Terrorist Attacks

Congress Rethinking 9/11 Law

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

Read More: Congress, John McCain, 9/11 Anniversary, Authorization for Use of Military Force, 9/11, Lindsey Graham, 9/11 War, 9/11 Attacks, Drones, Terrorist Attacks, Iraq War, Military Force, Al Qaida, 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, Carl Levin, Congress 911 Law, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in ...

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Al Qaeda Document Reveals Groups Plans, Suggests Attacking Pipelines

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 03.23.2013 | World

Al Qaeda discussed attacking pipelines, dams, bridges, and other important infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe, according to a document seized from ...

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Defense Lawyers Want Access to Secret Gitmo Prison Camp

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 03.31.2013 | World

Read More: KSM Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, 9/11, CIA Torture, Federal Court, Death Penalty, Ksm, Gitmo, September 11th, Torture, Terrorist Attacks, Military Commissions, World News

Should defense lawyers in the September 11 terrorism case be allowed to visit the secret camp where their clients are imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay? And if so, how much access to the prison is enough?

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Top 5 Reasons to Preserve the CIA Black Sites

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ksm, Cia, Counterterrorism, 9/11, CIA Torture, Obama, Justice Department, Missing Torture Tapes, September 11th, Torture, Terrorist Attacks, Black Sites, Politics News

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-conspirators have asked the government to preserve the notorious "black sites" where U.S. agents tortured detainees after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Here are five good reasons the government should do so.

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Teach Your Children Well

David Sable | Posted 02.16.2013 | Crime

Read More: Newtown, Nelson Mandela, Newtown Elementary School Shooting, David Sable, Albert Einstein, Terrorist Attacks, Video, Crime News

What should we do? Maybe the place to start is by hugging our own children and understanding that they are the proxy for all. Children -- all children -- are our future, our afterlives if you will. We need to protect and nurture them all.

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Protecting Detroit From Terrorists: How a Softer Approach Overseas Could Help

Dr. Richard Chasdi | Posted 06.16.2012 | Detroit

Read More: The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Soft Line Approach, Counter Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, Ambassador Bridge, Detroit News

Here is a scenario of a terrorist assault against the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel along with a set of counter-terror practices we could employ to protect ourselves. It's an unsettling story but one that needs to be heard.

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FBI Warns Of New Terrorist Threat

AP | Posted 03.07.2012 | Politics

Read More: FBI Cyber Attacks, Frank Wolf, Terrorism, Robert Mueller, Fbi, Cyberterrorism, Cyber Attacks, Terrorist Attacks, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that terrorists may seek to train their own recruits or hire outsiders with an eye toward pur...

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New Report Pinpoints Terrorism 'Hot Spots' In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 01.31.2012 | Politics

A study of nearly 40 years of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil reveals that nearly a third took place in just five major urban "hot spots": New York, Lo...

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The Congress Is Wrong on This One

Michael S. Greco | Posted 02.14.2012 | Politics

Read More: Military Detention, Terrorism Trials, Terrorist Suspects, Counterterrorism, Terrorist Trials, Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, Politics News

No one questions that the U.S. military plays an important role in fighting terrorism but the Armed Forces do not want -- and are not equipped - also to serve as judge and jailor.

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What Creates a Terrorist?

Paul Heroux | Posted 02.05.2012 | World

Read More: Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, u.s. Foreign Policy, Causes of Terrorism, Terrorists, Radical Islam, Terrorism Profiles, Terrorist Attacks, World News

Considering that there are hundreds of millions of other Muslims who are subjected to the same U.S. foreign policies but do not commit terrorism, policy may be a necessary factor, but it is not sufficient.

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Teachers Remember Dealing With 9/11 Unfolding In Their Classrooms

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.09.2011 | Home

Read More: September 11, 9/11 Classroom, 9/11 Education, Students 9/11, 2001, Sept. 11, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11 Emotions, Teachers as Parents, Decade After 9/11 - Coping, September 11 Anniversary, Terrorist Attacks, Home News

WASHINGTON -- Middle school teacher Yvonne Mason thought she was prepared for anything in her classroom. Then the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 20...

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Watch: White House Issues 9/11 Observance Guidelines

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 10.30.2011 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Embassies, 9/11 Observance Guidelines, Video, Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, President Obama, 9/11, Terrorist Attacks, September 11 Anniversary, Politics News

The White House has issued guidelines on how the upcoming tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks should be commemorated. In his weekly te...

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Mike Huckabee Is Cashing In On This, And Critics Are Calling It 'Blood Money'

Posted 10.14.2011 | Home

Read More: Educational Videos, 9/11 Education, History Education, Education, 9/11 in Schools, Mike Huckabee, Terrorism, Teaching Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, Teaching 9/11, History Lessons, Terrorist Attacks, Video, Home News

Mike Huckabee set pundits ablaze last week when his "Learn Our History: TimeCycle Academy" released an educational animated video for kids about the 9...

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Why Switzerland Is A New Hotbed Of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

TAGES ANZEIGER/Worldcrunch | David Vonplon | Posted 09.24.2011 | World

Read More: Al Qaeda, September 11 2001, Pentagon, Terrorist Attacks, Switzerland, September 11, Osama Bin Laden@Depressing, World Trade Center, 9/11 Attacks, World News

is a new website that delivers English editions of the best foreign-language news and journalism. By David Vonplon TAGES ANZEIGER/Worldcrunch ...

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Russia Says Authorities Have Averted A 'Large Terrorist Attack' In Moscow

Reuters | Steve Gutterman | Posted 09.17.2011 | World

Read More: Russia, Terrorism, Doku Umarov, Alexander Bortnikov, North Caucasus, Kremlin, Dagestan, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev, Federal Security Service, Terrorist Attacks, World News

By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia's top security official said on Monday that authorities had averted a "large terrorist at...

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Mumbai Explosions: Intelligence Agencies Received No Warnings Or Clues In Market Attacks

Posted 09.13.2011 | World

Read More: India, Video, Mumbai Market Explosions @Depressing, Mumbai Explosions, Mumbai, Mumbai Market Attracks, Terrorist Attacks, World News

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian intelligence agencies received no warnings before the three bomb blasts that killed 18 people in Mumbai, the biggest att...

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UK Lowers Terror Threat Level

AP | Posted 09.10.2011 | World

Read More: UK, Britain, Terror Threat Level, Bombings, Terrorist Threat Level, Terrorism, Great Britain, Terror Alert Level, London, Terrorist Attacks, World News

LONDON -- Britain has lowered its assessment of a terrorist attack from "severe" to "substantial," Home Secretary Theresa May said Monday. The new al...

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Gone But Not Forgotten: Remembering Victims Of 9/11

Posted 07.02.2011 | Impact

Read More: Project 2, September 11, 996, Victims of 9/11, Terrorism, National 9/11 Memorial, 9/11, Storycorps, Slidepollajax, Dealing With Loss, Terrorist Attacks, September 11 Victims, Impact News

While the death of Osama bin Laden has brought the tragic attacks of Sept. 11 into the nation's spotlight once again, that day's events are daily on t...

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'No Vacancy' For Muslims in India's Capital

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: New Delhi, Terrorist Attacks, Muslims, Islamophobia, A P J Abdul Kalam, Pakistan, 9/11, India, Shah Rukh Khan, Hindus, World News

The current brand of Islamophobia in India is highly pervasive because fear has made intolerance easier to justify.

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U.S. Official Warns Of Libyan-Backed Terrorist Attacks

The New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The United States is bracing for possible Libyan-backed terrorist attacks, President Obama's top counterterrorism official said on Friday....

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Afghanistan War Logs Reveal Bin Laden's Involvement

The Guardian | Simon Tisdall | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Al Qaeda, War Logs, Terrorist Attacks, Middle East, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, War, Taliban, Terrorists, Afghanistan, Bin Laden, World News

The shadow of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, hangs heavily over the US-led coalition's campaign in Afghanistan. Again and again, the...

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Power Plant Attacked In Russia, 2 Killed

AP | SERGEI VENYAVSKY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Killing, Russia, Baksanskaya Power Station, Caucasus, World News, Hyrdoelectric Dam, Bombs, Terrorism, Russia Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, World News

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Two carloads of assailants attacked a hydroelectric station in southern Russia early Wednesday, killing two workers and ...

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US Intelligence Community

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: US Intell Community, Counterterrorism, Political Cartoons, Terrorist Attacks, Politics News

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An Intelligence Agency Misused Passports: OMG!

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Dubai, Australia, Terrorism, Israel, Mossad, Bali, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, Terrorist Attacks, World News

The complaints leveled against Israel by European countries and Australia regarding the alleged misuse of passports by the Mossad ring hollow and smack of blatant hypocrisy.

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