Terrorists

The Most Important Treaty You've Never Heard Of And How The NRA Wants It Dead

Eric Sapp | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Heritage Foundation, 2nd Amendment, Terrorists, Weapons Trade, Nra, American Values Network, National Association of Evangelicals, Arms Trade Treaty, Gun Control, Religion News

There are currently no international laws or treaties regulating the international sale of conventional weapons. This July, the nations of the world are gathering to negotiate the first ever Arms Trade Treaty. You'd think there would be universal support.

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Russia Claims Arms Seizure From Rebel Mastermind

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Russia, Russia Terrorist Attack, Video, Terrorists, 2014 Sochi Olympics, Russia Terrorism, Olympics, Terrorism, Sochi, Terrorist, 2014-Winter-Games, World News

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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GOP and New York Times Slam Obama Over Osama

Aaron Belkin | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: 9/11, Gop, Terrorists, John Bolton, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Politics News

I'm disinclined to celebrate bin Laden's or anyone else's death. But the broader context is that Republicans have been criticizing Democrats for being weak on foreign policy for two generations, even when such criticisms were unwarranted. If those suggesting that Obama's conduct has been "unusual" are correct, then perhaps the Republicans have a point. But, should we blame him for inoculating himself against such accusations with the latest campaign ad? Let's look at how President Bush and other GOP spokespersons have talked about the death of U.S. enemies.

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Peter King Says Hezbollah Agents In U.S. Pose Major Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Peter King, Video, Terrorists, Rep. Peter King, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Iran War, Hezbollah, Iran, Iran Hezbollah, Nypd Spying, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Iranian-backed Hezbollah agents, not al Qaeda operatives, may pose the greatest threat on U.S. soil as tensions over Iran's suspected nu...

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Who's More Dangerous: Terrorists Or The TSA?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Theft, Assault, Safety, Terrorists, Terrorism, Tsa, Airport Security, Travel Blogs, Travel News

For an agency that claims to have "zero tolerance" for criminal behavior, TSA agents sure spend a lot of time declaring their guilt.

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Feds Disclose New Details From Underwear Bomber

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Terrorists, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Anwar Al Awlaki, Underwear Bomber, Video, Nidal Malik Hasan, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Domestic Terrorism, Christmas Day Bomber, Politics News

The United States on Friday submitted a memorandum to a Michigan federal judge revealing that terrorist leader Anwar al Awlaki had more direct involve...

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Hidden U.S. Prisons Lodge Convicted Terrorists

nytimes.com | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Terrorists, Secret Prisons, Terrorism, Gitmo, Crime News

WASHINGTON -- It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads. Today, it h...

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What Creates a Terrorist?

Paul Heroux | Posted 02.05.2012

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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Fighting Terrorists, Not Soviets

Burns Strider | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Soviets, American Values Network, Military, Terrorists, U.S. Military, Nuclear Weapons, Budget, Presidential Debates, Cold War, Burns Strider, Politics News

Times have changed. We don't play vinyl records on our iPods; we don't use pay phones when we're out and need to make a call. And, we shouldn't be funding last century's battles, especially when it comes at the expense of our troops.

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Dem Chairman Faults White House, Fellow Dems For Detainee Policy

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Suspected Terrorists, Senator Carl Levin, Video, Terrorists, Defense Bill, Dianne Feinstein, Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin, Senate Intelligence Committee, Detainees, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday faulted the White House and fellow Democrats for mischaracterizing provisi...

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No Refuge for Somali Refugees

Sarah Kenyon Lischer | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Terrorists, Refugees, Famine, Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Horn of Africa, World News

The reality now is that civil wars do not remain quarantined within national borders. And that forced migration is not an accidental byproduct of war. Many combatants use the forced movement of people as an intentional war strategy.

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman in Post-9/11 Hell

Ann Jones | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Tsa Pat Downs, Terrorist Watch List, Bank Holds, Airport Security, Fulbright, Terrorists, War on Terror, William Fulbright, Politics News

I don't know how it happened. Or even, really, what happened. Or what it means. Someone in the U.S. government who specializes in finding terrorists seems to have found me and laid a heavy hand on my bank account.

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Senate Rejects Republican Effort To Undercut Obama On Terrorism

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted early Friday to reject a Republican effort to prohibit the United States from prosecuting foreign terrorist suspects in...

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Israeli Terror Victims Feel Betrayed by Shalit Prisoner Release Deal

Anav Silverman | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinians, Terrorists, West Bank, Israel, Terrorism, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Shalit Released, Gilad Shalit Deal, Gilad Shalit Free, World News

"I am not asking for revenge now, I am asking for justice. When the government releases these murderers, who are supposed to serve life sentences for their horrific deeds, there is no justice."

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Issue Of Closing Guantanamo Is Far From Settled

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and other al-Qaida leaders. Yet, in spite of ...

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Bombs Kill 4 Anti-Al Qaeda Fighters

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Terrorists, Sahwa Fighters Dead, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Iraq War, Sahwa Fighters Killed, Sahwa Fighters, Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD — Four anti-al-Qaida fighters died Sunday when two roadside bombs exploded as their patrol passed by, Iraqi police and health officials ...

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Al-Awlaki's Va. Mosque Has MIxed Reaction To His Death

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Anwar Al Awlaki, Islam, Terrorists, VA Mosque, Al Qaeda, Religion News

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — At the Washington-area mosque where Anwar al-Awlaki preached a decade ago, there were few tears over the death of the influe...

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Anwar Al-Awlaki, American Internet Terrorist Pioneer and Plotter Killed in Yemen

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Yemen, Terrorists, Counterterrorism, Homeland Security, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, World News

With the death of al Awalki, the plotting of attacks and the Internet recruitment effort directed toward Western youth by radicals has suffered a significant blow, but the threat by no means has been completely eliminated.

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FBI Counterterrorism Trainer: Forget Al Qaeda, Target Islam

Wired | By Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Islam, Terrorists, Muslim Americans, Terrorism, Fbi Muslims, 9/11, Fbi, William Gawthrop, Al Qaeda, Arab Americans, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fbi Training, FBI Counterterrorism, Counterterrorism, Muslims, FBI Terrorism, Islam in America, Politics News

The FBI has publicly declared that its counterterrorism training seminars linking “mainstream” Muslims to terrorists was a “one time only” aff...

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CIA Investigating Role Within NYPD Anti-Terror Program

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER and MATT APUZZO | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general is investigating whether the agency broke the law by helping the New York Police Department build intelli...

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Ten Years After 9/11: The Suicide Angle

Dr. Adam Lankford | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Suicide, Murder, Terrorism, September 11th, Al Qaeda, 9/11 Anniversary, Terrorists, Plane Hijacked, 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, 9/11 Hijackers, World News

The easiest reaction is to just pick a side. Either the 9/11 hijackers were normal, or they were insane. Ten years after that day, this false dichotomy continues to distort explanations of why the U.S. was attacked.

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UPDATE: No Charges In Plane Shadowed By F-16s On 9/11 Anniversary

AP | By DAVID N. GOODMAN and JAMES ANDERSON | Posted 11.13.2011

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UPDATE, 9/13: A passenger named Shoshana Hebshi has taken to her blog to detail her account of the day's events. In it, she discusses being strip-...

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'Cyber 9/11': Serious Risk Or Inflated Threat?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: September 11, Department of Homeland Security, Stuxnet, Cyberstorm, Terrorists, National Security, Terrorism, Cyber 9/11, Cybersecurity, Hijacking, Dhs, Cyberterrorism, September 11 Anniversary, Cyberattack, Technology News

Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks, many lawmakers and intelligence officials say they fear the next such attack could be triggered with the click o...

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The NRA: They Apologize for the School Shooting...You Know, That One...

Cliff Schecter | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Mentally Ill, Terrorists, Columbine, Criminals, Hillary Clinton, Cuba, Denver, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News

This would be funny if it weren't so pathetic. Listen as the NRA calls someone, tells them Hillary Clinton, Cuba and perhaps Mars is coming to get their guns.

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

Reza Aslan | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Terrorist, Terrorists, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Politics News

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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