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Russia Claims Arms Seizure From Rebel Mastermind

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 05.10.2012

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MOSCOW -- Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Games, and seized a large amount of...

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Controversy Surrounding San Francisco's Terror Task Force Heats Up

| Posted 05.06.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By G.W. Schulz Muslim community members and other residents are urging San Francisco offi...

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The Bangkok Bombing Attributed to Iran: A Scene From a Keystone Kops Movie or a Clever or Rushed Maneuver by the Iranians?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 04.18.2012

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Did the three suspected Iranians terrorists in Bangkok reenact a scene from the early 1920s silent film comedies -- the Keystone Kops featuring clumsy...

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It's Finally Over -- and It Was Wrong

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.27.2011

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The initial feelings that rushed over me after hearing the announcement that we're pulling out of Iraq were of deep relief. But then they turned to deep sadness over the terrible cost of a war that was always wrong: intellectually, politically, strategically and, above all, morally.

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Some Muslims Question Anwar Al-Awlaki's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 11.30.2011

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The U.S.-led killing in Yemen of al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S. born imam who was known for his Internet videos preaching violent jihad and...

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Officials: U.S.-Born Muslim Cleric Killed In Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.30.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — The killings of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and another American al-Qaida propagandist in a U.S. airstrike Friday wipe out t...

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Bombs Rock Iraq Holy City

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB and SAAD ABDUL-KADIR | Posted 11.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Back-to-back bomb blasts ripped through one of the holiest cities in Shiite Islam Sunday, killing at least 10 people in a community st...

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Ex-Chicago Gang Member With al-Qaeda Ties Deserves Harsher Sentence, Feds Say

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 11.19.2011

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MIAMI — The 17-year prison sentence imposed on convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla is far too lenient for someone who trained to kill at an...

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Nigeria Released Known Terror Suspects, One Now Detained In Connection With U.N. Bombing

AP | By JON GAMBRELL | Posted 11.06.2011

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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria released known terror suspects, including some affiliated with al-Qaida's north Africa b...

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GW Bush Admits 'Fog of War' Experience of 9/11

Turnstyle | Posted 10.26.2011

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Obama's "Weak", "Politically Correct" Counterterrorism Plan Will Make Americans Safer

Reza Aslan | Posted 10.12.2011

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By focusing on a wider range of domestic threats beyond just "radical Islam," and by moving more government resources toward preventive measures, the Obama White House is being neither politically correct nor weak on terrorism. It is making Americans safer.

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Friday Talking Points -- More Tea, Anyone?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.05.2011

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With the conclusion of the debt ceiling "crisis," the media pivoted swiftly to their standard larger questions (to them, at any rate) about any politi...

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Former Officials: Al Qaeda Still Likely To Use WMDs

AP | By KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 09.27.2011

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ASPEN, Colo. -- A chemical or biological attack by al-Qaida and its offshoots remains a threat, despite the killing of terror leader Osama bin Laden, ...

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Terrorism Where We Least Expect It

Paul Heroux | Posted 08.31.2011

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President Bush used to say that terrorists hate freedom. Actually, terrorists use freedom, need freedom and have exploited freedom.

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Justice Department: Two Arrested In Seattle Terror Plot

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 08.23.2011

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SEATTLE — The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, and the ongoing war crimes prosecutions of Washington state soldiers helped inspire a terror plot in...

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Who Is Anwar Al-Awlaki?

GQ | Posted 08.21.2011

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With Osama dead, U.S. intelligence is zeroing in on the remaining most dangerous terrorists alive, and one man is at the top of the list. Of the eight...

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Jury Begins Deliberations In Mumbai Terror Trial

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 08.08.2011

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CHICAGO — The wife of a Chicago businessman accused in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks said Wednesday that the friendship between her husband and...

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WATCH: American-Born Al Qaeda Member Urges U.S. Muslims To Start Killing Americans

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 08.03.2011

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Adam Gadahn, a highly influential al Qaeda figure born in America, has issued a call to arms for U.S. Muslims. In a newly released video (scroll d...

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Afghanistan: No More Excuses

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.12.2011

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After 10 long years, the national conversation on the war in Afghanistan has changed significantly. And now, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, used for years to justify the war, is over.

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Thousands Cheer Bin Laden's Death at White House (PHOTOS)

Jeff Malet | Posted 07.06.2011

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The announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden sparked a spontaneous celebration at the north gate of the White House with chants of USA USA and the...

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Geronimo

Jay Tavare | Posted 07.06.2011

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American Indian heroes, and their names, should not be used without an understanding of who these folks really were and what they still mean to their people.

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Friday Talking Points [161] -- April Fools

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.01.2011

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To clarify that title: when you pull a prank on this particular day, you're supposed to reveal yourself as the prankster by yelling "April Fools!" (or...

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FBI Gave Chicago Terror Suspect Fake Bomb

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A man accused of placing a backpack that he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field was "not the traditional bad guy," h...

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Hold Firm TSA; We're With You

Josh Shahryar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dear TSA: In the fight to keep America safe, don't leave a single boob unturned. And next time you see a well-endowed man, remember, it could be a stick of dynamite.

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U.S. Does Not Have System In Place To Deal With Growing Threat Of Domestic Radicals: Report

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to...

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