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Note: The following text is a quote: Terror Charges Unsealed in Minnesota Against Eight Defendants, Justice Department Announces The Justice Department announced that terrorism charges have been unsealed today in the District of Minnesota against eight defendants. According to the charging documents, the offenses include providing financial support to those who traveled to Somalia to fight on behalf of al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization; attending terrorist training camps operated by al-Shabaab; and fighting on behalf of al-Shabaab. Thus far, 14 defendants have been charged in the District of Minnesota in indictments or criminal complaints that have been unsealed and...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A huge explosion rocked Pakistan's main northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, police and residents said. "It was a very big explosion. I could see smoke rising from the scene," Asad Ali, a resident, said by telephone from Peshawar. Police said they were investigating. A Taliban suicide bomber earlier crashed his explosives-laden truck into a police station in Bannu, also in northwestern Pakistan, killing six people and wounding 30, police said.

Investigators probed a failed Queens truck rental for ties to a possible Al Qaeda bomb plot yesterday as a chief terror suspect tried making a deal to save his skin. The truck rental bid failed when none of the men could produce a valid credit card. All refused to surrender the identification needed to pay cash, the manager of the Flushing U-Haul said. A team of FBI agents spent 10 hours Thursday combing through the Queens truck rental business. At least three Afghan men - including Ahmad Afzali, a Queens imam identified by a U-Haul employee as one of the...

"Feds probe alleged terrorists who tried to rent giant truck in suspected Al Qaeda bomb plot" BY JAMES GORDON MEEK IN WASHINGTON, JUDITH CROSSON IN DENVER, KATE NOCERA, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND LARRY MCSHANE DAILY NEWS WRITERS Saturday, September 19th 2009, 4:00 AM Investigators probed a failed Queens truck rental for ties to a possible Al Qaeda bomb plot yesterday as a chief terror suspect tried making a deal to save his skin. The New York end of the expanding federal probe centered on seven Afghan men who tried to rent the biggest truck at a Queens U-Haul on Sept. 9,...

At least 11 people have been killed in a powerful bomb attack at a police station in southern Russia, officials and hospital sources say. The suspected suicide bombing in Nazran, main city in the republic of Ingushetia, injured at least 50 others. It is reported to have occurred as staff gathered in a courtyard. Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya, has recently been rocked by shootings, bombings and other attacks on police and government officials. The attacker was reported to have rammed his vehicle into the gates of the police compound as officers were reporting for inspection, government spokesman Kaloi Akhilgov said....

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, damaging buildings in a wide radius, killing at least two people and wounding at least 25.

Police in Iraq say at least one person has been killed in a truck bomb attack on the home of a Sunni tribal leader known for opposing al-Qaeda extremists. The attack in al-Qaiyara, south of Mosul, left about 20 people injured, including the presumed target, Sheikh Abdul Razaq al-Waqaa. Several houses were destroyed in the powerful blast. In other violence blamed on Sunni militants, at least six were killed in the eastern province of Diyala. The dead included a member of a US-backed Sunni militia who was manning a checkpoint. Troops launched an offensive to re-establish control over the Diyala...

DULUIYAH, Iraq, June 29 (UPI) -- Iraqi officials said six police officers and another victim were killed Sunday in a truck bomb blast about 45 miles north of Baghdad. The explosion happened on a road in Duluiyah where a parked truck packed with explosives was detonated with a remote control device, CNN reported. Included among the dead were six Iraqi police officers and a member of the local Awakening Council, a group comprised of Sunni Arabs recruited by the United States to oppose the activities of al-Qaida In Iraq. Meanwhile in Basra, at least seven gunmen in two cars shot...

LAKHDARIA, Algeria (Reuters) - A truck bomb exploded at an Algerian army barracks on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers in the deadliest attack claimed by al Qaeda's north Africa wing since a triple suicide bombing in April. The blast in Lakhdaria village 120 km (75 miles) east of the capital in the troubled Kabylie region happened hours before the opening in Algiers of the All Africa Games, a prestigious sports event regarded as Africa's Olympics which Algeria is hosting. "I heard a terrible explosion," said the owner of a coffee shop in Lakhdaria, a settlement surrounded by forested mountains that have...

Hateful chatter behind the veil Key suspects' wives held radical views, Web postings revealMISSISSAUGA — When it came time to write up the premarital agreement between Zakaria Amara and Nada Farooq, Ms. Farooq briefly considered adding a clause that would allow her to ask for a divorce. She said that Mr. Amara (now accused of being a leader of the alleged terror plot that led to the arrests of 17 Muslim men early this month) had to aspire to take part in jihad. "[And] if he ever refuses a clear opportunity to leave for jihad, then i want the choice...

TRUCK BOMB WITH CHLORINE KILLS 12 PEOPLE IN IRAQI CITY OF RAMADI, SAYS U.S. MILITARY

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September 13, 2006 -- Two undercover NYPD cops in a sting operation used $7,000 and the Internet to build a truck bomb big enough to blow up a skyscraper, officials revealed yesterday. In what was dubbed "Operation Kaboom," every purchase the cops made was legal - and aroused little suspicion - even driving their simulated truck bomb throughout the city. Although the two cops had no specialized knowledge of bomb-making, they were able manufacture an explosive more powerful than the one used in the 1993 World Trade Center attack. "We did it with no difficulty whatsoever," said James Falkenrath, the...

MUSAYYIB, Iraq (Reuters) - Stricken townspeople swept away the wreckage of a fuel truck bomb that killed 98 people south of Baghdad as three more suicide car bombers struck the Iraqi capital on Sunday in a relentless new campaign. The overnight attack which devastated the highway town of Musayyib was the deadliest since the new Iraqi government took power in April and the highest death toll from a single car bomb since 125 people were killed in February in Hilla, also south of Baghdad. Saturday's bombing prompted denunciations of the authorities in parliament and calls for local militia to take...

ARIS, May 29 — Italian and German investigators have disclosed fresh information suggesting that hints of an attack involving aircraft and the United States were more widespread among European law enforcement agencies before Sept. 11 than previously suspected.The disclosures come after weeks in which the Bush administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which announced a shake-up today, have come under sharp criticism that they did not pay sufficient heed to signs of Al Qaeda plots in the United States that may have alerted them to the Sept. 11 attacks.A Central Intelligence Agency spokesman said today that before Sept....

Five seconds is all it would take. It would start with a five-tonne bomb exploding in the centre of an Australian city. Shrapnel, glass and debris would be hurled up to 250 metres. The truck carrying the bomb would break into 10,000 one-kilogram pieces. Two buildings would collapse. The human toll: 900 dead, 9500 injured. These are the frightening results of a computer simulation of a large bomb attack in a generic Australian city, described to participants at the two-day Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers conference held in Melbourne this week. The simulation, using "conservative" population figures, modelled the...

This is a joint FBI and DHS Information Bulletin. FBI and DHS intend to update this Information Bulletin should they receive additional relevant information, including information provided to them by the user community. Based on this notification, no change to the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) level is anticipated; the current HSAS national threat level is YELLOW-ELEVATED. The current threat level for the financial services sectors in New York City, Northern New Jersey and Washington, DC is ORANGE-HIGH. FBI and DHS encourage recipients of this Information Bulletin to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to their local FBI Joint...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber in a fuel truck blew it up early Monday at a police station in southwest Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding about 60 as the inferno engulfed civilians and officers waiting for their daily assignments, officials and witnesses said. Later, the Defense Ministry said militants killed Essam al-Dijaili, the head of the military's supply department, in a drive-by shooting as he walked into his house in Baghdad. The morning blast outside the police station in the Seidiyeh neighborhood, the latest in a string of deadly attacks on police, came as officers gathered to receive...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq  — At least 11 Iraqi civilians were killed Wednesday morning when a pair of homicide bombers  tried to attack a coalition base where international troops are based, a coalition spokeswoman said.</p> <p>The attack outside Camp Charlie in Hillah  also wounded 44 other Iraqis and 58 coalition troops, including Hungarians, Poles and an American. Polish Gen. Mieczyslaw Bieniek called it a "well coordinated terrorist attack."</p>

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide bombers tried to drive explosives-laden trucks into a Polish-run base south of Baghdad, but coalition forces opened fire, triggering blasts that killed at least 11 Iraqi civilians and wounded dozens, including more than 30 coalition soldiers, officials said. More than 64 people were injured in the blasts, including at least 31 Iraqis, 12 Filipinos, 10 Poles, 10 Hungarians and an American, officials said. Polish Gen. Mieczyslaw Bieniek, commander of the 9,500-strong Polish military contingent, called it a "well coordinated terrorist attack."

Today's bombing outside coalition headquarters in Baghdad will not deter U.S. and coalition forces from their mission in Iraq, a military spokesman said in a briefing from the Iraqi capital. An explosives-laden truck exploded shortly after 8 a.m. during Sunday's morning rush hour near the entrance to the headquarters. At least 20 people were killed, and at least 60 more were injured. Officials believe most of the dead were Iraqi citizens, but Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for Combined Joint Task Force 7, said two Americans may have been killed by the blast. "We have indications...

An al-Qa'eda terrorist has confessed that he planned to drive a giant explosive device into a United States air force bunker in Belgium believed to contain nuclear warheads. News of the plot came as America gave warning that a broadcast thought to contain the words of Osama bin Laden foreshadowed a likely attack. The FBI said national landmarks, the aviation, oil and nuclear industries were possible targets. In an interview with a Belgian radio station, Nizar Trabelsi, 31, a Tunisian former professional footballer, said he had hoped to attack the Kleine Brogel base in eastern Belgium with a bomb similar...

<p>NASIRIYAH, Iraq — A suicide bomber blew up a truck packed with explosives at an Italian paramilitary base here yesterday, killing at least 26 persons. The United States struck at the Iraqi insurgency hours later, destroying a warehouse in Baghdad and chasing attackers who were seen firing mortars.</p>

'There were dead bodies everywhere, it seemed like the end of the world' (Filed: 13/11/2003) Guards opened fire but they could not stop the speeding tanker packed with explosives. Jack Fairweather reports from Nasiriyah The Italian military compound was the softest of targets. Unlike the fortresses of coalition units in Baghdad, sheltering behind concrete crash barriers, the Italian police station in Nasiriyah had only a few rolls of barbed wire and sandbags to protect it. Although the scene of some of the heaviest fighting during the war, Nasiriyah has since welcomed foreigners and the Italians were tragically ill-prepared for what...

<p>Italian officials said Wednesday an attack on Italian military police headquarters in Nasiriya that killed at least 18 Italians and eight Iraqis earlier in the day would not deter their country's commitment to helping form a new Iraqi government.</p> <p>Officials said 12 of the dead were Italian Carabinieri, or military police, four were other soldiers and two were Italian civilians filming a documentary on the Italian military in Iraq.</p>

ROME, Nov 12 (AFP) - The killing of at least 18 Italians in the worst attack against the Italian military since World War II on Wednesday provoked a furious reaction from opposition parties, who demanded that Italian troops be brought home even as the government insisted they would stay on. The Italians -- 12 paramilitary police, four soldiers and two civilians -- died in the most serious incident involving non-US forces in the country since the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. They were Italy's first casualties since Rome deployed its forces alongside the US-led coalition in June. A massive two-vehicle...

By Charles Clover in Baghdad, James Harding and Guy Dinmore in Washington and Roula Khalaf in London Published: November 12 2003 19:47 | Last Updated: November 12 2003 19:47 US President George W. Bush on Wednesday held urgent talks with his national security team about a fundamental shift in Iraq strategy to accelerate the return of self-government, as the coalition forces were struck by a bomb attack that killed at least 25 people. The truck bomb in the southern city of Nasiriya killed eight Iraqis and at least 17 Italian service personnel, marking Italy's highest military death toll since the...

US allies Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland vowed to keep their 6,000 troops in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition despite the deaths of 23 people in a deadly attack on Italian forces. "Our determination is the same as those Italians in uniform who are honouring the coalition engaged in supporting Iraq on its road to democracy," Italian Prime Minister Silvio said. "No intimidation will change our desire to help this country to rebuild and form a government, in security and freedom." Condolences poured in for the Italian people, with the White House thanking Rome for its help in...

A truck bomber attacked the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police in this southern city on Wednesday, killing 23 people, including 15 Italians, and possibly trapping others in the debris. It was the deadliest toll suffered by non-American coalition forces since the occupation began in April, and the first such attack in Nasiriyah, a relatively quiet Shiite Muslim city. The bombing appeared aimed at sending a message that international organizations are not safe anywhere in Iraq. In Rome, Defense Minister Antonio Martino confirmed 15 Italians were killed: 11 Carabinieri paramilitary police, three Army soldiers and an Italian civilian working at the...

ROME (AP) - Italy mourned its single worst military loss since World War II on Wednesday after a truck bomb in Iraq killed at least 18 Italians - a catastrophic loss for a country whose government supported the war, but whose people largely opposed it. The nation was shaken: Italians left flowers for the fallen troops outside the headquarters of the Carabinieri paramilitary police, while at Rome's tomb of the unknown soldier, Italy's green-white-and-red flag rippled at half staff. In parliament, lawmakers held a minute of silence. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi pledged that Italy would not be discouraged from its...

ROME -- The Italian government vowed Wednesday to remain engaged in Iraq, despite opposition calls to withdraw troops after a truck bomb killed at least 17 Italians -- the country's first casualties in the conflict and its single worst military loss since World War II. The Italians -- 11 Carabinieri paramilitary police, four Army soldiers, a civilian worker and a documentary filmmaker -- and eight Iraqis were killed when the explosives-laden truck approached the Italian compound in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah at about 10:40 a.m. The vehicle rammed the gate of the compound and exploded in front of...

At least 12 Italian police and soldiers were reported killed in a truck bomb attack against their base in southern Iraq, the first Italian casualties since they joined the US-led coalition in June. The massive blast gutted the building housing the paramilitary Carabinieri force in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, trapping several men under rubble. The Ansa news agency said nine of the dead belonged to the paramilitary Carabinieri force and three were members of an army contingent in Iraq, where Italy has deployed a total force of 3,000. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Pier Ferdinando Casini, calling for...

Nov. 12 — A truck bomb rocked the headquarters of the Italian Carabinieri police in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Wednesday, killing at least 14 Italians and possibly trapping others under the debris, Carabinieri officials said in Rome. The Arabic language television station Al-Jazeera said eight Iraqis were also killed. IT WAS THE first such attack in this relatively quiet Shiite Muslim city since the beginning of the U.S.-led occupation and appeared aimed at sending a message to international organizations that they are not safe anywhere in Iraq. Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi called the bombing a “terrorist...

<p>Iraqis and the Italian military police may have suffered some injuries in the blast, the official said, but more details were not immediately available.</p> <p>Italy has sent about 2,500 troops to help the reconstruction in Iraq.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) --A Department of Homeland Security advisory issued Thursday warns that al Qaeda is working on plans to hijack airliners flying between international points that pass near or over the continental United States.</p> <p>A Department of Homeland Security official said most of the flights fitting this description originate in Canada, and that U.S. officials have been working with Canada over the past month to ensure it is improving screening and other security measures.</p>

The FBI is warning that terrorists might try to poison food or water supplies, and senior bureau officials said al-Qaeda was determined to attack Americans at home even though the organisation appears to have a relatively small US presence. The FBI has not detected any individuals or cells actively planning attacks such as those almost two years ago that killed some 3000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Most al-Qaeda operatives in the US provide logistical support such as travel documents, recruitment and fund raising, Larry Mefford, the FBI's chief counterterrorism official, said today. "My view is, it's very...

go to this link http://iiasnt.leidenuniv.nl:8080/DR/2003/06/DR_2003_06_16/6 Did De Mello's work on East Timor independence get him killed today? Apparently, the Islamists were a little miffed that Catholic East Timor got its' independence from muslim Indonesia. Why hasn't the Left discussed this as a possible motivation? It seemed like the hit was directed at De Mello's office. The Left's absolute appeasement and naive provocation of the Islamists in he 90's should be brought up to them when they blame Bush for everything. Also, I am more than a little pissed that the Left, in the media and out, is treatin this like...

Security around the UK Houses of Parliament and other government buildings in London was increased last night in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Morocco and Saudi Arabia, Richard Evans writes. Concrete barriers were moved into position around the Parliament building and security patrols stepped up along Westminster's West Front. Security levels are also being raised at London's Heathrow airport. Police force spokesmen have stressed that the extra measures are not in response to the receipt of any specific terrorist threat intelligence. However, concrete obstacles are a frequently used anti-terrorist measure designed to protect buildings and critical infrastructure against...

A California Highway Patrol officer checks behind the seat of the driver in a random truck stop in the main truck artery of San Francisco on May 20, 2003. The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin last week warning of the possibility of a truck bomb and spelled out measures to help preempt such an attack. Photo by Susan Ragan/Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin last week warning of the possibility of a truck bomb and spelled out measures to help preempt such an attack. In a Homeland Security Information Bulletin...

FBI warns of possible truck bomb attack, but cites no specifics WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI wants the public to be alert for signs that terrorists may be planning a truck bombing. While not suggesting any specific threats have been made in the United States, the agency on Thursday published a list of telltale signs that people should watch for. The FBI posted the warning on its Internet site and e-mailed the message to thousands of companies "in an abundance of caution," FBI spokeswoman Debra Weireman said. Labeled "for informational purposes only," the warning urged citizens to be alert for...