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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Successful counter-terrorism can be described as a non-event. Nothing happens because we are successful in identifying people who are intent on committing an act or acts of terrorism, and manage to somehow intervene to prevent them from doing so. When we fail to identify and focus our efforts on the right people, however, bad things happen."

The Muslim convert suspected of detonating a nail bomb in a restaurant is being held in police custody after his release from hospital today. As officers investigating the attempted attack in Exeter searched a house near the home suspect Nicky Reilly, detectives prepared to question the 22-year-old. He suffered eye and facial injuries when the device partially went off in the Giraffe restaurant at lunchtime on Thursday. Two other devices were found nearby said the police. Reilly had been under police guard in hospital. He can now be formally questioned about the Exeter blast. Reilly, arrested under the Terrorism Act,...

Islamic terrorists may be targeting mentally disturbed or disabled people in Britain in a bid to form a new “brigade” of home-grown suicide bombers, security officials fear. MI5 and police say the case of Nicky Reilly, who is being held over a nailbomb attack last week in Exeter, may indicate a new strategy of targeting vulnerable people with mental health problems to carry out attacks. A counterterrorism official said MI5 was investigating the extent to which Reilly had been manipulated by a “charismatic” Al-Qaeda recruiter. “It is a grotesque concept but they are using people who are clearly mentally subnormal,”...

The man detained over a suspected suicide bomb attack in Exeter was an autistic 22-year-old allegedly radicalised by a gang of suspected Muslim radicals who were being monitored by police and MI5, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Investigating officers said that Nicky Reilly received a text message of "encouragement" hours before the nailbomb attack in a family restaurant. Police have made the first arrests as the net closed in on the suspected radicals alleged to have groomed the bomber. Sources close to the investigation said that the alleged corruption of a vulnerable young man - who suffered from Asperger's Syndrome,...

* Police discover device in restaurant toilet after explosion * Muslim convert with history of mental illness, held * Police say Nicky Reilly, 22, was 'preyed upon and radicalised' * Armed police search premises in Plymouth By Charlotte Gill Last updated at 10:59 PM on 22nd May 2008 A Muslim convert with a history of mental illness was being held under armed guard tonight after he apparently detonated a nail bomb in a family restaurant. Nicky Reilly, 22, who suffered serious facial injuries in the blast, is thought to have carried out the alleged attack after being 'preyed upon and...

A city centre was evacuated today after two bombs were found - at least one of which exploded - at a busy lunchtime cafe. A man, who is believed to have set off the explosive device, was injured and has been taken into custody. At least one of the devices was believed to be a nail bomb. The Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall, Stephen Otter, said tonight: "We can now confirm there were two explosive devices found at the scene." He said they were both in the same area of the Giraffe restaurant at the Princesshay shopping centre, in...

Six weeks after being removed as the head of NBC’s entertainment division, Kevin Reilly resurfaced at the Fox network yesterday, assuming the position of president of the entertainment division. At the same time, Fox elevated Peter Liguori, who had been the division president, giving him the new title of chairman of entertainment. The moves reunite the two men, who previously worked together at Fox’s entertainment cable channel, FX, and programmed some of that channel’s biggest hits, including “The Shield” and “Nip/Tuck.” Mr. Liguori said in a telephone interview that as soon as he heard that Mr. Reilly was being ousted...

LOS ANGELES - Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the "Tonight Show" and various game shows, has died. He was 76. Reilly died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, told the New York Times. Reilly began his career in New York City, taking acting classes at a studio with Steve McQueen, Geraldine Page and Hal Holbrook. In 1962, he appeared on Broadway as Bud Frump in the original Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." The role won Reilly a...

1918: American troops land at Archangel On September 4, 1918, United States troops land at Archangel, in northern Russia. The landing was part of an Allied intervention in the civil war raging in that country after revolution in 1917 led to the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in favor of a provisional government; the seizure of power by Vladimir Lenin and his radical socialist Bolshevik Party; and, finally, Russia’s withdrawal from participation alongside the Allies in World War I. By the spring of 1918, after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended Russia’s war effort against the Central Powers, the country was...

Massachusetts' attorney general is demanding that contractors refund $108 million for poor work on Boston's "Big Dig," which is the biggest public works project in U.S. history and has been plagued by leaks and delays. Attorney General Tom Reilly's office plans to sue Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff and other companies if the two sides do not reach an agreement over some 200 complaints of shoddy work in putting a major highway running through downtown Boston underground... Costs for building the 7.8 mile underground roadway through Boston ballooned from under $3 billion to the current $14.6 billion.

BOSTON --Congressional language that could kill a wind farm proposed off Cape Cod prompted Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick to lash out Friday at Gov. Mitt Romney, Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey and Attorney General Tom Reilly. Patrick, a Democrat running for governor along with Healey and Reilly, chastised them and Romney for not opposing language that would restrict wind farms near shipping lanes. The measure, part of an $8.7 billion Coast Guard reauthorization bill, is being considered by a House-Senate conference committee that has been meeting in private. Patrick favors the Cape Wind project, and said the silence by Romney,...

State Representative Marie St. Fleur today pulled out as a candidate for lieutenant governor after the Boston Globe reported that she has delinquent tax debts in three of the last four years and owes $40,000 in student loans, a senior Democrat said today.

The Boston Globe calls them "undocumented immigrants;" I call them what that are, and that is "illegal aliens." No matter what you call them, they still will not get in-state tuition in Massachusetts, now that House members voted 96-to-57 to defeat this most preposterous bill that had no business on Beacon Hill. Massachusetts House members last night decisively defeated a controversial bill to extend in-state tuition rates at public colleges to undocumented immigrants, effectively killing the measure for this year. The 96-to-57 tally surprised advocates of the bill, who believed they had enough votes to win approval in the House...

Reilly under fire for cover-up: Romney blasts AG as details of crash emergeBy Casey Ross Friday, January 6, 2006 - Updated: 01:24 AM EST Attorney General Tom Reilly scrambled yesterday to explain why he tried to cover up the role of alcohol in a fatal accident that killed two teens, but the secrecy crumbled within hours when new details involving vodka and drinking games were revealed by police.       The probe into Shauna and Meghan Murphy’s deaths concluded without criminal charges yesterday as Reilly — a friend of the girls’ father — was accused of intervening with Worcester District...

Worcester DA snags police files By Lisa Gentes and Kristen Bradley Thursday, January 5, 2006 Two weeks after Worcester County District Attorney John Conte said he was unlikely to pursue charges in connection with a crash that killed two Southborough sisters, the DA has for the first time requested all files related to a Northborough Police investigation. The request followed a story that appeared in the Dec. 30 Daily News reporting the 17-year-old driver, Shauna Murphy, had been drinking before the crash, according to a source familiar with the case. Northborough Police Chief Mark Leahy said yesterday that a representative...

BOSTON A new poll shows Governor Romney improving against Attorney General Tom Reilly among voters asked their preference for the 2006 election. The results come just weeks before Romney is expected to announce whether he'll seek re-election or launch a run for the presidency. The same poll finds Reilly leading Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey in a possible matchup. The survey shows Romney ahead of Reilly 41-to-37 percent. That's considered a statistical tie because it was within the poll's margin of error. It was conducted for the business group Mass Insight Corporation by the Cambridge-based market research firm Opinion Dynamics. In...

BOSTON --A bill to let children of illegal immigrants pay the same lower tuition rate at state colleges as other Massachusetts residents sparked a political sparring match Tuesday between Attorney General Thomas Reilly and the Romney administration. Reilly held a mid-day news conference at the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to pass the legislation. He called Gov. Mitt Romney "out of touch" for opposing the legislation. Romney vetoed a similar bill last year. "This mean-spiritedness is not part of the generation that I grew up with," said Reilly, a Democratic candidate for governor. "It's a mean-spiritedness that's only with a few...

Teaching EuthanasiaBy Patrick J.Reilly The intense battle to prevent Terri Schiavo's husband from removing her feeding tube was horrible enough. To think that some American Catholic universities—and their ethics, theology, law, and medical professors—bear some responsibility for Schiavo's  slow death is almost too much to imagine. Yet prior to Schiavo's death, professors from top Catholic universities helped convince the courts and the public that removing her feeding tube was acceptable and consistent with Catholic teaching—even while the Vatican said it was euthanasia. Several professors sought to publicly undermine Pope John Paul II's clear statements on the moral obligation to feed and hydrate...

BOSTON - The field of potential Democratic candidates for the 2006 governor's race is already shrinking. U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano [related, bio] said Friday he's decided not to pursue the party's nomination for the corner office, saying he wants to focus on working in Washington on issues like Social Security, affordable housing and lobbying for transportation dollars for Massachusetts. ``After much personal deliberation with my family and those closest to me, I have decided that I will not be a candidate for governor,'' Capuano said in a statement. ``As much as I am attracted to the campaign and the possibility...

President Bush using coy wording during Bill O'Reilly interview when asked about Iran and nukes: O’REILLY: Would you allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon? PRESIDENT BUSH: We, we are working our hearts out so that they don’t develop a nuclear weapon, and the best way to do so is to continue to keep international pressure on them. O’REILLY: Is it conceivable that you would allow them to develop a nuclear weapon? PRESIDENT BUSH: Uh, no, we’ve made it clear. Our position is that they won’t have a nuclear weapon. O’REILLY: Period. PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah. To take on Iran it...

O’REILLY: Would you allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon? PRESIDENT BUSH: We, we are working our hearts out so that they don’t develop a nuclear weapon, and the best way to do so is to continue to keep international pressure on them. O’REILLY: Is it conceivable that you would allow them to develop a nuclear weapon? PRESIDENT BUSH: Uh, no, we’ve made it clear. Our position is that they won’t have a nuclear weapon. O’REILLY: Period. PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah. -- George W. Bush Talks to O'Reilly To take on Iran it is first necessary to put Syria in check....

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