Tag: Islamist Terrorism: Page 16

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Islamist Terrorists Cross Into U.S. Over Mexico Border

Members of East African groups arriving in the United States via the U.S.-Mexico border have terrorist ties and are "ready to die for the cause."

March 28, 2011

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Senate Approves Patriot Act Provisions

The provisions give law enforcement access to business and library records with judicial approval. They also permit roving wiretaps on terrorism suspects who change numbers, and allow surveillance of foreign terrorism suspects who appear unaffiliated with known groups such as Al-Qaeda.

February 15, 2011

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Report: Feds Could Have Prevented Fort Hood Shooting

A 14-month Senate investigation of the Fort Hood killings concluded that the Department of Defense and the FBI "collectively had sufficient information to have detected Hasan's radicalization to violent Islamist extremism but failed both to understand and to act on it."

February 3, 2011

Editor's Notes

Portland's About Face

An FBI sting leading to the arrest of a Somali immigrant planning to bomb a Christmas tree lighting ceremony has forced many of the more intelligent folks in Portland to rethink their "America is the real terrorist" stance.

January 5, 2011

Gangs

Are Muslim Radicals Crossing Our Border?

The transnational gangs, drug trafficking organizations and Muslim terrorists have taken advantage of American apathy and the lack of will in Latin America. They have formed alliances and united against U.S. interests.

November 29, 2010

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Prominent American Muslim Says Police/TSA Should Profile Muslims

As an American Muslim, I’ve come to recognize, sadly, that there is one common denominator defining those who’ve got their eyes trained on U.S. targets: MANY of them are Muslim—like the Somali-born teenager arrested Friday night for a reported plot to detonate a car bomb at a packed Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in downtown Portland, Oregon.

November 28, 2010

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Portland Bomb Plot Suspect Felt Betrayed by Family, Thought Living in U.S. Was Sin

Mohamed Osman Mohamud was angry at his parents for keeping him from jihad and had thought about carrying out an operation, "something like Mumbai," since he was 17. On the two-year anniversary of the shooting and bombing attack on a Mumbai, India, hotel that killed 166 people, Mohamud pressed the buttons on a cell phone he thought would trigger an explosion, creating a "spectacular show" and killing hundreds at Pioneer Courthouse Square, the government alleges.

November 28, 2010

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Yemeni Woman Linked to Al-Qaeda Arrested In Package Bomb Plot

The Al-Qaeda offshoot is the same group responsible for the failed Detroit airliner bombing on Christmas Day.

October 29, 2010

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Virginia Man Plotted D.C. Subway Attacks

Ahmed handed over video of northern Virginia subway stations, suggested using rolling suitcases rather than backpacks to kill as many people as possible and offered to donate money to Al-Qaeda's cause overseas.

October 26, 2010

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Al Qaeda Praises Fort Hood Shooter As Terrorist Trailblazer

The shooting served the same purpose as 9/11, according to a statement from the group, to terrify "the Crusader West" and shake America off kilter.

October 19, 2010

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New Issue of Jihadi Magazine Offers Terror Tips

The second edition of an online al Qaeda magazine has surfaced with frank essays, creatively designed imagery, and ominous terror tips such as using a pickup truck as a weapon and shooting up a crowded restaurant in Washington.

October 11, 2010

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Failed Times Square Bomber Warns: 'Brace Yourself' For Attacks

The Pakistani-born Shahzad was unrepentant during sentencing, the New York Daily News reports. Shahzad, before the sentence was delivered in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday, warned Americans to "brace yourself" for future attacks.

October 4, 2010