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Student Jailed For Leaving Homemade Bomb On Train Near London's Canary Wharf
A British student, who left a homemade bomb packed with ball bearings and shrapnel on a London underground train on its way to the Canary Wharf financial district last October, was jailed for 15 years on Friday.
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Al-Qaida to launch English propaganda newspaper
Al-Qaida is preparing to launch its first online propaganda newspaper in English, a move that could help the terror group recruit inside the US and Europe.The group has begun promoting the paper, called Inspire, with animated online graphics promising "special gift to the Islamic nation."Counterterrorism officials and terror analysts say it will be...
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Militant's path from Pakistan to Times Square
As dawn broke on July 10, 2007, Pakistani commandos stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad, ending a lengthy standoff with armed militants in a blaze of gunfire that left more than 100 dead. In Washington, officials applauded the siege as an important demonstration of Pakistan's willingness to confront Islamist militants. Yet Faisal Shahzad, a Pakista...
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Pak man held in New York bomb probe to be deported
A US immigration judge has ordered a man arrested in Massachusetts during the probe into the failed Times Square car bombing deported to his native Pakistan.The ruling in the case of 27-year-old Aftab Khan was made on Thursday and announced on Friday.Khan was one of three men arrested on immigration charges May 13 and suspected of supplying money t...
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Shahzad's number found on detained Pak national's phone
A Pakistani national arrested in connection with the botched Times Square car bombing had prime suspect Faisal Shahzad's phone number on his cell phone and an envelop with the accused name on it in his apartment.Aftab Ali Khan, 27, is one of the three men arrested last week for violating immigrations laws and are suspected of funding money to Shahz...
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Times Square car bomb suspect appears in court
The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.
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Pak Taliban plotted, funded Times Square attack: US
Saying they obtained new evidence, senior White House officials said on Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban were behind the failed Times Square bombing.The attempt marks the first time the group has been able to launch an attack on US soil. And while US officials have downplayed the threat -- citing the bomb's lack of sophistication -- the incident i...
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New York bomb suspect is linked to militant cleric
Faisal Shahzad, was inspired by the violent rhetoric of Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American cleric whose militant online lectures have been a catalyst for several recent attacks and plots.
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Pakistani Taliban are said to expand alliances
The Pakistani Taliban, which American investigators suspect were behind the attempt to bomb Times Square, have in recent years combined forces with Al-Qaida, experts say.
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Unexploded car bomb left trove of evidence
Among the enduring images left by car bombings, overseas or in the United States, is investigators on their hands and knees, crawling through the wreckage searching for clues: a blasting cap or a timing device, a piece of the explosive's casing or a trace of the chemicals used.
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Man arrested in Times Square bomb plot
Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.
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Times Square bomb now a terror probe
The investigation into the Times Square car bomb now seems to point towards an international link, rather than domestic or anti-government groups.
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Pak-origin man suspect in failed Times Square attack
Authorities have identified the buyer of the SUV used in a failed Times Square terror attack and are seeking him as a potential suspect, two law enforcement officials said on Monday.
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Student Jailed For Leaving Homemade Bomb On Train Near London's Canary Wharf
A British student, who left a homemade bomb packed with ball bearings and shrapnel on a London underground train on its way to the Canary Wharf financial district last October, was jailed for 15 years on Friday.
-
Al-Qaida to launch English propaganda newspaper
Al-Qaida is preparing to launch its first online propaganda newspaper in English, a move that could help the terror group recruit inside the US and Europe.The group has begun promoting the paper, called Inspire, with animated online graphics promising "special gift to the Islamic nation."Counterterrorism officials and terror analysts say it will be...
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Militant's path from Pakistan to Times Square
As dawn broke on July 10, 2007, Pakistani commandos stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad, ending a lengthy standoff with armed militants in a blaze of gunfire that left more than 100 dead. In Washington, officials applauded the siege as an important demonstration of Pakistan's willingness to confront Islamist militants. Yet Faisal Shahzad, a Pakista...
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Pak man held in New York bomb probe to be deported
A US immigration judge has ordered a man arrested in Massachusetts during the probe into the failed Times Square car bombing deported to his native Pakistan.The ruling in the case of 27-year-old Aftab Khan was made on Thursday and announced on Friday.Khan was one of three men arrested on immigration charges May 13 and suspected of supplying money t...
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Shahzad's number found on detained Pak national's phone
A Pakistani national arrested in connection with the botched Times Square car bombing had prime suspect Faisal Shahzad's phone number on his cell phone and an envelop with the accused name on it in his apartment.Aftab Ali Khan, 27, is one of the three men arrested last week for violating immigrations laws and are suspected of funding money to Shahz...
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Times Square car bomb suspect appears in court
The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.
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Pak Taliban plotted, funded Times Square attack: US
Saying they obtained new evidence, senior White House officials said on Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban were behind the failed Times Square bombing.The attempt marks the first time the group has been able to launch an attack on US soil. And while US officials have downplayed the threat -- citing the bomb's lack of sophistication -- the incident i...
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New York bomb suspect is linked to militant cleric
Faisal Shahzad, was inspired by the violent rhetoric of Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American cleric whose militant online lectures have been a catalyst for several recent attacks and plots.
-
Pakistani Taliban are said to expand alliances
The Pakistani Taliban, which American investigators suspect were behind the attempt to bomb Times Square, have in recent years combined forces with Al-Qaida, experts say.
-
Unexploded car bomb left trove of evidence
Among the enduring images left by car bombings, overseas or in the United States, is investigators on their hands and knees, crawling through the wreckage searching for clues: a blasting cap or a timing device, a piece of the explosive's casing or a trace of the chemicals used.
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Man arrested in Times Square bomb plot
Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.
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Times Square bomb now a terror probe
The investigation into the Times Square car bomb now seems to point towards an international link, rather than domestic or anti-government groups.
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Pak-origin man suspect in failed Times Square attack
Authorities have identified the buyer of the SUV used in a failed Times Square terror attack and are seeking him as a potential suspect, two law enforcement officials said on Monday.
