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Pentagon Charges Inmate in Terror Strike

Critics cry foul as military plans tribunal for Ghailani

Mar 31, 08 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon charged a Guantanamo inmate today in the 1998 US embassy bombing in Tanzania that killed 11 people, the New York Times reports. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, saying he remained an al-Qaeda agent after the attack and worked as a bodyguard to Osama... More »

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military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • al-Qaeda • Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

Syria Remains Key for
Foreign Fighters in Iraq: US

90% of Iraq's foreign fighters come across neighbor's borders, new report contends

Mar 12, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syria is a key jumping-off point for foreign militants in Iraq, with 90% entering through the Syrian border, the Pentagon reported yesterday. “It is not clear that Syria has made a strategic decision to deal with foreign terrorists using Syria as a transit point,” the report notes. Meanwhile,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Syria • Tehran • terrorist • Shiite militia • Damascus • Sunni leaders • quarterly reports • militant • Iraq war

US Families Sue Chiquita Over FARC Murders

Claim protection cash to Colombia rebels tied to missionary slayings

Mar 12, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fruit giant Chiquita stands accused in a federal lawsuit of contributing to the deaths of five US missionaries at the hands of Colombian rebel group FARC during the 1990s, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Families of the missionaries say protection money the Cincinnati-based company admitted to secretly paying the... More »

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Department of Justice • Colombia • terrorist • missionaries • Chiquita • FARC • United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia • New Tribes Mission • terror group

Chinese Say They Foiled 2 Terror Plots

Hijack attempt blocked while earlier raid stopped Olympic attack

Mar 9, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - China has thwarted two terror attacks, a top official revealed today, including an attempted plane hijacking on Friday and a January raid that captured and killed terrorists aiming to "sabotage" the Beijing Olympics, reports CNN. Both incidents were linked to regional separatists whose “goal was very clear,”... More »

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China • terrorism • terror plots • 2008 Beijing Olympics • counterterrorism • terrorist • hijack • East Turkestan Islamic Movement • plane hijacking • hijacking

US Fires Missiles at
al-Qaeda Target in Somalia

Strike killed 3 women,
3 children, wounded 20

Mar 3, 08 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military has fired missiles at a terror target in southern Somalia, CNN reports. The strike destroyed two houses, killing three women and three children and wounding 20 others, a local commissioner reports. A US official says the strike was aimed at a "facility where there were known... More »

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Somalia • civilian casualties • US military • terrorist • al-Qaeda • missile strike

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Bush Urges Congress
to Pass Surveillance Bill

Threat growing as House holds up bill over immunity for telecoms, prez charges

Feb 28, 08 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush urged Congress this morning to pass an update to the terrorist surveillance bill that expired more than a week ago, CNN reports. Bush said the delay poses "a risk of opening a gap in our intelligence gathering." The bill stalled in the House over a provision... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • foreclosure • surveillance • terrorist • FISA • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act • foreign intelligence • HIV/AIDS • George W. Bush

Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising
in Turkey

Insurgency urged as Iraq battle continues

Feb 24, 08 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - As Turkish troops continue their unprecedented ground offensive in northern Iraq, a leader of the targeted Kurdish separatist group has called for Kurds living in Turkey to rebel. A news agency loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party carried the call of the rebel Kurd commander to make Turkish cities "... More »

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Turkey • insurgents • Kurdistan • PKK • terrorist • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish rebels • Northern Iraq • Turkish military

Former Gitmo Prosecutor to Testify for Bin Laden Driver

Top lawyer now critic
of tribunals' fairness

Feb 22, 08 6:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo will be a defense witness for Osama bin Laden's driver at his upcoming military tribunal, the AFP reports. Morris Davis, who has become an outspoken critic of the administration’s legal approach to the war on terror since his resignation in October, will testify... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Military Commissions Act • Morris Davis

CIA Lost a Fortune on Failed Terror Traps

Bogus firms failed to provide effective cover for overseas spies

Feb 17, 08 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - CIA officials lost a bundle after 9/11 setting up fake businesses to ensnare suspected terrorists in a strategy it now concedes was ill-conceived, reports the Los Angeles Times. The agency spent hundreds of millions of dollars to establish 12 enterprises in Europe and elsewhere to provide a convincing cover for... More »

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CIA • terrorism • terrorist • spying • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • terror network • spies • undercover

Terror Leader Killed in Gaza

Israeli military denies involvement in death of Palestinian Islamic Jihad chieftain

Feb 15, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - A leading member of terrorist group Islamic Jihad was killed today in the Gaza Strip, Reuters reports. Ayman Fayed and at least seven others were killed in an explosion that leveled a house where Fayed was staying. The Israeli army denied involvement, but Palestinian leaders saw the attack as Israel... More »

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Gaza • assassination • terrorist • Islamic Jihad • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike

Who Killed This Terrorist? No Clues, Lots of Enemies

Israelis, Americans, others had reason to want Imad Mughniyah dead

Feb 13, 08 8:44 PM CST
(Newser) - So many parties had a motive for killing Hezbollah mastermind Imad Mughniyah that it’s unclear who assassinated him last night in Syria, Time reports. The Lebanon-based terror group blamed the assassination in Damascus on Israel, which denied involvement. Said one insider, “The Americans wanted him, so did the... More »

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Israel • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Hezbollah • assassination • terrorist • Imad Mughniyah

5 UK Students Freed on
Terror Appeal

Judge overturns convictions for having extremist literature

Feb 13, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The UK's top judge today quashed the convictions of five young Muslims on charges of downloading and sharing terrorist material, the Telegraph reports. Lord Chief Justice Phillips ruled that, under 2000's Terrorism Act, it is not illegal to possess and study terror literature unless there is obvious evidence of "... More »

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terrorist • Britain • terror websites • Islamic terrorism

Woman Held in Bomb Threat on British Oil Rig

Officials evacuate 539 workers; incident not terrorist-related

Feb 10, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - British authorities have detained a 23-year-old woman in connection with a bomb threat that caused an evacuation of hundreds of oil workers from a North Sea oil rig, the BBC says. The woman had been working aboard the platform, which is located about 130 miles northeast off the coast of... More »

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United Kingdom • evacuation • terrorist • North Sea • bomb threat • Royal Air Force • Safe Scandinavia • ProSafe • oil rig

Son Calls on Osama to Drop His Weapons

Younger Bin Laden says he doesn't consider dad a terrorist

Jan 21, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The world's most notorious terrorist's peace-loving son is calling on Osama bin Laden to “find another way.” Omar bin Laden, Osama’s fourth son, tells CNN many other Muslims share his sentiments about al-Qaeda but acknowledges that his dad “doesn't have the power to stop the movement... More »

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terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Omar bin Laden • al-Qaeda

Former US Rep. Charged With Aiding Terrorists

Feds: Siljander lobbied for Islamic charity

Jan 16, 08 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - An investigation into an Islamic charity that allegedly provided covert financial support for terrorists now involves a former US congressman, the AP reports. Former Michigan Republican Rep. Mark Deli Siljander was charged today with money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice for receiving $50,000 in illegally redirected money to... More »

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terrorism • terrorist • Mark Siljander • Islamic American Relief Agency

Al-Qaeda Yank Renounces US Citizenship
on Video

Urges 'booby traps, not roses' for Bush trip

Jan 7, 08 8:29 AM CST
(Newser) - American-born al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn has renounced his US citizenship on camera to protest the incarceration of jihadists in America. Gadahn, also known as "Azzam the American," left California in the 90s to join al-Qaeda. The first US citizen charged with treason since World War II, Gadahn has... More »

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jihad • terrorist • traitor • Adam Yahiye Gadahn • al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda Launches Cell Phone Videos

Group targets wide audience with dubbed, subtitled clips

Jan 5, 08 4:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda has released videos that can be downloaded and viewed on cell phones, the AP reports. The terrorist group launched eight video messages from Osama bin Laden and No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, all available thanks to al-Qaeda's media branch, al-Sahab. The videos feature subtitles in English and dubbing in other... More »

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Internet • cell phones • Ayman al Zawahiri • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • videos • al-Qaeda

Terror Threat Douses Brussels Fireworks

Officials say large crowds still a risk

Dec 31, 07 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Brussels has canceled or cut short many of its traditional New Year's Eve events, saying the terror threat level is still too high to permit large gatherings. Last week, Belgian police arrested—and released on lack of evidence—14 people accused of plotting to break a convicted terrorist out of... More »

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national security • Belgium • terror plots • fireworks • terrorist • Brussels • New Year's Eve

Face of Jihad Ever More Youthful

Teens as young as 15 turn to web to connect with extremists

Dec 28, 07 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - They’re young, impressionable, disillusioned, and they’re seeking out al-Qaeda: Muslims as young as 15 are connecting with Islamic extremists over the web and becoming radicalized through jihadist videos and literature, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In Morocco and elsewhere, teenagers reinforce an increasingly decentralized al-Qaeda. They have “... More »

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terrorism • Morocco • jihad • Muslims • Islamic extremists • North Africa • terrorist • Casablanca • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda
Killed Bhutto,
Pakistan Says

Reported causes of ex-PM's death include shrapnel, blow to head

Dec 28, 07 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The suicide bomber who killed Benazir Bhutto belonged to a militant group with links to Al-Qaeda, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry told GEO-TV today, fingering Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Sunni group blamed for hundreds of killings.The US State Department considers the group a terrorist organization with links to the Taliban. The... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • FBI • Benazir Bhutto • terrorist • al-Qaeda

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