 2, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The arrests last week of Najibullah Zazi and other terror suspects should make lawmakers think twice about making intelligence-gathering more difficult for those trying to keep America safe from terrorist attacks, writes Michael Mukasey. Congressional Democrats are considering imposing new requirements on Patriot Act provisions when they come up for... More »

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national security • terror plots • surveillance • terrorist • wiretap • Patriot Act • Michael Mukasey • electronic surveillance laws • Najibullah Zazi

  Bali Bombing Mastermind 
 Killed in Java Raid 

This time, it's really him—they have fingerprints to prove it

Sep 17, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesian police say they’ve killed their most-wanted terrorist, Noordin Muhamed Top, and this time, they’re really sure. The last time they declared Noordin dead, after an August raid in Central Java, they later admitted he had actually escaped. But this time they say they’ve done a fingerprint... More »

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Indonesia • terrorist • Java • Bali • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

US Strike Kills al-Qaeda Hotel Bomber in Somalia

Also wanted in 1998
US embassy attacks

Sep 15, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American helicopter strike killed a long-sought terrorist in Southern Somalia yesterday, the New York Times reports. Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, an al-Qaeda leader operating out of Kenya, was suspected in the 2002 attack on a Kenyan resort as well as the attacks on US embassies in Kenya and... More »

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Somalia • Kenya • terrorist • airstrike • Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan

 Obama 'Weakened' by 
 Neocons: bin Laden 

New tape says 'war of attrition' will continue so long as US backs Israel

Sep 14, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is “a weakened man,” says Osama bin Laden in a new audiotape titled “A statement to the American people," citing his retention of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Bush officials. "The bitter truth is that the neoconservatives continue to cast their heavy... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Israeli lobby • neoconservatives

 New Photo of 
 9/11 Mastermind 
 Used to Spur Jihad 

Red Cross photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed hits net

Sep 10, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed released new photos of the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and they've been showing up on sites used by al-Qaeda sympathizers to recruit terrorists. The images, taken by the Red Cross as part of its monitoring of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, are the... More »

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terrorism • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terrorist • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks

OPINION

 Obama Site Calls 
 Conservatives 
 'Terrorists' 

Apparently user-generated posting sent to supporters

Sep 2, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A message posted on President Obama’s “Organizing for America” website and sent to its supporters “likens conservatives to al-Qaeda terrorists,” writes Rory Cooper for the Heritage Foundation. The posting, which Cooper notes “may have been user-generated,” calls for a phone campaign to Senators on... More »

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email • conservative • terrorist • website • President Obama • Organizing for America

(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

(Newser) - The Scottish government is in a fight for its life as anger over the release of the Lockerie bomber continues to mount, reports the Times of London. Opposition parties are preparing to hold a confidence vote in the wake of the freeing of Libyan terrorist Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi. The... More »

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Gordon Brown • terrorist • Lockerbie • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

FBI Chief Calls Lockerbie Release 'Mockery' of Law

'Your action rewards a terrorist,' Mueller writes to Scottish official

Aug 22, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - FBI chief Robert Mueller condemned the release of the Lockerbie bomber as “a mockery of the rule of law,” CNN reports. “Your action rewards a terrorist,” Mueller wrote to the Scottish official who released Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds. “Where, I ask, is the... More »

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FBI • Scotland • Libya • Robert Mueller • terrorist • Lockerbie • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - US and Pakistani officials say they're all but certain they killed Baitullah Mehsud, yet one of his fellow Taliban commanders says that's just a bunch of "ridiculous" propaganda. Mehsud, he insists to the BBC, is alive and will stay underground for a few days before issuing a public statement.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • CIA • Pakistan • terrorist • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda

 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

(Newser) - Pakistani officials have confirmed the death of Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader, in an American drone strike early Wednesday. While there is still no concrete evidence of his death, the country's foreign minister said today that "he has been taken out." One security official told the New ... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • terrorist • drones • Pakistan militants • Baitullah Mehsud • North West Frontier Province

(Newser) - Potentially big news out of Pakistan: A US drone may have killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, reports Reuters. "There is reason to believe that reports of his death may be true, but it can't be confirmed at this time," said an anonymous US official. Mehsud is an... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • terrorist • drones • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda

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