Posts Tagged Terrorism

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Obama administration acknowledges 4 American citizens killed in drone strikes since 2009

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NYPD messages to Muslim informant: ‘Get pictures’

This undated handout photo obtained by The Associated Press shows New York Detective Stephen Hoban. The New York Police Department defends its surveillance of Muslims as narrowly focused in a new court filing in a civil rights lawsuit. But text messages between a detective and an informant obtained by The Associated Press reveal wide-ranging efforts to get Muslims to privately make incriminating statements about jihad. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he’s seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise.

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CNN’s Peter Bergen writing book on terrorism in US

This April 23, 2013 file photo shows Peter Bergen, director, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a hearing on drones. Bergen has a deal for a “definitive” book on “homegrown” terrorism, Crown Publishers announced Monday. The book, which will cover everything from the Boston Marathon bombings to the impact of government surveillance, is tentatively titled “The United States of Jihad.” The release date has not yet been determined.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of best-sellers about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida is working on a book about terrorists in the U.S.

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Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

Afghan policemen evacuate a wounded person after a suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan province, northern Afghanistan, Monday, May 20, 2013, killing the council chief and at least more than a dozen others, authorities said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing saying the killing of civilians shows the “true nature” of the Taliban, who seek to re-establish the strict interpretation of Islamic law they imposed for five years before being ousted in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion over its sheltering of al-Qaida’s terrorist leadership. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.

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Correction: Tunisia-Salafi Crackdown story

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — In a May 15 story about the Tunisian government taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups ahead of this past weekend’s conference by the group known as Ansar al-Shariah, The Associated Press reported erroneously that about 40,000 people attended the group’s conference last year. About 4,000 people attended the conference in Kairouan in 2012.

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