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New York Man Convicted in Subway Bomb Plot

Matt Cantor — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:20:52 CDT

A New York man has been found guilty in a 2009 subway bomb plot . Adis Medunjanin, who was also convicted of training with al-Qaeda and seeking to join the Taliban, could receive life in prison, the New York Daily News reports. The conviction comes after fellow plotters Zarein Ahmedzay and...

al-Qaeda Sets Its Sights on Libya

Kate Schwartz — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:55:32 CST

Moammar Gadhafi may be dead and gone, but Libya's woes beat on: al-Qaeda is attempting to claw its way into the country, according to a Libyan source. The source told CNN that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri personally sent a veteran jihadist to Libya earlier this year, along with other committed...

Underwear Bomber Changes Plea to Guilty

Kevin Spak — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:19:17 CDT

Today was supposed to be the second day of testimony in the trial of alleged “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, but instead the 25-year-old Nigerian unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty on all counts, the Detroit Free Press reports. The defiant would-be terrorist read a statement to the court saying...

Another American Killed in Strike on Anwar al-Awlaki

Kevin Spak — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:55 CDT

Anwar al-Awlaki wasn't the only American jihadist killed in a drone attack today . The airstrike also killed Samir Khan , a 20-something of Pakistani descent from North Carolina, Yemen's Defense Ministry tells the AP . Khan was the creator of "Inspire," al-Qaeda's English-language online magazine . In its first issue, Khan said he...

Santorum: Gay Community Waging 'Jihad' Against Me

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:17:12 CDT

You may have heard that certain members of the gay community are not huge fans of presidential contender Rick Santorum. Well, Santorum himself is well aware of that fact, and during a South Carolina campaign stop Friday, he accused the gay community of having "gone out on a, I would...

Letterman: Leno's Behind Jihad Threat

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:32:02 CDT

David Letterman returned to the Late Show last night with an evening full of jokes about—what else?—a jihadist’s death threat against him . “Tonight, you people are more to me, honestly, more than an audience … you’re more like a human shield,” he said, before apologizing for arriving onstage...

Jihadist Demands Revenge on David Letterman

Tim Karan — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:27:41 CDT

Add this to the Top 10 list of reasons not to make fun of al-Qaeda: A jihadist is calling for the assassination of David Letterman after he joked about the death of terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri on his show. The radical made his comments on the Shumukh al-Islam web forum, and...

Osama to Kids in Will: Don't Join al-Qaeda

Rob Quinn — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:40:29 CDT

Osama bin Laden didn't want his wives to remarry or his 24 children to become terrorists after his death, according to what a Kuwaiti newspaper says is a copy of his will. In the document—written on a computer, dated December 2001, and signed by "your brother Abu Abdullah Osama...

Germans Use Anti-Nazi Laws to Raid Muslims

Nick McMaster — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:00:00 CST

German police raided homes and offices linked to two Islamic groups this week, using "anti-Nazi laws of association," reports the Christian Science Monitor . The groups raided are made up of fundamentalist Salafist Muslims, and a government official says they are suspected of wanting to "create an Islamic theocracy and working...