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FBI: 5 men arrested, wanted to blow up Ohio bridge

Federal authorities say five men have been arrested in an alleged plot to blow up a bridge near Cleveland....

 

Al-Qaeda offers to trade U.K. hostage for cleric

Al-Qaeda it would release hostage Stephen Malcolm if cleric Abu Qatada were freed.

 

Testimony of 4 Admitted Terrorists Gives a Rare View of Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda

Four admitted terrorists cooperated with prosecutors in the trial of Adis Medunjanin, and their testimony provided an unusually human look at what drew them to Al Qaeda.

 

Al Qaeda now incapable of 9/11-scale attack: U.S. officials

New York City

Al Qaeda's core organization is likely incapable of carrying out another mass-casualty attack on the scale of September 11, 2001, U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials said on Friday.

 

Admitted Norway killer says he trained on video games

Norway Shooting Trial

Anders Behring Breivik, who admits killing 77 people in Norway last summer, used the video game "Modern Warfare 2" as training, he testified Thursday.

 

Would-be bomber recounts evolution of NYC plot

By one account, the moment of truth for three former high school classmates from Queens came as they sat in a car outside a neighborhood mosque with their militant religious views festering....

 

Multiple attacks on Kabul, Taliban claims "spring offensive"

Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west.

 

Killer of 77 goes on trial in Norway

The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts Monday amid worries that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.

 

Norway killer found sane in new examination

Norway Shooting

The right-wing extremist who confessed to killing 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage in Norway is not criminally insane, a psychiatric assessment found Tuesday, contradicting an earlier examination.

 

9/11 mastermind finally charged

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

The United States on Wednesday announced charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four others accused of involvement in the plot.

 

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