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The Obama administration finally highlights Iran’s key role in supporting al Qaeda On July 28, the Treasury Department designated six al Qaeda operatives involved in shipping money and men from the Persian Gulf to senior al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The move targets a node of the global terror network that is critical to its overall strength, freezing any of its financial assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting any transactions with the operatives. Of the many conduits for al Qaeda funds and personnel across the world, the U.S. government believes this one is the most important. “This network...

SNIPPET: "Saad Gaya, a 21-year old, admitted Monday that he was part of an al-Qaeda-inspired plot to build fertilizer-based truck bombs and explode them in downtown Toronto." SNIPPET: "With Mr. Gaya, Mr. Khalid, and Mr. Dirie having pleaded guilty in recent weeks, only seven adult accused are headed to trial at this point. More pleas are possible."

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Three months after the RCMP began arresting 18 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada, an investigation by the National Post has uncovered a web of links to Pakistan. Today, in the first of four parts, the role of a Pakistani training camp is revealed.- - - BALAKOT, Pakistan - A worn footpath climbs from the Kaghan Valley highway into the lush mountains above the River Kunar, on Kashmir's western frontier. The locals all know where it leads. An hour's walk up the steep trail there is a training camp built by Islamic militants called Madrassa Syed Ahmed Shaheed...

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The West Plains school superintendent confirmed Monday the Federal Bureau of Investigations served search warrants last week on a truck driving school. School officials say they were told the agents were looking into allegations of improper issuance of drivers licenses. West Plains R-7 superintendent Karla Eslinger confirmed the agents were at the school Thursday to seize documents related to the South Central Career Center AVTS Truck Training program. One of the agents identified himself as being with the anti terrorism unit of the F.B.I.

Memo lists possible border terror plot Officials play down plan described in secret FBI bulletin 11:03 PM CDT on Saturday, July 16, 2005 By ALFREDO CORCHADO and JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News Dirt roads trace pale lines across a desolate landscape of bald peaks and plunging canyons near Texas' Big Bend and bridge the border at dozens of improvised crossings. For decades, these routes have been used to smuggle drugs and humans. Now there is growing concern they could become deadly conduits for terrorism. The concern is buttressed by a confidential but unclassified FBI intelligence bulletin, obtained by...

Early on the morning of March 16th, 1984, William Buckley left for work at the American embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Officially, Mr. Buckley, a decorated veteran of the Special Forces, served as the political officer at the embassy. In reality, however, Mr. Buckley was the embassy’s CIA station chief. On his way to the compound, Buckley’s car was stopped by a group of masked men, who forced him from his car at gunpoint. His assailants would later be identified as terrorists from the group Islamic Jihad, which served as an alias for the real perpetrators, Hezbollah. The circumstances surrounding the...

LIVERMORE - A new high-tech Lawrence Livermore Laboratory device that can bring hijacked trucks to a screeching halt may provide extra protection for government buildings, power plants and other possible terrorism targets. Lab officials Tuesday unveiled a remote-controlled device they say can stop trucks from becoming "bombs on wheels" by crashing into sensitive facilities, including the lab itself. Although terrorist acts involving truck bombs are more typical in other countries, "We want to be ready in case they come here," said Ron Cochran, the lab's executive officer. The technology debuted in 2001 and involved a simple device mounted on the...

JEMAAH Islamiah's foiled plot to destroy foreign embassies in Singapore, including the Australian high commission, would have used suicide bombers at the controls of deadly truck bombs, a US interrogation of a key JI figure has revealed. The plot, uncovered by Singaporean authorities last December before it was fully planned, originally was intended for missions in Manila, not Singapore. The revelations, obtained by The Australian through key summaries of the US interrogation of Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, demonstrate the new depth of JI members' commitment to the jihad cause. Jabarah is a Kuwaiti-born Canadian brought into the region by JI operations...

MANILA, Philippines, Sep 11, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- The United States has warned Southeast Asian governments that terrorists could use truck bombs to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to the Philippine ambassador to Washington. In an "urgent and confidential" letter sent Tuesday to Foreign Secretary Blas Ople, copies of which were obtained Wednesday by reporters in Manila, Ambassador Albert del Rosario said the warning was relayed by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly. Del Rosario said Kelly was "directed to contact Southeast Asian ambassadors" in Washington to share information on security and intelligence...