Terror
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Pentagon sending military trainers to Yemen
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The Pentagon said Tuesday it is sending military trainers back to Yemen for "routine" counterterrorism cooperation with Yemeni security forces amid an intensified battle against an offshoot of the al-Qaida terror network.
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Mohammad Hassan Khalid faces 15 years in prison on terror charges
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A Maryland teenager faces 15 years in prison after admitting he agreed to help the American terrorist dubbed "Jihad Jane" raise money and recruits for a Muslim holy war.
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Osama bin Laden death hurt al Qaida, but group still wants revenge
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A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil.
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Jubair Ahmad to be sentenced Friday in terror case
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A sentencing hearing is scheduled Friday for 24-year-old Jubair Ahmad, who pleaded guilty in December to providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani organization that has been blamed for the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people.
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France detained 19 people in extremist crackdown, Sarkozy says
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French police detained 19 people Friday as they launched a crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists in cities around the country, President Nicolas Sarkozy said, promising more raids to come.
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Egyptian arrested in terror network case
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An Egyptian with the same name as a long-sought senior al-Qaida leader was arrested Wednesday in Cairo, but he denied any link to the terrorist network and said it was a case of mistaken identity. Two U.S. officials agreed.
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U.S. terror no-fly list doubled last year
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The size of the U.S. government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the U.S. has more than doubled in the past year.
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Jose Padilla suit against Rumsfeld rejected by court
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A federal appeals court rejected efforts by Jose Padilla to impose a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for being detained for nearly four years as an "enemy combatant."
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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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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused underwear bomber, heads to trial
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The Christmas flight was just minutes from its arrival in Detroit when smoke filled the cabin. Patricia "Scotti" Keepman, who was traveling with her family and two newly adopted children from Ethiopia, braced for the worst.
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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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Pakistani defendants plead guilty in D.C. to helping terrorist organization
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Three Pakistani citizens pleaded guilty in federal court in D.C. Monday to helping a group often referred to as the Pakistani Taliban.
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Suspicious passengers spark terror scares on planes
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While the FBI continues their investigation into a plot potentially targeting New York City and Washington, a number of planes were detained or intercepted on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks after passengers reported suspicious behavior.
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Source: Ex-NYPD officer detained at KC airport
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Suspicious items were found in the carry-on luggage of a former New York City police officer trying to get through security at Kansas City's main airport, and he was detained after refusing to allow authorities to examine the bag, a local official told The Associated Press.
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Americans join al-Shabab terrorists in Somalia, House committee investigation finds
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More than 40 Americans have traveled to war-torn Somalia to join a terrorist group connected with al-Qaida, an investigation by House committee staff found.
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Anders Behring Breivik, Norway rampage suspect, expects life in jail
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Anders Behring Breivik has admitted bombing Norway's capital and opening fire on a youth group retreat, but he pleaded not guilty, saying he acted to save Europe from Muslim immigration.
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Bin Laden wanted to attack on U.S. on anniversary of 9/11
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ABC News reports that Osama bin Laden plotted terror strikes against the U.S. on the Fourth of July, Christmas and New Year’s, as well as the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
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Amtrak chief: Trains more vulnerable than planes
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Tightened security is evident in Amtrak hubs like D.C.'s Union Station Amtrak following revelations that al Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains.
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