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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2009

N.Y. imam Tied to Alleged Al Qaeda Plot Spent Time in Jail for Sexual Abuse Rap

Ahmad Afzali was busted on June 24, 1992 - when he was 20 - for grabbing a woman's buttocks, the records show. Now 37, Afzali was indicted for sex abuse but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge - attempted sex abuse - and served six months in jail, with five years' probation.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2009

FBI Warns Police After NYC Anti-terror Raid

Counter-terrorism officials are warning police departments around the country to be on the lookout for evidence of homemade bombs following raids on several New York City apartments in a hunt for explosives and possible links to al-Qaida operatives, the Associated Press is reporting.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleAugust 25, 2009

Your Role in Homeland Security

The arrests of Oklahoma Bomber Tim McVeigh and abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph were affected by street cops, and more than one routine check at a Canadian border checkpoint has averted more stateside terrorist attacks.

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Articlesby David GriffithJuly 31, 2009

Terrorism with a Small "t"

Terrorists walk among us. They don't all have long beards and turbans and live in caves in Afghanistan.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2009

7 N.C. Men Arrested in Terror Plot

Federal agents have arrested seven North Carolina men, and are searching for an eighth, for planning an intricate terrorist plot in the name if Islam and stockpiling weapons at a Raleigh home.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2009

Court Records Detail Minnesota Somalis' Path to Terrorism

First-ever details of Minnesota men training with terrorists in Somalia -- learning to fire weapons, building training camps -- came to light in court documents released Tuesday. One of the two Somali men indicted for providing support to those terrorists pleaded guilty months ago and has been cooperating with the FBI, according to those same documents.

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Inside the Badge by David GriffithMay 22, 2009

I Hope This Guy Isn’t a Crisis Negotiator

It seems the head of Atlanta’s police union Sgt. Scott Kreher told the city council in an open meeting that he would like to beat Mayor Shirley Franklin “in the head with a baseball bat” when he thinks about problems disabled officers have getting workers’ compensation claims approved.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichMay 1, 2009

TREXPO West: Speakers Scoff at Claims of End to War on Terror

Richard "Mack" Machowicz and Det. Ebrahim Ashabi come from very different backgrounds, but they demonstrated in their keynote addresses at TREXPO West that they are both straight shooters who value honesty and have no use for political correctness.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 9, 2009

FBI Raids 3 Minneapolis Money-Transfer Shops

Federal agents raided three Minneapolis money transfer businesses that mainly serve the Somali community Wednesday, seeking records of financial transactions to several African and Middle East countries.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2009

Detective Ebrahim Ashabi Announced as a Keynote Speaker at TREXPO West

Det. Ebrahim Ashabi, 11-year veteran of the Long Beach (Calif.) Police Department where he is presently working in the Office of Counter Terrorism, has been slated as a keynote speaker at TREXPO West 2009. His presentation, "A Brief History of Radical Islam", will take place Wednesday, April 1st from 0800 to 1100 hours.

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