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Ex-Naval Officer Gets Prison Time For 9/11 Fraud

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A retired naval officer honored for helping rescue fellow Pentagon workers in the 2001 terrorist attack was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 y...

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Andrea Stone

Is The Government Omitting Anti-Abortion Violence From Its Main Terrorism Database?

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 01.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The federal government's main database of global terrorism includes tens of thousands of attacks over the last seven years, a survey of ...

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10 Years Ago: A Letter To My American Friends

Tihomir Kukolja | Posted 11.14.2011

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Tihomir Kukolja

Ever since September 11, I've been asking myself: How does a vision of Christ who has embraced all, including Muslims, influence the way I relate to other people today?

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Terror Attack Threat In Sweden

AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 11.11.2011

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STOCKHOLM — Swedish police arrested four people on suspicion of preparing a terror attack and evacuated an arts center in the country's second l...

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Will Terror Strike Again? More Than Half of New Yorkers Say Yes

Inae Oh | Posted 11.08.2011

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The threat of terror still looms high, even ten years after September 11th, as more than half of New Yorkers believe the city will face another terror...

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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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U.S. Attack Still 'Significant Goal' For Al Qaeda: Official

Posted 09.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking the United States remains a "significant goal" for al Qaeda and its affiliates nearly a decade after the September...

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Lila Shapiro

After Bin Laden's Death, Wall Street Breathes Tentative Sigh Of Relief

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 07.02.2011

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NEW YORK -- On September 11, 2001, the financial services industry suffered heavy fatalities when New York's World Trade Center was destroyed by two h...

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What We Can Learn from (Calm)Swedes

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Patterson

On Monday, Sweden was awash with candles. How do I know? I know, because 13 December is Sankta Lucia, the feast day of St Lucy, when pretty blonde gir...

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Countries With Extreme Risk Of Terrorist Attack (PHOTOS): 2010 Global Terrorism Risk Index

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Somalia has the unfortunate distinction of being the country at the highest risk for a terrorist attack, according to a newly published report. Publ...

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Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills 32 Shiite Pilgrims

AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Militants struck across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing more than 50 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilg...

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Bali Bombing Mastermind May Have Been Killed, Say Officials

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 05.25.2011

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been ki...

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White House Responds To Cheney: Your 'Bellicose Rhetoric' Did Nothing

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House responded sharply to criticism from Dick Cheney over the administration's response to a botched terror attack. In a blog post, White H...

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Hoekstra Under Fire For politicization of attempted terror attack

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) is under some fire for citing his response to an attempted airline bombing in campaign fundraising literature....

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Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists...

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Reading the Pictures: This Kid Abdulmutallab

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Shaw

2009-12-31-headshot.jpgPictures circulating of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on a school trip to London in '03 is making it near impossible for the right-wing to hype his danger.

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9/11 Anniversary iPhone App A Memorial To Attacks

Mashable | Posted 05.25.2011

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To help you recall and remember what occurred eight years ago today, there's an app called "9/11 Numbers" which brings the sobering realities of Septe...

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New GOP Meme: "Ends Justify The Means" When It Comes to Torture

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Nickolas

In America, the ends never justify the means when it comes to violating the law and constitutional rights. Those are our values. Or so I thought.

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Mumbai Hostages: The Long Term Effects

Michelle Renee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michelle Renee

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder was something I had never even known about until I was experiencing it while I watched my daughter emotionally disappear right along with me.

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Officials: Economic Crisis Increases Security Risks For US

Washington Post | Joby Warrick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Intelligence officials are warning that the deepening global financial crisis could weaken fragile governments in the world's most dangerous areas and...

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Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Where do Obama and McCain stand on these issues? To start, McCain, the nominee of what used to called the "small government party," wants to create two entirely new government organizations.

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Demeaning Jewish Victims of Terrorism

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Dershowitz

Following the terrorist attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday which killed at least 3 Israelis, discredited academic Norman Finkelstein sunk to a new low.

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McCain Adviser: Another Attack on U.S. Would Be "Big Advantage" For McCain

Posted 05.25.2011

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***READ BELOW FOR UPDATES - McCain's response, Black's Apology, Obama's Response*** Fortune Magazine is running a profile on John McCain titled, "The...

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