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...
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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".
Senior al-Qaida leaders are forging deeper relationships with Pakistani militants and often operating from their camps inside the Pakistan border, fueling Obama administration arguments for a shift in the Afghan war strategy that more narrowly targets the terrorists. For eight years since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. has focused mostly on Afghanistan's Taliban as an unabashed ally of al-Qaida. Now, however, forced to choose between sending more troops in an intensified... Read Full Story
Al Qaeda’s Message Spreading Through English-Language Jihad Websites Hosted In The USA, Private Investigator Bill Warner Says & Does ”Shut Em Down”.
“200 WEB SITES SPREAD AL-QAEDA’S MESSAGE IN ENGLISH”
RIYADH,Saudi Arabia — Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida’s message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged... Read Full Story
i was once helping people learn English online-people all over the world. then 9/11 happened and i quit not long after. Too many from mid east wanted to learn perfect american english-imagine why a few weeks after 9/11 i got a message from a brave lady from Saudia Arabia telling me about Al Qaeda meant nothing to me at the time-but it was a list of cities through out Saudi Arabia that the locals called Al Qaeda city each one had training camps and were full of Al Qaeda -fully sponsored and... Read Full Story
Al-Zahrani Name Linked to Terrorism, Al-Qaeda and September 11th 2001. Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani has been charged with the second-degree murder of Binghamton University Professor–Richard Antoun. Broome County’s District Attorney says Al-Zahrani stabbed Antoun to death in the Science 1 building Friday. The two knew each other through the anthropology graduate program. Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani aalzahr1@binghamton.edu (his email address) the murder suspect at Binghamton University is a Sunni Muslim... Read Full Story
In no way does this article suggest that the US is carrying out suicide attacks - as the Taliban spokesperson suggested. We have to remember in the case of Pakistan - that the Taliban were close to being able to seize control - they were 60-100 miles outside of the capital Islamabad. They pushed the Pakistani army back from the SWAT valley - sometimes capturing the Pak soldiers and freeing them with $5 in their pockets. To end the conflict the Pakistani government allowed the militants to... Read Full Story
A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists from Guatanamo Bay -- an idea welcomed by people in the tiny river town of Thomson but sharply criticized by Republicans in Congress. PHOTOS The congressman representing the area in northwest Illinois says he wouldn't mind the federal government buying the maximum security prison -- which has sat largely unused since completed eight years ago -- but he strongly opposes any plans to house... Read Full Story
[Prisons] such as Long Lartin as “incubators of extremism” — where inmates may not “graduate” into terrorism until 2015. The ease with which those suspected or convicted of terrorist crimes can communicate their propaganda to the outside world is also alarming. [A]ble to smuggle out a series of “fatwas” .. legitimising attacks by AlQaeda and endorsing the murder of moderate Muslims. [T]here are about 10,000 Muslim inmates in prisons in England and Wales — 12% of the jail population Muslim... Read Full Story
ISLAMABAD: The United States may be expanding its war against Al-Qaeda, but experts warn that prize target Osama bin Laden has become a symbolic icon whose liquidation alone would not destroy the terror network.
The Saudi-born mastermind, now in his 50s and rumoured to be in poor health, is the world’s most-wanted man with 25 million dollars on his head. But intelligence on his whereabouts is vague and contradictory.
The received wisdom is that he is out of reach in mountains on the... Read Full Story
BRUSSELS: As the United States prepares to unveil a new strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the EU’s counter-terrorism czar warned Monday that the network still poses the main security threat to Europe.
“It remains a very serious problem in this part of the world,” EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove told reporters in Brussels, on the sidelines of talks between EU interior ministers. “It’s the main threat.”
“We have to adopt multi-pronged measures. First... Read Full Story
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers have entered a main Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan near the Afghan border and are searching the area, the military said on Tuesday. The army launched an offensive on October 17 aimed at rooting out and defeating Pakistani Taliban militants in their South Waziristan bastions. Soldiers are advancing from three directions toward main bases, including the town of Sararogha, which the army said soldiers had entered. "A search and clearance... Read Full Story
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