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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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(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

(Newser) - The Palestinian portrayed as a terrorist in Bruno says he is a Christian activist who plans to sue Sacha Baron Cohen, the Guardian reports. Ayman Abu Aita, a Fatah representative in Bethlehem, says he met with Cohen in a hotel under Israeli control—not a refugee camp, as depicted in... More »

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Palestine • terrorist • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno

Righty Radio Host Savage Off 'Banned in Britain' List

Conservative talk-show still suing former UK home secretary for libel

Jul 20, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radio talk-show host Michael Savage can again enter the UK after Britain’s new home secretary decided to take him off the country’s “banned in Britain” list, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The conservative pundit is still suing the former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, for libel after putting... More »

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talk radio • United Kingdom • terrorist • Britain • Michael Savage • hate speech

(Newser) - Prison officials refused to let an al-Qaeda terrorist serving 30 years in Supermax, a prison in Colorado, read Barack Obama's books, the Daily Telegraph reports. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, an American citizen convicted of conspiring to, among other things, assassinate then–President George W. Bush, was told that the books... More »

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Barack Obama • prison • terrorist • al-Qaeda • Dreams From My Father • prisoner • Supermax • President Obama

'Rogue' Palin Was Reading From Script

McCain team wrote 'palling around with terrorists' line: book

Jul 10, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin was actually on message when she attacked Barack Obama’s relationship with former Weatherman Bill Ayers during last year's campaign, the Atlantic reports. A new book, The Battle for America, reveals that Palin received an email from top McCain staff suggesting she use the Ayers attack.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • terrorist • campaign • McCain 2008 • campaign staff • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bill Ayers • President Obama

 Cohen: 'Bruno' 
 Interviewed a Real Terrorist 

Comedian appears as himself for once to discuss film

Jul 8, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen made a rare appearance as himself last night on the Late Show, telling David Letterman about Bruno’s interview with a real terrorist, the Huffington Post reports. “When we were making this film, we thought, what could people see that they’ve never seen before on... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • terrorist • late night talk show • late night host • David Letterman • Borat • Sacha Baron Cohen • interview • Bruno • Late Show

 Beck Guest: 
 US Needs 
 Attack by 
 bin Laden 

Glenn himself seems to agree

Jul 1, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck and his guest last night, ex-CIA employee Michael Scheuer, kicked off the 4th of July festivities early when Scheuer declared that America’s only hope “is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.” Gawker blogger the Cajun Boy... More »

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CIA • Fox News • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Glenn Beck • terrorist attack • Michael Scheuer

Gunmen Thought Neda
Had Terrorist Links: Iran

Extremists blamed for 'murderous objectives' against regime

Jun 24, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neda Agha-Soltan may have been mistaken for a terrorist’s sister when she was gunned down mid-protest, Iran’s state-run news agency claims. “Groups who want to create division” purposely killed the 26-year-old—now the face of the demonstrations—“to accuse the Islamic republic of ruthlessly dealing with... More »

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Iran • terrorist • Iranian election • Neda • Iranian protests

 20 Killed in Somali Bombing 


Jun 18, 09 7:23 AM CDT
(AP) - A suicide bombing outside a hotel in western Somalia killed at least 20 people today including the national security minister. The Somali president accused al-Qaeda of being behind the attack. A witness said a small car headed toward the gate of the Medina Hotel in Belet Weyne, then drove into... More »

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Somalia • terrorism • insurgents • Mogadishu • terrorist

Terrorist Can Sue Over Torture Memos: Judge

Ruling on Padilla may open door against former Justice lawyer

Jun 13, 09 5:10 PM CDT
(AP) - A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms. The order by judge Jeffrey White of San... More »

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Jose Padilla • lawsuit • terrorist • John Yoo • torture memo

Al-Qaeda Denounces Obama

Deputy warns Muslims of 'polished words' before Cairo speech

Jun 2, 09 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda isn't waiting for President Obama to address the Muslim world to criticize him. In a new video, the group's No. 2 leader called Obama a "criminal" on the eve of his visit to the Mideast and said his "bloody images" cannot be concealed by "theatrical visits... More »

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Egypt • Muslim • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Ayman al-Zawahiri • President Obama

Infamous Terrorist Flees
to Lebanon

Suspect in 1982 Pan Am bombing spotted
in Tripoli: FBI official

May 29, 09 6:25 PM CDT
(AP) - A master bomb maker who once targeted commercial airliners and was suspected of aiding the Iraq insurgency has fled to Lebanon, an FBI official has confirmed. There is information that 73-year-old Abu Ibrahim was reportedly in Tripoli, a city in northwest Lebanon, the official said earlier this week. The... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Lebanon • FBI • terrorist • suspected terrorists • Abu Ibrahim

OPINION

 It's Time to Shoot Some Pirates 


Apr 13, 09 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Captain Richard Phillips has been rescued, and that’s good news. “But it remains a scandal that Somali pirates continue to routinely defeat the world’s naval powers,” writes Fred Iklé in the Washington Post. The pirates are surely funneling money to terrorists, Iklé surmises, and our... More »

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Somalia • terrorism • terrorist • international law • Geneva Convention • pirates

 Taliban Chief Claims 
 Lahore Attack, Vows to Hit US  

Mehsud vows he will attack again in Pakistan and US

Mar 31, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban and the man accused of masterminding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has claimed responsibility for yesterday's commando assault on the Lahore police academy and has threatened more attacks, the Times of London reports. Baitullah Mehsud personally called Western news agencies to take credit for... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • terrorist • Lahore • Baitullah Mehsud • Islamic terrorism • North West Frontier Province


 Jacko Wants 
 Apology for 
 IRA Joke 

Singer wants apology for 'disgusting slur'

Mar 20, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson was “appalled” after BBC comedians compared him to the IRA, and he wants an apology, the Mirror reports. Just days after three IRA-related murders, the comedians noted that both Jacko and the terrorist organization are “80s celebrities” making a surprise comeback. “To compare him to... More »

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BBC • celebrity • terrorist • IRA • Michael Jackson • comedian • comeback • controversy • Howard Stern Grid

 7 Busted in 
 Amsterdam 
 Bomb Plot 

Shops shut, concert canceled as tipster warns of 'many casualties'

Mar 13, 09 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amsterdam police have busted seven people linked to a large-scale bomb plot in the city, authorities announced. An anonymous tipster told police the terror gang was planning an action aimed at "claiming casualties in busy places"; targets included megastores, reports the BBC. Several stores and a movie theater were... More »

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Madrid bombings • terror plots • Netherlands • bomb • Amsterdam • terrorist • arrest

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

Iraq Nabs 'Mother' of Female Terrorists

Accused of recruiting
80 suicide bombers

Feb 4, 09 3:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraqi forces have arrested a woman suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers, the Times of London reports. Samira Ahmed Jassim, known as “the mother of the believers,” has confessed to sending 28 women on suicide missions. Jassim also admitted to planning the rapes of many... More »

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insurgents • Sunni militants • suicide bomber • terrorist • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda • Iraqi Army

 Pakistan Arrests 
 Suspect in '05 
 London Attacks 


Al-Qaeda commander nabbed after tip from US intelligence

Jan 22, 09 6:34 AM CST
(AP) - Pakistani police have arrested an al-Qaeda suspect believed to have links to the 2005 London transit bombings, acting on a tip from the US. Zabi ul Taifi, a Saudi national, was among seven al-Qaeda suspects caught in a raid near Peshawar, reports the AP. An unmanned spy plane and three... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • London • United Kingdom • terrorist • London bombings • al-Qaeda

 Black Death 
 Wipes Out 
 al-Qaeda Camp 
 in Algeria 

Bubonic plague wiped out 40 recruits at Algerian base

Jan 20, 09 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Bubonic plague is believed to have wiped out dozens of al-Qaeda recruits at a terror training camp in Algeria, the Daily Mail reports. The epidemic came to light when security forces found a militant's diseased body dumped on a roadside. Security sources say the plague forced the group to turn... More »

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Algeria • plague • epidemic • terrorist • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

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