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A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerful former warlord narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, officials said.

Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept.

Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West.

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Four men described as soldiers in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices have each been sentenced to less than a decade behind bars, far less than federal prosecutors sought.

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 19 people in the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.

A disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case should report to prison by Thursday after an appeals court upheld her conviction, a judge said Wednesday.U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl said 70-year-old Lynne Stewart should surrender by 5 p.m. Thursday to begin serving a two-year, four-month sentence for her 2005 conviction.Koeltl had allowed ...

A Massachusetts man accused in a terror plot to kill Americans should be detained in a federal jail away from other inmates while he awaits trial on terror charges because his actions have demonstrated ongoing support for terrorism and he is a flight risk, a federal judge ordered Wednesday.

A self-styled Muslim terrorist was caught downloading videos on how to make explosives, a missile and a suicide bomber belt when police raided his Derby home, a court has heard.

A Miami man convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to six years in federal prison.

Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision Wednesday to try five suspected 9/11 terrorists in civilian court.

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Thousands took to the streets to dispute the outcome of Iran's June 12 presidential election.

Posted by Thomas Sowell on Nov 17th, 2009 and filed under FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign ...

Soldiers patrol towns once ruled by militants who gave refuge to al-Qaida . Left behind are bundles of terror manuals, extremist propaganda and boxes of ammunition and explosives.

The issue of a proposed civilian nuclear co-operation deal between Canada and India is taking centre stage as Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Tuesday in New Delhi with senior government officials.

Iran's chief of staff has warned Saudi Arabia over its military offensive against Shiite Yemeni rebels, saying it signals the start of "state terrorism" and endangers the entire region.

Allied troops must stay in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban filling any "vacuum", the Foreign Secretary has said.

In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's worst years of sectarian bloodshed, assailants dressed in Iraqi army uniforms savagely killed 13 men and boys late Sunday near the restive city of Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials and villagers.