Terror Plots
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Canada terror plot: Police arrest two in alleged Canadian terror plot
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Police announce that two suspects have been arrested in a terror plot against a Canadian passenger train.
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Terror plot arrests: Four Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot, FBI says
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Four Southern California men, including one suspect who served in the U.S. Air Force, have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday.
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Rezwan Ferdaus sentenced to 17 years for terror plot
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A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
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Libya attacks: CIA says there was evidence attacks carried out by militants
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The CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was carried out by militants, not a spontaneous mob upset about an American-made video ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, U.S. officials have told The Associated Press.
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NYC Federal Reserve bomb plot foiled
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A Bangladeshi man snared in an FBI terror sting considered targeting President Barack Obama before settling on a car bomb attack on The Federal Reserve in New York City, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Manssor Arbabsiar pleads guilty in plot to kill Saudi ambassador in Washington
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Authorities say Manssor Arbabsiar offered $1.5 million for the death of the Saudi ambassador in Washington.
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Norwegian man tied to possible summer terror threat, sources say
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Al-Qaida has reportedly recruited a Norwegian man to bring down an airplane, with the attack timed to coincide with the upcoming summer games.
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Three men held for alleged terror plot at NATO summit
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Chicago police say three men were arrested earlier this week following allegations that they tried to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the NATO summit.
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Bomb plot: Double agent identifed as would-be bomber
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The would-be suicide bomber, the man al-Qaida entrusted with its latest device, actually was a double agent working with the CIA and Saudi intelligence agencies, officials said.
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In face of veto, Senate backing military custody of American terror suspects
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The Senate is backing a requirement of military custody for suspected terrorists, even ones seized on U.S. soil, and with no charges required.
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Manssor Arbabsiar pleads not guilty
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A man charged in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States has pleaded not guilty in court in New York City.
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Iran intelligence chief rejects D.C. terror plot allegations
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Iran's intelligence chief said Thursday there are holes in the U.S. allegations that Iranian agents plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador in D.C.
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Iran's supreme leader warns U.S. over alleged D.C. terror plot
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Iran's supreme leader warned the U.S. on Sunday that hurting Tehran over an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington would elicit a "resolute" response.
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Foreign minister denies Iran's involvement in alleged D.C. terror plot
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Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed U.S. accusations that Tehran was involved in an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington.
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Rezwan Ferdaus charged with plotting attack against Pentagon
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A Massachusetts man with a degree in physics was charged Wednesday with plotting to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled airplanes filled with explosives.
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White House takes possible terror threat seriously
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The Obama administration is taking serious the still unconfirmed intelligence tip of a possible al-Qaida plot tied to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said Sunday.
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No sign of U.S. entry for terror plot says AP
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Senior U.S. officials say there's no evidence that anyone linked to al-Qaida has entered the country to carry out an attack on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Terrorists looking to attack U.S. utility facilities, report warns
CommentA government report warns that extremists may be looking to gain inside access to utility companies for a potential attack on the U.S., ABC World News reports.
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