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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2009

Threatening Notes, Drawings Found at Minnesota Library Lead to Terrorism Charges

An Eden Prairie man has been charged with allegedly leaving threatening notes with drawings of airplanes and references to 9/11 on three days in a Hennepin County library. When interviewed by police, Abdulahi Hassan Farah told officers that the United States was attacked by terrorists before and will be attacked again, according to the criminal complaint.

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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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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2009

FBI Raids New York Homes Visited by Al-Qaeda Suspect

Federal officials launched a series of raids Monday in New York City after tailing a suspected Al Qaeda operative believed to have been orchestrating a bomb plot.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2009

Eighth Terror Suspect Named in N.C. Plot

A Wake County, N.C., man arrested in Pakistan last year for traveling in restricted areas was named Monday as the eighth suspect in what federal prosecutors say is a locally hatched plot to commit acts of terrorism abroad.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2009

Scores of Cops, Federal Agents Take Part in NYC Nuclear Terror Drill

The staged threat started at 10 p.m. Tuesday on the southbound Clearview Expressway, near the Long Island Expressway off-ramp, in Queens where cops and agents used radiation detection equipment to find an undercover police SUV carrying the bogus bomb.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2009

FBI to Assume Greater Role in Terrorism Fight

The FBI and Justice Department plan to significantly expand their role in global counter-terrorism operations, part of a U.S. policy shift that will replace a CIA-dominated system of clandestine detentions and interrogations with one built around transparent investigations and prosecutions.

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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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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 20, 2008

Microsoft, ESRI to Help Improve Homeland Security Operations

Microsoft Corp. and ESRI together are driving Homeland Security innovations to more effectively help protect citizens, prevent and solve crimes, and enable counter-terrorism through software. The newly formed collaboration will combine the best capabilities from both organizations in geospatial and collaborative technologies, and will result in advanced intelligence for state and local data fusion centers and emergency operations centers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2007

Officials Fear Al-Qaeda Planning Summer Terror Spectacular

Al-Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer, according to a secret U.S. law enforcement report for the Department of Homeland Security.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2007

U.S. Law Enforcement Cites Tangible Progress in Iraqi Training

Army Brig. Gen. David Phillips, deputy commander of the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team, reports that tangible gains have been achieved with regard to the police force's relationships with Iraqi ministries and justice, judicial capacity is on the rise, corruption is being pursued internally, and the training program is continuing to expand.

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