Tag: terrorism
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driving bin laden: not guilty plea in war crimes tribunal
from dpa: The former driver for Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges on Monday as the first trial under US President George W Bush’s controversial military commissions got under way in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni national, has been charged with conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism and faces…
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spain’s supreme court acquits 4 over 3/11 bombings
from afp: Spain’s supreme court Thursday overturned the convictions of four of 21 people condemned to prison over the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in 2004. It also upheld a lower court’s decision to acquit one of the alleged masterminds of the Al Qaeda-inspired attacks, Rabei Ousmane Sayed Ahmed, known as “Mohammed the…
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afghanistan accuses ‘foreign intel agency’ of bombing
from paul joseph watson : Afghanistan’s interior ministry has accused a “foreign intelligence agency” of being behind today’s deadly suicide bombing that ripped apart the country’s Indian embassy in Kabul, killing 41 people. Could the event represent another “false flag” run by American intelligence as a means of maintaining a military presence in Afghanistan and…
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terror’s still trivial when it’s not muslim
from winter patriot: Ronald Swerlein, an amateur rocket enthusiast from Longmont, Colorado, pleaded guilty last week to three counts of illegal possession of explosives, in a deal which seems likely to keep him out of prison. He had been charged with ten counts of possession of explosives; he pleaded not guilty to those charges last…
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change we can spy on
obama supports telecom amnestyfrom threat level: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama supports the spy bill compromise passed by the House Friday, despite having opposed retroactive amnesty to telecoms that helped with the President’s secret, warrantless wiretapping. The measure expands the government’s ability to install blanket wiretaps inside domestic communication infrastructure and frees the nation’s…
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fbi, failures, fronts, false flags & flunkies
agent: fbi can’t protect united states from terrorfrom abc: The FBI is unable to protect the United States from another major attack by al Qaeda or other Middle Eastern extremists, an FBI counterterrorism official says… [Bassem] Youssef, the FBI’s highest-ranking Arab-American agent, is suing the bureau for discrimination, claiming he was passed over for promotions…
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canadian punk band ‘suicide pilots’ investigated by rcmp
from montreal gazette: Their music is abrasive, their lyrics sharply critical of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and their logo features a cartoon airplane about to fly into the Peace Tower. But does the punk rock band Suicide Pilots constitute a threat to national security? That was the question Wednesday after one of the band’s members…
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“If I Was a Terrorist” – By A Retired Navy Serviceman
from 8thestate: I received this in an email, and while I can’t confirm the identity of the messenger; his message seems apropos to what’s going on in America, so it seemed logical and reasonable to offer it to you in this context.
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probe of uss cole bombing unravels
from washington post: Almost eight years after al-Qaeda nearly sank the USS Cole with an explosives-stuffed motorboat, killing 17 sailors, all the defendants convicted in the attack have escaped from prison or been freed by Yemeni officials… Despite the initial promises of accountability, only limited public inquiries took place in Washington, unlike the extensive investigations…
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triple jeopardy: US vs liberty city 7 (minus 1)
from washington post: Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will try for the third time to convict six men accused of plotting to blow up Chicago’s Sears Tower and attack other buildings. “The United States has decided it’s necessary to proceed, your honor, one more time to a jury,” prosecuting attorney Richard Gregorie told U.S.…
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improvised bomb hits times square
here we go, folks… it’s blond-hair blue-eyed homegrown terrorism & violent radicalization homeland stupidity fear-mongering terronoia time! are we already seeing blowback from puppygate? improvised bomb hits times square from danger room: “New York City police officers and firefighters cordoned off much of Times Square for more than two hours after a small explosion -…
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air force hosted evangelicals posing as ex-terrorists
from new york times: The Air Force Academy was criticized by Muslim and religious freedom organizations for playing host on Wednesday to three speakers who critics say are evangelical Christians falsely claiming to be former Muslim terrorists. The three men were invited as part of a weeklong conference on terrorism organized by cadets at the…
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alleged 3/11 mastermind acquitted
from ap: Three lead defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings were found guilty of mass murder and other charges Wednesday but four other top suspects were convicted on lesser charges and an accused ringleader was completely acquitted… Much of the evidence against the men was circumstantial. Bouchar, for instance, had been seen on one…
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homegrown terrorists or dupes?
from sun-sentinel: The charges were stunning: Seven men accused of trying to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up the FBI headquarters in Miami Beach and the Sears Tower in Chicago. On closer examination, however, the accusations fizzled. Even government officials described the groups’ plans as “more aspirational than operational.” Now, more than a year…
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iran says cia & US army are ‘terrorist organizations’
lawmakers in tehran take a diplomatic offensive against washingtonfrom msnbc/ap: Iran’s parliament on Saturday approved a nonbinding resolution to label the CIA and the U.S. Army “terrorist organizations.” The move is seen as a diplomatic tit-for-tat after the U.S. Senate voted in favor of a resolution urging the State Department to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…