Terrorism News
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The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, April 21, 2014
… and Jordan Mazza BOSTON MARATHON ABC News' Benjamin Bell: " Rep. Michael McCaul Expresses Concern Over Potential Marathon Terrorist Copycat " This morning on "This Week," House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, while …
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Marathon brings blessings of family… running it. I'm just being a supportive, loving father.'' Stephanie was just as resolute. "We're not going to let terrorism dictate what our family does,'' she said. But she was shaken enough that she sought counseling last spring. She still …
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APNewsBreak: Africa Land Grabs Endanger Elephants
… national strategy for combating the multibillion-dollar poaching industry, relying on many of the same tactics used against terrorist organizations and drug cartels. The plan outlines a "whole of government approach" that includes working with other countries …
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AP Photos: Christians Seek Hope in Easter Events
… resurrection of Jesus. In Rome, Pope Francis made an Easter plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria. He also called for more attention to the needy and the hungry. More than 150,000 …
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Boston Race Makes Room for Those Affected by Bombs
… looking for a reason to stop can always find one: the heat, the hills, the blisters, the cramps. And now the threat of a terrorist attack, the memories of severed limbs, the ears ringing from the concussion of a bomb blast. Yet for 118 years, runners …
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Rep. Michael McCaul Expresses Concern Over Potential Marathon Terrorist CopycatThis morning on “This Week,” House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, while noting the increase in security in Boston ahead of the marathon tomorrow, expressed concern over the potential that someone may try to replicate the attack last year on the Boston...
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Russia 'Outraged' by Deadly Ukraine Shootout… comment, but Slovyansk's pro-Russia mayor confirmed the three dead to reporters. Read More: Ukraine Suspends 'Anti- Terrorist ' Operation in East "The Russian side is outraged with the provocation, which indicates that Kiev is unwilling to put in …
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Pope's Easter Message 'Urbi Et Orbi'
… between Israelis and Palestinians. We beg for an end to the conflicts in the Central African Republic and a halt to the brutal terrorist attacks in parts of Nigeria and the acts of violence in South Sudan. We ask that hearts be turned to reconciliation and fraternal …
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Nigerians Mark Easter Amid Mourning and Fear
… uprising, mourning the deaths of 75 bomb blast victims and fearful of the fate of 85 abducted schoolgirls. The homegrown terrorist network Boko Haram on Saturday claimed responsibility for last week's rush-hour explosion at a busy bus station in the …
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Hate Crime Charge in NYC Attack on Sikh Professor
… is out of service. It's unclear if he has an attorney. Singh has said a group of young men called him "Osama" and a " terrorist " before one grabbed his beard and others beat him. He suffered a fractured jaw. Hate crimes task force detectives had been …
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San Francisco Probe Leading to Entrapment Claims
… by the government. It's an argument numerous suspected terrorists , politicians and others have made when caught in a government ..... acts proposed by undercover agents. Several high-profile terrorism suspects in recent months have argued they were set up …
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Civilian Militia Remain at Bundy Ranch After Standoff Ends… and protesters, some sporting nametags reading "domestic terrorist ," remain camped out on a cattle ranch in Nevada, where they ..... D-Nev., comments on Thursday labelling them "domestic terrorists ." ] /> One of the armed and camouflaged men, a former …
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Range Showdown Draws Armed Supporters to Nevada
… Leader Harry Reid of Nevada calls the armed campers "domestic terrorists ." He says a federal task force was being formed to deal ..... Republican Sen. Dean Heller says those who Reid may call domestic terrorists , he calls patriots. The Bundy ranch is the latest skirmish …
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Ukraine Suspends 'Anti-Terrorist Operation'
… Ukraine suspended the "active stage" of its "anti- terrorist operation" in the eastern part of its country today ..... Ministry of Defense, said in a statement that the anti- terrorist operation would continue but it would no longer be active …
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Iran Denounces US Ruling to Sell Property
… plans to sell a 36-story Manhattan office building and other properties owned by Iran nationwide in what will be the largest terrorism -related forfeiture ever. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham is quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying …
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Al-Qaida Chief Blesses Attacks on Egypt Security
Al-Qaida head blesses attacks on Egyptian security forces, says should avoid harm to civilians
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Car Bomber Kills 6 at Syrian Government Checkpoint
Syria activists say suicide car bomber kills 6 at checkpoint near government-controlled town
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Obama Signs Bill Aimed at Blocking Iran's UN Envoy
… N. representative if they've engaged in espionage or terrorist activity and still pose a threat to U.S. security. It's ..... in Tehran. Obama says he shares lawmakers' concern that terrorists could use diplomatic cover to enter the U.S. But he says …
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Movie Reviews: 'Transcendence,' 'Heaven Is For Real'… the second, becoming – ironically -- the very thing the terrorists who tried to kill Will feared, and alarming the government ..... Mara from House of Cards is particularly underutilized as the terrorist leader) and intellectually stimulating conversations. In fairness …
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Oklahoma City Bombing Museum Sees Technology Boost
A memorial and museum built to remember the worst act of domestic terrorism on American soil is in the midst of a $7 million upgrade so it can better portray how different the world was when Timothy McVeigh …
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Why they'll run… responders, and to move past the horror of a senseless act of terrorism . "My dad said to me, 'You can't live your life in fear ..... boy with a gap-toothed grin was killed when two alleged terrorist brothers set off two bombs near the marathon finish line. Deveau …
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Essays that earned Marathon spots
… lived valiantly and bravely through a terrorist attack. How then, does a mere 26.2 ..... capture the second suspect and end their terrorist acts. I have run the Boston Marathon ..... To me, it will be a statement that no terrorist act will stop Boston from being united …
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In Egypt, a Corruption Watchdog Hit by Backlash
… the Brotherhood, which was branded by the government as a terrorist organization since the military ousted Islamist President ..... said with a chuckle, "I would be considered a member in a terrorist group now and would probably not last in the agency." He said …
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'This Week' Transcript: Boston Marathon Security… the administration now is going aggressively against these terrorists I think is a very positive sign given the prior narrative ..... there is a possible attack, that this is a target of any terrorists . Of course, that was the case last year, too -- Martha …
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Shooter fears he killed Pat Tillman
… never determined or has never released whose shots killed Tillman. Tillman had left the Arizona Cardinals after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to join the Army, a decision that immediately turned him into a national symbol of sacrifice. Elliott, 33, who …
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Excerpt: Justice John Paul Stevens' 'Six Amendments'… election laws combined with the terrorist tactics of the Klan prevented all ..... national catastrophes or acts of terrorism will be inadequate; it also impairs ..... perhaps the threat of an international terrorist , may require a national response …
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A Nutty Finale for 'Scandal,' TV's Craziest Show
… to sympathy votes when his teenage son collapsed and died during an eleventh-hour political rally. Turns out Olivia's terrorist mom (Khandi Alexander) engineered the bomb that nearly took out Fitz. But — surprise! — it was Rowan Pope, Olivia's …
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UK Looking Into Death of Teenager in Syria
… under unclear circumstances. Britain's Foreign Office said they are urgently looking into the death. British counter- terrorism authorities have expressed concern about the hundreds of Britons who have traveled to Syria to take part in jihad, or holy …
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Views Differ of Imam Accused in US Terrorism Case
… opening statements at his terrorism trial as an enthusiastic ..... as he labeled him a terrorist , saying he "deployed men to execute his terrorist goals." He said he ..... He was a trainer of terrorists , and he used the cover ..... hostage who escaped a terrorist attack in Yemen in 1998 …
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US: Forfeiture Deal Over Iran Assets Sets Record
… will produce the largest ever terrorism -related forfeiture. U ..... settlement with 19 holders of terrorism -related judgments against ..... estates of victims of the 1983 terrorist bombings of U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, the 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers …
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Guantanamo Trial in 9/11 Veers off Track Again
… self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack and four co-defendants veered ..... arraigned in May 2012 on charges that include terrorism and nearly 3,000 counts of murder in ..... authorities that he orchestrated the terrorist plot. The other four are accused primarily …
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Boston Marathon Makes Room for More Runners
… was not an option. "Anything that looked like a reaction that showed fear or in any way giving in to the acts of cowardly terrorists would have been very unfavorably received," he said. "And while there will be pressure and challenge for everybody, everybody …
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Excerpt: Ralph Reed's 'Awakening'
… after the United States declared war on terrorism , the Middle East is in flames and the ..... descended into chaos and bloodshed. Terrorists murdered a U.S. ambassador in Libya ..... Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world, stands on the threshold …
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Reid Calls Rancher's Backers 'Domestic Terrorists'
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is calling armed backers of a Nevada rancher "domestic terrorists " for using guns in a grazing rights battle with the federal Bureau of Land Management. The Democrat was speaking at an event …
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Calif. Jury Reaches Verdict in Iraqi Woman's Death
… family home in El Cajon (kuh-HOHN'), one of the nation's largest enclaves of Iraqi immigrants. A note found near the woman read: "This is my country, go back to yours, you terrorist ." Lab tests determined it was a photocopy.