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Terrorism Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Terrorism.

Results 1 - 20 of 134,820 in Terrorism

  1. Terror plot ringleader gets 13-year prison termRead the original story

    6 min ago | Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL

    ... rogressed beyond talk. Two other men were acquitted of similar charges Batiste testified that he played along with terrorism in hopes of scamming $50,000 from the informant.

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  2. Levin: May be more troubling emails from HasanRead the original story

    6 min ago | SF Gate

    ... 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric. They were passed along to two Joint Terrorism Task Force cells led by the FBI, but a senior defense official said no one at the Defense Department knew about the messages ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Politics, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat

  3. Kidnapped Britons say pirates may kill themRead the original story

    8 min ago | San Francisco Chronicle

    A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.

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    Related Topix: Piracy News

  4. Levin: Fort Hood Probe May Reveal More E-Mails 45minRead the original story

    9 min ago | My58.com

    ... 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric. They were passed along to two Joint Terrorism Task Force cells led by the FBI, but a senior defense official said no one at the Defense Department knew about the messages ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Politics, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat

  5. Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Read the original story

    11 min ago | Canada.com

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 lives up to its billing as the a oebiggest game of the yeara delivering an intense single-player mode and a multiplayer component that improves upon what is already one of the best games in the business.

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  6. Military Experiment Seeks To Predict PTSDRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | WUSA9

    Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

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    Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Military, US Marine Corps, California, US Navy

  7. Strange de Jim's Zingers Collection - November 19 2009Read the original story w/Photo

    13 min ago | SF Sentinel

    O'Brien 3, Colbert 2, Ferguson 2, Letterman 2, Fallon 1 Winner David Letterman: "Monday morning Sheik Mohammed will be on the 'Today' show singing 'I Dreamed a Dream.' He's not coming on this show, though, apparently because of a joke I made about his daughter." David Letterman: "The CIA has a new terrorist plan.

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  8. UN Committee Slams Iran For Postelection CrackdownRead the original story w/Photo

    14 min ago | Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

    ... worst forms of human rights violations, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, mass murder, crimes against humanity, and terrorism." Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian exile group, said the resolution exhibited a ...

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    Related Topix: Middle East, Iran, World News

  9. Video Plea From Kidnapped British CoupleRead the original story

    15 min ago | International Herald Tribune

    ... November 20 Given that it is obviously important to some people to call the atrocity at Fort Hood an act of terrorism, it seems worth asking both if most people can agree on what the word means and why it matters what we call such brutal acts. In ...

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  10. Sears Tower Plot Leader Gets 13 YearsRead the original story w/Photo

    17 min ago | CBS News

    ... business to the unquestioned leader of a quasi-religious, paramilitary group seeking support from al Qaeda for terrorism. "You've done great harm to yourself, your family, the young men who were your followers, and you've violated the trust of your ...

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    Related Topix: Prison

  11. Suicide bomber kills 16 in western AfghanistanRead the original story

    17 min ago | The Edmond Sun, Edmond, OK

    ... insurgents to lay down arms. "We invite dissatisfied compatriots, who are not directly linked to international terrorism, to return to their homeland," he said. Karzai also set a five-year timetable for the Afghan security forces to take the lead in ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Kabol, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

  12. Sears Tower Terror Plot Leader Gets 13-YearsRead the original story

    19 min ago | Fox News

    ... business to the unquestioned leader of a quasi-religious, paramilitary group seeking support from Al Qaeda for terrorism. "You've done great harm to yourself, your family, the young men who were your followers, and you've violated the trust of your ...

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    Related Topix: Prison

  13. Poll: Terror or Crime? Americans DividedRead the original story

    20 min ago | Fox News

    Americans are divided on whether the murders in Fort Hood, Tex., were an "act of terrorism" or a "killing spree" -- but nearly half say political correctness fellow soldiers of gunman Nidal Malik Hasan silent before the attack.

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    Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX

  14. US senator says Fort Hood probe may reveal more troubling emails involving alleged shooterRead the original story w/Photo

    22 min ago | Penticton Herald

    ... 18 emails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric. They were passed along to two Joint Terrorism Task Force cells led by the FBI, but a senior defence official said no one at the Defence Department knew about the messages ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

  15. Terror plot ringleader gets 13-year prison termRead the original story

    24 min ago | CBS 2

    ... rogressed beyond talk. Two other men were acquitted of similar charges Batiste testified that he played along with terrorism in hopes of scamming $50,000 from the informant.

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    Related Topix: US News

  16. Rory Stewart recounts walk across Afghanistan in Palm Beach talkRead the original story

    24 min ago | PalmBeachDailyNews

    ... guest of the English-Speaking Union of Palm Beach. Americans view involvement in Afghanistan as part of the war on terrorism. But Stewart said the villagers he visited during the winter of 2001-2002 - just months after the attacks in New York and ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

  17. British Couple Held by Pirates Fear TheyRead the original story w/Photo

    29 min ago | Fox Charlotte

    A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.

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    Related Topix: Piracy News

  18. Military Unaware Of Hasan E-Mails To Radical ClericRead the original story

    32 min ago | NPR

    ... 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric. They were passed along to two Joint Terrorism Task Force cells led by the FBI, but a senior defense official said no one at the Defense Department knew about the messages ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Politics, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat

  19. Palestinians to set new date for electionsRead the original story

    32 min ago | The Seattle Times

    Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.

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    Related Topix: World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Israel, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip

  20. Torture and killings rife in Yemen, says UN watchdogRead the original story

    33 min ago | The Daily Star

    ... forces. It voiced concern at reports of grave violations "committed in the context of [Yemen's] fight against terrorism." They included extrajudicial killings, disappearances, mass arrests, indefinite detention without charge or trial, torture, and ...

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