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War on Terror

"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people." -George W. Bush

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September 2007
- Sanctions on Iran 'Illegal': Ahmadinejad
  
  Reuters | Sep 25, 07 9:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Today Ahmadinejad attacked "illegal" sanctions on Iran and said that its "peaceful and transparent" nuclear policy should be left to UN watchdog, Reuters reports. Speaking at the UN, he also slammed the "illegal Zionist regime" and blasted the US for occupying Iraq. "The occupiers ... do not even have the courage to declare their defeat and exit Iraq," he said. More »
- VP Mulled Israeli Strike on Iran
  
  Reuters | Sep 23, 07 6:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Dick Cheney considered encouraging Israel to launch an air strike on Iran, Reuters reports, citing a Newsweek claim that Cheney saw the strike as drawing retailation that would, in turn, draw the US into a war. Cheney adviser David Wurmser is said to have disclosed the discussions. More »
- Osama Attempts to Re-Take Al-Qaeda Reins
  
  Newsweek | Sep 23, 07 3:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s sudden media blitz this month isn’t just a message to the West—it’s also to his own fractured terrorist organization, a Taliban official tells Newsweek . An al-Qaeda faction had long told bin Laden to remain secluded for his own safety, advice the spotlight-loving leader now thinks was meant to sideline him. More »
- Traveling? Uncle Sam is Watching
  
  Washington Post | Sep 22, 07 3:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Feds are stockpiling data on millions of Americans as they travel, the Washington Post reports. Civil liberties activists charge Homeland Security with violating the Privacy Act, saying that travel partners, hotel bookings and reading material should not be in the Feds’ database. But Michael Chertoff claims that the data helps unravel terrorist plots and avoid "inconvenient screening of low-risk travelers." More »
- MIT Student Wears Fake Bomb to Airport
  
  Boston Globe | Sep 21, 07 12:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An MIT student was arrested today at the Boston airport wearing a device that appeared to be a bomb. Police armed with machine guns took her into custody and determined that the circuit board on her chest was harmless. “Thankfully because she followed our instructions, she ended up in our cell instead of a morgue,” said a police spokesman. More »
- Bush's AG Pick Has History With Terror Trials
  
  New York Times | Sep 20, 07 2:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Before America was paying attention, Judge Michael Mukasey tried a landmark terrorism case. The 1995-96 trial of blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, convicted with nine others of plotting a massive "day of terror" at three New York sites, forced Mukasey, now President Bush's nominee for US attorney general, to navigate issues of secrecy, security and civil liberties. More »
- Bin Laden Targets Pakistan in New Tape
  
  Associated Press | Sep 20, 07 9:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Osama bin Laden is about to declare jihad against Pakistani President Perez Musharraf in a new tape, militant websites vowed yesterday, posting advertisements that usually presage a new recording by one to three days, according to the AP. At the same time, al-Qaida released a video on the same theme from henchman Ayman al-Zawahri. More »
- Bush Presses Congress for Snooping Law
  
  Associated Press | Sep 19, 07 9:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bush pressed lawmakers for extra snooping rights today, the AP reports. Yet many Dems already regret the current law, which allows Feds to spy on some Americans without a warrant. One senator says that "the law did provide authority for collection, but it did not include sufficient protections for Americans." Bush argues that today's surveillance law, which will be up for review, should be made permanent. More »
- Habeas Corpus Bill Withers in Senate
  
  New York Times | Sep 19, 07 3:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A bill to allow terrorism suspects to challenge indefinite detention faltered in Washington today as only 56 Senate votes could be mustered to cut off debate on the habeas corpus measure. Sixty are needed for bills to move forward for a vote in the upper chamber; supporters said they might still renew the legislation, the New York Times reports. More »
- Russia and China Spying at Cold War Levels, Top Spy Warns
  
  Guardian (UK) | Sep 18, 07 9:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - China and Russia are spying on the US at nearly cold war levels, the nation's top spy told lawmakers today. Vice Admiral McConnell defended the Patriot Act as necessary for US defense and asked Congress to give intelligence agencies even greater eavesdropping powers. His testimony comes weeks after an alleged strike by Chinese hackers on the Pentagon. More »
- US Should Talk to al-Qaeda, Analysts Say
  
  Reuters | Sep 13, 07 2:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Eschewing war as the only means of neutralizing militant groups, some analysts have suggested the US consider negotiating with al-Qaeda, Reuters reports. "No insurgency or terrorism has been defeated by warfare or violence," one negotiator said. Proponents see treating al-Qaeda as a legitimate power, not a loose network of militants, as necessary in destabilizing the group. More »
- Al-Qaeda Threat Worse Than Before 9/11
  
  Guardian (UK) | Sep 13, 07 7:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al-Qaeda has revived and is capable of pulling off another 9/11, a London think tank has concluded. The US has “failed to deal a death blow to al-Qaeda,” which has extended its influence and is now stronger than it was six years ago, the British strategic institute warned at a press conference yesterday. More »
- Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it at Home
  
  Slate | Sep 12, 07 7:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - America’s ad hoc security is still off the mark, says Slate’s Daniel Byman: It fosters fears, ignores US Muslims and never plans from a terrorist’s point of view. “The very concept of homeland security is new for Americans,” Byman writes, “and the department was thrown together quickly and involved many already-dysfunctional bureaucracies. ” More »
- Taliban Told Hostages to Convert or Die
  
  BBC | Sep 12, 07 5:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - South Korean aid workers held captive by Taliban militants in Afghanistan recounted being urged at gunpoint to convert to Islam during at a news conference in Seoul today, the BBC reports. They were often beaten and forced to work "like slaves" during a six-week ordeal, which ended last month and left two of the 23 hostages dead. More »
- Abuse Exposed at Guantanamo
  
  Associated Press | Sep 11, 07 8:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Newly obtained reports of hostility and friction at Guantanamo Bay have been released today by the AP. These transcripts of hearings, held last year, tell of interrogators denying detainees medicine and angry inmates tossing feces at guards. One Yemeni prisoner warned that more captives would commit suicide if guards didn’t stop interrupting their prayers. More »
- US Agencies Aided German Terror Probe
  
  Der Spiegel | Sep 11, 07 3:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The CIA and NSA played a marquee role in last week’s capture of three men suspected of planning major terror attacks in Germany. For several months, Angela Merkel’s chief of staff held a weekly meeting about the plotters, Der Spiegel reports, and the cooperation was so significant that the German chancellor even met with George Bush about the matter. More »
- WTC Victims' Families Grieve All Over Again
  
  Boston Globe | Sep 11, 07 2:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Many of those affected by the 9/11 attacks are still burying loved ones as remains are found and slowly identified, making closure hard to achieve, the Boston Globe reports. "How many times are you going to bury somebody?" asks the widow of a man killed in the World Trade Center. Others have the opposite problem, struggling to accept death without remains. More »
- In Pa. Field, 9/11 Memorial Takes Shape
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Sep 11, 07 9:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - New York isn't the only city with a stalled, controversial 9/11 memorial. In Shanksville, Pa., site of the crash of Flight 93, the new memorial park's architect has proposed an arc of red maple trees around the crater formed by the plane. But, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, some conservative columnists and even one presidential candidate have bewailed the design: a red crescent, they say, signifies Islam. More »
- Bomb Threat Leaves US Air Base on Alert
  
  Reuters | Sep 11, 07 7:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US air base in Spangdahlem, Germany, received a phoned-in bomb threat last night, and German police and the American military personnel have secured the facility. Although officials say they doubt the threat is credible, they're taking no chances. "It is being taken very seriously given the current situation and because of the date," said a local police spokesman. More »
- Bin Laden Will Roll Out 9/11 Vid
  
  Associated Press | Sep 10, 07 3:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A video of Osama bin Laden presenting the last testament of one of the Sept. 11th hijackers is set to be released tomorrow, the sixth anniversary of the attacks. Al-Sahab, the media production division of al-Qaeda, announced the video today on an Islamist website, the AP reports. More »

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Forensic police officers, search a street at the steps of a water fountain in Piccadilly Circus, central London, after a suspected car bomb was defused Friday June 29, 2007. Police thwarted an apparent... (Associated Press)

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A member of the police forensic team takes away a gas canister from behind of the back of the burnt out Cherokee Jeep is seen at Glasgow International Airport Glasgow Scotland Sunday July 1, 2007 . The... (Associated Press)

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Background

War on Terrorism
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The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is an umbrella term coined by the Bush administration to refer to the various military, political, and legal actions taken to "curb the spread of terrorism" following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

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