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A Queens man was convicted of a host of terrorism charges on Tuesday for participating in a plot led by al-Qaeda to stage suicide attacks in the New York subways, an effort that prosecutors said was stopped just days before three former high school classmates planned to set off homemade bombs during rush hour.
Read More →The Obama administration has outlined the situations in which the FBI, rather than the military, could be allowed to retain custody of Al Qaeda terrorist suspects who are not U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement officers.
Read More →Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber," has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009.
Read More →New York City Muslim groups are calling for the resignations of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and a deputy commissioner for the screening of a jihad-related film to NYPD cops.
Read More →A Florida man with roots in Kosovo was arrested for allegedly plotting a two-phase suicide-bomb attack on multiple Tampa-area locations including a Hillsborough County Sheriff's operations center.
Read More →New York Police officers have arrested Jose Pimentel, an Al Qaeda sympathizer who planned to bomb NYPD squad cars, a New Jersey police station, and several post offices.
Read More →Manssor Arbabsiar and his Iran-based co-conspirators have allegedly been plotting the murder of Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir. In furtherance of this conspiracy, Arbabsiar allegedly met on a number of occasions in Mexico with a DEA confidential source who posed as an associate of a violent international drug trafficking cartel.
Read More →Undercover federal agents arrested a U.S. citizen planning an attack on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using large remote-controlled planes loaded with C-4 explosives.
Read More →One of the messages included a picture of Osama bin Laden and said, "We'll come back 11/9/2011 to kill u all."
Read More →NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly has said police will set up additional vehicle checkpoints around the city, increase bag checks on the subway, and keep a closer eye on bridges and tunnels. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has cautioned that the threat information has not been verified.
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