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Suspects' Plans To Fire-Bomb Obama's Campaign Headquarters Net Terrorism Charges, Chi-Town Cops
Tribune ReportersThree out-of-state men arrested in a Bridgeport apartment raid days before the NATO summit considered hitting President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house and police stations with "incendiary devices," according to court documents....Tags: Rentals, Bronzeville, Ravenswood, Chicago Loop, Barack Obama
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Artist Arrested After 'I Heart NY' Light Installations Mistaken For Bombs
A New York-based artist was arrested and charged over the weekend after police mistook his latest art installations for bombs.
According to authorities, Takeshi Miyakawa was taken into police custody Saturday while he was in the middle of setting up...Tags: New York City Police Department, Brooklyn (New York City), Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Explosions, Williamsburg (Bronx, New York)
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CIA Prevents Sophisticated Al Qaeda Attack On U.S.-Bound Plane
pix11.com | @pixscottIt's another victory for American intelligence, but also another chilling reminder of how badly Al Qaeda still wants to kill Americans. The CIA has thwarted a daring plot by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen before it could be carried out. It called for a...Tags: Police Investigations, Osama bin Laden, Explosions, The Associated Press, FBI
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CIA Mole Foils Al Qaeda Bomb Plot, But Bomb Threat Remains
PIX11.com | @jamesfordtvThe CIA says it's been able to foil an Al Qaeda plot to get a bomb onto a plane headed to the U.S., but here in the metropolitan area with the highest number of air travelers in the country, there are a couple of disturbing details related to the plot:...Tags: New York City Police Department, Police Investigations, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Explosions, Long Island
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Weary Warriors Favor Obama
ReutersCOLUMBIA, S.C.(Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours...Tags: Government Debt, The Pentagon, Polls, U.S. Elections, Real Estate
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Subway Bomb Case Goes To Jury
pix11.com | @wpixAn anonymous jury--its members known only by numbers--started deliberating Monday the terror conspiracy case against 28 year old Adis Medunjanin of Flushing, Queens. Medunjanin is charged in the plot to bomb New York City subway cars in September 2009....Tags: New York City, Pakistan, Queens (New York City), Long Island Rail Road, Trials
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Queens Man Convicted In NYC Subway Bomb Plot
A terror suspect who allegedly received al-Qaida training in Pakistan in preparation for a suicide-bomb plot on New York City subways was found guilty Tuesday.
According to prosecutors, Adis Medunjanin was one of three men who orchestrated the subway...Tags: New York City, Pakistan, September Bomb Plot (2009), Queens (New York City), Explosions
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5 Arrested In Alleged Plot To Blow Up Cleveland Bridge
Five men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to use what they thought were explosives to destroy a bridge near Cleveland, Ohio, the FBI said Tuesday morning.
The group on Monday planted what they thought were two remotely activated C-4-based...Tags: Police Investigations, National Parks, Crime, Law and Justice, Explosions, CNN (tv network)
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Subway Terror Bomber Tried In Court
pix11.com | @wpixA former New York City cab driver who pleaded "guilty" in a terror plot to bomb subways took the stand Monday against his friend from Flushing High School as a federal trial starts in the conspiracy case involving 28-year-old Adis Medunjanin....Tags: Times Square, New York City, Cook County, Pakistan, War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
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Al Qaeda Bomber Claimed He Was Making Fertility Drugs
pix11.com | @wpixThe admitted Al Qaeda member who's confessed he tried to build bombs to explode in rush-hour subway cars testified in federal court Wednesday he told an aunt he was making fertility drugs to help women get pregnant. Najibullah Zazi said his aunt and...Tags: Najibullah Zazi, Kissena Park, Pakistan, Commuting, Explosions
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President Obama's Terror Czar Defends Ray Kelly
pix11.com | @wpixJohn Brennan--the President's chief advisor on counter-terrorism--may have grown up in New Jersey….but he defended New York's police commissioner Friday against recent attacks from New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, about the NYPD's surveillance of some...Tags: New York City Police Department, Regional Authority, Religion and Belief, Government, Pakistan
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Al Qaeda Targeted Walmart, Long Island Rail Road
pix11.com | @wpixA Long Island-raised former truck driver--who quit the U.S. Army and later joined Al Qaeda--gave shocking testimony Monday that he suggested bombing Long Island Railroad commuter trains and Walmart locations during discussions with a senior member of Al...Tags: New York City, Government, Pakistan, Queens (New York City), Politics
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