Terrorism

Questions over shooter's links to Islamic militants
AFP – 57 mins ago

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FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - Growing questions over the accused Fort Hood gunman's links to a terrorism suspect were raised ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the military base on Tuesday. Full Story »
FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect
AP – Tue Nov 10, 7:53 am ET

Reuters

WASHINGTON - Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. Full Story »
D.C. sniper mastermind set to be executed Tuesday
AP – Tue Nov 10, 6:07 am ET

AFP/Pool/File

RICHMOND, Va. - Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002. Full Story »
Prosecutors say Chicago man had al-Qaida video
AP – Mon Nov 9, 7:21 pm ET

Reuters

CHICAGO - Two videos produced by Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network have been found in the home of a Chicago man accused of plotting an armed attack on a Danish newspaper, federal prosecutors said. Full Story »
Formal charges expected in Seattle police killing
AP – Mon Nov 9, 2:01 pm ET

AP

SEATTLE - The man accused in the Halloween-night shooting death of a Seattle policeman remains hospitalized, and authorities were expected to talk more about why they believe the suspect is a domestic terrorist who held a grudge against law enforcement. Full Story »
Zimbabwe PM's ally goes on trial for terrorism
Reuters – Mon Nov 9, 8:16 am ET

Reuters

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Roy Bennett went on trial accused of terrorism on Monday in a case that has stoked tensions in the unity government of Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF. Full Story »
Terror training camps smaller, harder to target
AP – Mon Nov 9, 6:30 am ET

AP

WASHINGTON - Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile, according to counterterrorism officials and analysts. Full Story »
US helping Guyana track down suspected terror mastermind
AFP – Sun Nov 8, 6:51 pm ET

AFP/File

GEORGETOWN (AFP) - The United States is helping Guyana track down a suspected mastermind in a series of domestic terror attacks, amid concerns that Washington is doing little to help. Full Story »
Top US lawmaker sees base attack as 'Islamist extremism'
AFP – Sun Nov 8, 3:01 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The chairman of the Senate's Homeland Security committee, Joe Lieberman, on Sunday said that the deadly shooting at Texas' Fort Hood military base was an act of "Islamist extremism." Full Story »
Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings
AP – Sun Nov 8, 10:19 am ET

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood. Full Story »
Homeland chief warns against anti-Muslim backlash
AP – Sun Nov 8, 6:38 am ET

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, the agency's chief said Sunday. Full Story »
Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting
AP – Sat Nov 7, 6:26 pm ET

AP

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, and a psychiatric nurse who arrived at Fort Hood a day before the shootingHere is a look at some of the victims. Full Story »
Spat over 'terrorists' halts Conn. 9/11 memorial
AP – Sat Nov 7, 2:22 pm ET

HARTFORD, Conn. - A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." Full Story »
Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam
AP – Fri Nov 6, 6:36 pm ET

AP

WASHINGTON - A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam." Full Story »
House votes to strengthen chem plant security
AP – Fri Nov 6, 5:20 pm ET

WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack. Full Story »
US Homeland chief defends $10 travel fee
AP – Fri Nov 6, 11:21 am ET

AP

BRUSSELS - European Parliament lawmakers on Friday demanded that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ease restrictions for Europeans traveling to the United States, saying plans to impose a new $10 (euro6.73) entry fee are unfair. Full Story »
Guantanamo became a recruiting tool for terrorism: Napolitano
AFP – Fri Nov 6, 9:54 am ET

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BRUSSELS (AFP) - Guantanamo Bay was used as a "recruiting tool" for terrorism more than anything else, US homeland security chief Janet Napolitano said Friday, during a visit to the European parliament. Full Story »
US warns five EU countries of fading visa-waiver hopes
AFP – Fri Nov 6, 9:39 am ET

AFP

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The United States will demand strict conditions before visa-free travel can be extended to five European Union countries waiting for approval, the US homeland security chief said Friday. Full Story »