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U.S. Attorney General Holder: No Decision Yet on Where to Try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 Conspirators
The decision to hold a trial in New York City drew strong opposition when it was proposed late last year, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg saying the cost for security and the imposition on New York residents, particularly those who live near the courthouse, is too severe. On Wednesday, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said he agrees that it would be "difficult"...
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Gitmo Detainees Are Returning to Terror Upon Release – Latest Report
Senior U.S. official confirms new addition to growing list of more than 100 released Guantanamo Bay detainees who have returned to terrorism. After being fitted with a prosthetic leg (at a cost to American taxpayers between $50,000 and $75,000) before he left U.S. custody, Abdullah Mehsud directed a homicide attack that killed 31 people. Two months later he blew...
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President’s Next Selection for Transportation Security Chief Withdraws From Consideration
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding took himself out of the running Friday night as head of the Transportation Security Administration, another setback for Obama after his first choice withdrew in January. Did he really leave or was he forced out because of his possition on Israel......
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Americans Will Die if Alleged 9-11 Mastermind Is Executed says Bin Laden
Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden threatened in a new audio recording released Thursday to kill any captured Americans if the U.S. executes the accused mastermind of the Sept.11 attacks or any other Al Qaeda suspects. In a brief 74-second audio tape aired on Al-Jazeera television, bin Laden said if the U.S. decides to execute any Al Qaeda suspects in...
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Chicago Terror Suspect Expected to Plead Guilty – Could Escape Death Penalty
Headley pleaded not guilty in January to 12 counts, including six that charge a conspiracy to murder and maim people in India and provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The most serious charges, conspiracy to bomb public places in India and six counts of murdering U.S. nationals in India, could send him to the execution chamber....
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Moving Gitmo Prisoners to U.S. ‘Makes no Sense’ says Rep. Boehner
Two months past President Obama's self-imposed deadline for closing Guantanamo, the facility remains open as details of where to house the suspects are being worked out." They want $500 million from this Congress to rehabilitate this prison in northwest Illinois," John Boehner, R-Ohio, said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I want to see who the members are who are...
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Second in Command of the Afghan Taliban Disclosing Valuable Intelligence
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was captured by Pakistani authorities in a raid, has become "a vital asset in gathering information on the Taliban and other extremist groups operating in the region," states an unnamed Pakistani. The former operations chief and second in command of the Afghan Taliban has been "singing like a male canary"....
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KSM Trial Reversal Could Clear Way for Gitmo Closure
"I don't believe Khalid Sheikh Mohammed robbed a liquor store. He's the mastermind of 9/11. ... If he's not an enemy combatant, who would be?" Graham told CBS' "Face the Nation." He suggested that using the tribunals for such high-profile terror suspects would go a long way toward easing opposition from the right to closing Guantanamo and sending its...
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Praising Fort Hood Killer American Al Qaeda Spokesman Calls for More
Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, was dressed in white robes and wearing a white turban as he called for attacks on what he described as "high-value targets." Gadahn said fighters should target mass transportation systems in the West and also wreak havoc "by killing or capturing people in government, industry and the media."...
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Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – September 11 a Lie
"September 11 was a big lie and a pretext for the war on terror and a prelude to invading Afghanistan," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by state TV. He called the attacks a "complicated intelligence scenario and act."...
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