War on Terrorism

War on Terrorism

As the war on terrorism continues to move beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States and other countries remain on alert for more acts of terror. The Bush Administration, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Senate, and Department... [more]

As the war on terrorism continues to move beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States and other countries remain on alert for more acts of terror. The Bush Administration, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Senate, and Department of Justice have all played a role in the current bedate about how to best protect citizens from terrorists while also protecting civil liberties and democratic freedoms. Here you can discuss politics and news associated with the "war on terror".

DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report that the air strike in eastern Yemen Thursday, Dec. 24, which left more than 30 dead, was in fact a US drone attack which wiped out a large part of al Qaeda's leadership in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Among them were two high-ranking Yemen al Qaeda operatives Saud al Qahtani, Mohammed Amir, al Qaeda's commander in Saudi Arabia, Saad Shahani, and Anwar al Awkali, the American imam who preached to US. Maj...  
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The radical Muslim imam linked to the rampage at Fort Hood is believed to have been killed in a Yemen airstrike that may have also taken out the region's top Al Qaeda leader and 30 other militants, a security official told Reuters on Thursday. The raid in Yemen's east targeted an Al Qaeda leadership meeting held to organize terror attacks. It is believed to have killed Anwar al-Awlaki and at least two senior members in the organization...  
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A court in Pakistan Friday sought a 10-day time to question five American men over terrorism charges, who believed to have gone missing from Washington D.C. area last month, and were arrested earlier this month, court officials said.  
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A young Nigerian man with reported links to Al-Qaeda attempted to blow up a US airliner as it began its descent into Detroit before being subdued by passengers and crew, officials said. Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was badly burned in the Christmas Day terror attack as he tried to set off a sophisticated explosive device on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam with 278 passengers on board, witnesses said. After being taken into custody, Abdulmutallab told the authorities that he had used a syringe filled with chemicals to mix with powder taped to his leg, according to senior officials quoted anonymously by US media. ... Read Full Story
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Militants assassinated an anti-Taliban tribal elder and dumped his beheaded body by the roadside in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt, officials said Saturday. Gul Mohammad, 42, an elder of the Salarzai tribe, had been active in raising a village militia to battle Taliban militants in the Bajaur tribal district bordering Afghanistan, an official said. "The body of Gul Mohammad was found this morning in Mamund village," Faramosh Khan, a local administration official in Khar, the main town in Bajaur, told AFP. "A note found on the beheaded body said that anyone joining the militia against the Taliban would be killed in the same manner," Khan ... Read Full Story
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A Nigerian man with reported links to Al-Qaeda attempted to blow up a US airliner as it began its descent into Detroit before being tackled by passengers and crew, officials said. Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab was badly burned in the botched Christmas Day terror attack as he tried to set off a sophisticated explosive device on the Northwest Airlines Flight which had 278 passengers on board, witnesses said. Syed Jafry, who was sitting three rows behind the would-be bomber, described how one passenger in particular had subdued Abdulmutallab as others screamed and rushed for fire extinguishers and water. "He took care of that suspect. He ... Read Full Story
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Eight years of uncertainty over the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden's closest family members has been blown open by a relative's admission that they are living in a secret compound in Iran. One of the terror mastermind's wives, six of his children and 11 of his grandchildren are living in a high-security compound outside Tehran. It exposes as false the repeated denials by the country's government that members of the family were living in Iran. Omar Ossama bin Laden, the fourth-eldest of Osama's sons, claims he was unaware of his brothers and sisters' location, or even whether they were still alive, until they phoned ... Read Full Story
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A Pakistani court on Friday remanded five American militant suspects in custody for another 10 days after police sought more time to complete their investigations. The men were detained in Pakistan earlier this month on suspicion of trying to contact Al-Qaeda-linked organisations and engage in militant activities, possibly in the lawless northwest where the Taliban insurgency is fiercest. Judge Mohammad Aslam in the court in the northeastern city of Sargodha said he was extending their detention for another 10 days following a police request, and ordered the police to produce the suspects on January 4. The men, who are all US citizens with dual ... Read Full Story
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