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UK Charges 9 After Terror Raids

Matt Cantor — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:51:56 CST

Following terror raids last week across several British cities, nine men have been charged with conspiring to cause explosions and preparing for terrorism, the BBC reports. Three others were let go without charges. The men, whose ages span from 19 to 28, are from Cardiff, East London, and Stoke-on-Trent. They...

Brit Terror Suspects Targeted Holiday Shoppers

Matt Cantor — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:45:15 CST

The 12 men arrested yesterday across Britain sought to attack holiday shoppers in multi-city, synchronized bombings. The raids marked the first discovery of an alleged terrorist plot by people of Bangladeshi origin, the Independent notes. Bangladesh has become a terror training site since travelers to Pakistan began facing tighter security....

Belgium Charges 9 After Terror Raids

Matt Cantor — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:29:05 CST

Authorities charged nine people today in a Belgian anti-terror court following yesterday's raids in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Belgium charged 7 for plotting an attack on an unknown target within the country; they include 6 Belgian-Moroccans and a “Russian of Chechen origin.” Two were...

Immigration Dragnets Catch US Citizens, Too

Ambreen Ali — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:24:57 CDT

Workplace raids and jail sweeps have become popular ways to enforce US immigration law, but they often result in the detention of legal residents, the Los Angeles Times reports. It can take months, sometimes years, to clear up, because many citizens don’t have proof of their legal status, few carry...

Med Marijuana Backers Cheer End to Raids

Neal Colgrass — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:41:20 CST

Supporters of medical marijuana are celebrating a remark by Attorney General Eric Holder that went largely unnoticed this week, MSNBC reports. Asked about federal drug raids on state-approved dispensaries that led to 775 arrests, Holder said such busts are a thing of the past. What President Obama "said during the...

Cops Raid Gov't Offices in Olmert Fraud Inquiry

Kate Schwartz — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:05:33 CST

Israeli police confiscated documents from 20 sites today as part of a probe into fraud allegations against PM Ehud Olmert, reports Reuters. Some 100 department of fraud officers stormed the trade and industry ministry, the Jewish National Fund, and private law offices, among others. Olmert is accused of securing an...

Immigration Busts Have Whiff of Politics

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:38:08 CDT

Massive workplace raids, conducted by armed federal agents and targeting illegal immigrants, are on the rise, and the reason, critics charge, is that the White House wants to curry favor with conservatives. In the first five months of '07, Salon reports, 3,226 undocumented workers were arrested in these expensive...

Fake Raids Test Iraqi Reconstruction

Heather McPherson — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:13:55 CDT

The American military is staging fake raids on Iraqi small businesses to confirm that US aid is being well spent—without tipping off insurgents that they have any US connection. "The only way things will work is if the US contribution is totally invisible," says a civil-affairs officer, suggesting that...