Al-Qaeda

Police: 2 arrested in Canada terror plot

TORONTO (AP) — Police in Canada say two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train in an al-Qaida supported attack.

2013/04/22

CA woman gets prison in terrorism funding case

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California woman was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for wiring money to Pakistan to help fund terrorist attacks against U.S. military personnel.

2013/03/29

Bin Laden spokesman pleads not guilty to plot

NEW YORK (AP) — A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, captured in Jordan in the past week, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in New York to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror network’s top spokesman.

2013/03/08

Memo gives basis for drone strikes vs US citizens

NBC News National Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff spoke about the Justice Department’s legal defense over drone warfare with Penny Griego and Phil Hulett this morning. Click here to hear a replay of the interview.

2013/02/05

Memo sets rationale to kill Qaida-linked citizens

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Justice Department document says it is legal for the government to kill U.S. citizens abroad if it believes they are senior al-Qaida leaders continually engaged in operations aimed at killing Americans.

2013/02/05

Terror suspect served briefly in US Air Force

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A U.S. Air Force spokeswoman says a terror suspect accused of plotting to kill Americans and target U.S. bases overseas was given an honorable discharge after serving only briefly in the […]

2012/11/20

FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot

UPLAND, Calif. (AP) – A neighbor in one Southern California community says it looked like something out of a movie when FBI agents raided the home of one of four men charged with plotting to […]

2012/11/20

Romney: US can't kill way out of extremist threats

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney says he praises rival President Barack Obama for ordering the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but adds that the United States “can’t kill our […]

2012/10/22

Jordan says it foils al-Qaida-linked terror plot

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan says authorities have arrested 11 suspected al-Qaida-linked militants for allegedly planning to attack shopping malls and Western diplomatic missions in the country. A government spokesman says the suspects are […]

2012/10/21

Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack

MIAMI (AP) – President Barack Obama says extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests, including an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that left four Americans dead. Speaking at […]

2012/09/20

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