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Terror Investigation: Feds Investigating Najibullah Zazi's Contacts In Queens

AP | TOM HAYS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ahmad Afzali, Mugammed Zazi, Denver-Colorado, New York City-New York, Najibullah Zazi, Queens New York, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Denver News

Three suspects charged in a wide-ranging terror probe are going to court in New York City and Denver.

Colorado air shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi (nah-jee-BOO'-lah ZAH'-zee) and his father have detention hearings later Thursday in Denver. A New York City imam, Ahmad Afzali (AKH'-mahd ahf-ZAH'-lee), has a hearing in New York City.

The three were charged last week with lying to FBI investigators trying to uncover a possible plot to detonate homemade bombs. Officials remain unsure of the scope or target of a possible terror attack.

They're casting a wide net to try and determine who might be connected to Zazi, who authorities have linked to al-Qaida. Hundreds of investigators are back at a Queens neighborhood that was the site of antiterror raids over a week ago.

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"Should More Troops Be Sent to Afghanistan? NO!"

Malou Innocent | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, World News
Malou Innocent

Our objective in Afghanistan must be narrowed to disrupting al Qaeda. To accomplish that goal, America does not need to transform Afghanistan into a stable, modern, democratic society.

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Beating Back the Democratization Backlash

Neil Hicks | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Iran, u.s. Foreign Policy, Al-Qaeda, Democracy Promotion, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, President Obama, World News
Neil Hicks

There is no necessary connection between soft-pedaling democracy promotion and advancing core American interests. Failing to advance democracy is in itself harmful to these interests.

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Al-Qaida Video Predicts Obama's Fall By Muslim Nation

AP | PAUL SCHEMM and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida 9/11 Video, Jihad, War on Terror, Muslim Nations, Middle East, President Obama, Al Qaeda Video, Muslim, September 11th, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda, World News

CAIRO — Al-Qaida on Tuesday released a new 106-minute long video predicting President Barack Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world. ...

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9/11 Trial At Guantanamo Delayed Again: Can We Have Federal Court Trials Now, Please?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Col. Peter Masciola, House of Representatives, Congress, David Kris, Col. Stephen Henley, World, War on Terror, Walid Bin Attash, Terrorism, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, David Hicks, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, 9/11, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, Justice Department, Barack Obama, World News, Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, Politics News, Senate, Capt. John Murphy, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Bay, Maj. David Frakt, Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Scarcely in its history has the United States entertained such a shabby and shamelessly politicized travesty of justice as the Military Commissions.

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Stadiums, Hotels Warned To Watch For Terrorists

AP | TOM HAYS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Transit Terror Probe, Counterterrorism, Bomb Plot, Najibullah Zazi, Security Bulletins, Terrorism, Denver, New York, Al Qaeda, Stadiums, Terrorist Attacks, New York News

NEW YORK — The government expanded a terrorism warning from transit systems to U.S. stadiums, hotels and entertainment complexes as investigator...

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Najibullah Zazi Confesses To Being A Jihadist: New York Daily News

New York Daily News | Alison Gendar, James Gordon Meek, John Marzulli, Rocco Parascandola and Corky Siemaszko | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Al Qaeda in Queens, Queens Storage, Najibullah Zazi, Queens Anti-Terror Raids, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Queens, Al Qaeda, New York News

Detectives were combing Queens storage facilities on Monday for stockpiled explosive chemicals that Al Qaeda terror thugs planned to use to bomb New Y...

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Aiello's phone ringing as she reps Zazi's lawyer

Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Al Qaeda, Najibullah Zazi, Arthur Folsom, Muhammed Zazi, Wendy Aiello, NY Terror Plot, Home News

Wendy Aiello has found working with her newest client to be far different than overseeing a publicity splash for a restaurant or hotel. ...

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What This Week's Terrorism Arrests Reveal About the Post-9/11 Strategy

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fbi, Law, Justice Department, War on Terror, Crime, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Najibullah Zazi, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

One thing is certain, authorities have powerful tools to get people off the streets in the array of statutes that they have at their disposal. They also have an extraordinarily difficult job of balancing their obligations.

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A Case for Republican Secession (From Itself)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Slavery, Rush Limbaugh, Afghanistan, John Boehner, Adultry, Pakistan, Secession, Taliban, Race Baiting, Lindsey Graham, Civil War, Glen Beck, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Republican Party, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Sometimes the body from which a political party springs is so filled with bile and corruption that its healthiest components should seek to go their own way. A case in point is today's Republican Party.

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Najibullah Zazi's Father Also Taken In For Questioning Related To Terror Probe

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Queens New York, Najibullah Zazi, Arthur Folsom, Denver, Terrorist Cell, Fbi, Bew York City, Al Qaeda, Denver News

DENVER — A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Denver has indicated he is associated with al-Qaida and played a key rol...

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Car Bomb Kills 7 In Iraqi Capital

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad Bombing, Iraqi Violence, Baghdad Car Bomb, Al-Qaeda, Al Qaeda Iraq, Iraq Violence, Baghdad-Iraq, Iraq, Car Bomb, War in Iraq, Iraq Bombings, Al Qaeda, Iraq War, Iraqi Bombings, Iraq Car Bomb, Baghdad, Baghdad Violence, Mahmoudiya, World News

BAGHDAD — A car bomb exploded Friday at a market south of Baghdad in a region that was once the scene of frequent attacks on Shiites, killing se...

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Denver Terror Cell: FBI Questioning Najibullah Zazi For Third Time; No Charges Yet

CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Denver Terror Cell, Afghanistan, Najibullah Zazi, Ny and Denver Terror Probe, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Denver News

Update: Unnamed Law enforcement officials have told ABC News that text messages on Zazi's phone indicate that he was part of an attack that was very ...

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Judge Orders Release From Guantanamo of Kuwaiti Who Met Bin Laden

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Justice Department, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Afghanistan War, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, John Bellinger, Jane Mayer, Cia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Fouad Al-Rabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Sleep Deprivation, Torture, Gitmo, World News
Andy Worthington

Following Judge Kollar-Kotelly's ruling, the DOJ did not indicate whether it will appeal the decision, but I sincerely hope that the government follows the judge's advice and repatriates al-Rabia.

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Obama and Al Qaeda: New Moves Show Success May Not Depend On Afghanistan

William Bradley | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Yemen, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Pakistan, Dick Cheney, Northern Alliance, Somalia, Iraq, Yasir Arafat, Hamid Karzai, Osama Bin Laden, World News
William Bradley

Osama bin Laden's lame 9/11 message and Barack Obama's lethal approach in Somalia raise a central question: Are we not in fact much closer to achieving our central goal in Afghanistan than most imagine?

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U.S. Must Narrow Objectives in Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, World News
Malou Innocent

The essential question now is not whether the war is winnable, but whether the mission is vital to U.S. national security interests. From this perspective the current open-ended strategy fails.

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Colo. man faces more questioning in terror probe

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, NYC Terror Probe, Najibullah Zazi, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Denver News

DENVER — A man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link to al-Qaida met with the FBI for a second day Thursday as part of a terro...

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Ilyas Kashmiri And Nazimuddin, Militant Leaders, Killed By U.S. Strikes, Says Pakistan

AP | MUNIR AHMAD and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda, Al Qaida, Al-Qaida, Al Qaeda Pakistan, Pakistan Al Qaeda, Us Drone Attacks, Pakistan Drone Attacks, US Drone Missiles, Air Force Drones, Drone Attacks, World News

ISLAMABAD — U.S. missiles are believed to have killed an al-Qaida operations chief and a top Uzbek militant in northwest Pakistan, officials sai...

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FBI Terror Investigation: Agents Raid Two Denver Houses, Take Suspect In For Questioning

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley, Tom McGhee and Kevin Vaughan | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Al Qaeda, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pakistan, Najibulllah Zazi, September 11, Afghanistan, Aurora Colorado, NYC Terror Raids, Fbi, Denver News

Federal investigators released an Aurora man late Wednesday night after 8 1/2 hours of questioning in connection with a multi-state anti-terrorism inv...

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Colorado Muslims Shocked By FBI Terror Probe

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Al Qaeda, Racial Profiling, Muslims, FBI Terror Raids, Najibullah Zazi, Denver, Fbi, Home News

Muslims who gathered for a feast at sundown to end their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan said they were shocked by the FBI's...

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No More Troops for Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Stanley McChrystal, Admiral Mike Mullen, Military, World News
Malou Innocent

The U.S. and NATO military presence of roughly 110,000 troops is more than enough to carry out the focused mission of training Afghan forces.

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FBI Terrorist Probe: Alleged Al-Qaeda Cell Leader Says He's Innocent

AP | COLLEEN SLEVIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: New York Terror Raids, Afghanistan, Najibullah Zazi, Terrorism, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Denver News

AURORA, Colo. — Federal agents on Wednesday searched the home of a suburban Denver man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link t...

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Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan Killing Shows Dramatic Shift In U.S. Policy Towards Somalia

Global Post | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, Al Shabaab, Al Qaeda, Horn of Africa, Somalia Al Qaeda, Al-Qaida, Somalia, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan Dead, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Saleh Nabhan, Nabhan Dead, Somalia Us Intervention, World News

Tristan McConnell | GlobalPost NAIROBI, Kenya -- A strike by six U.S. helicopter gunships on an Al Qaeda target in Somalia on Monday marks a dramat...

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