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Rep. Peter King Says Threat of Domestic Islamic Terrorism Justifies Upcoming Hearing
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRep. Peter King of New York defended on Sunday a congressional hearing he will hold this week on the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism that focuses on Muslim-Americans, calling it an issue "which is not being talked about publicly" and needs to be. "People in this country are being self-radicalized, whether it's Major Hasan or whether it's Shahzad or whether it was Zazi in New York," King said on CNN's "State of the Union." "These were all people who were identifying, in one way or another, with al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. So it's an international movement with elements ...
Opinion: Not Mental. Not Muslim. Just a Killer
By not in system - AOL NewsOver a hundred years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt launched a profound concept of social justice by stating: "I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no more and no less." And now with the release Thursday of a Senate report on Maj. Nidal Hasan and the Fort Hood shooting, and the tragic shootings in Tucson, Ariz., a month ago, it's time to address a deeper question: Why do we label one killer as "mental" and the other a "Muslim"? AP U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan, left, is accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in November 2009; Jared Loughner, right, is accused of ...
Opinion: The Top Stories of 2010 -- What Comes Next?
By Dave George - AOL NewsOh, 2010, you were such a disappointment. If you were my kid, your mother and I would be having this discussion in the living room and letting you know just how much you let us down. You had such potential! And you squandered it. This was the year when we were supposed to get good jobs for the jobless, the planet was going to begin healing, a war was going to end, and Lindsay Lohan was supposed to get sober. Well, in any case, here's a quick look back at some of the biggest stories that broke in 2010. And, at no additional cost to you, I provide a forecast of how they will develop in ...
Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square Bomber: Where Is He Now?
By Dorothy Gannon - AOL NewsFaisal Shahzad was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on 25 of these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Jewel Samad, AFP / Getty Images Faisal Shahzad may soon be incarcerated with failed shoe-bomber Richard Reid. Faisal Shahzad Made News in 2010 When He: Planted a bomb in New York City's Times Square. The Full Story: On May 1, a smoking, bomb-filled SUV was discovered in busy Times Square. Fortunately, the police bomb ...
Juan Williams' Firing Sparks Heated Online Debate
By not in system - AOL News(Oct. 21) -- Longtime NPR news analyst Juan Williams has been fired following remarks made about Muslims on Fox News. In a discussion about Bill O'Reilly's contentious appearance on ABC's "The View," Williams confessed to his unease about riding on airplanes with Muslims: Political correctness can lead to some kind of paralysis where you don't address reality. I mean look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, ...
FBI Video Shows Destruction Shahzad Could Have Caused [VIDEO]
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Oct. 5) -- Faisal Shahzad was sentenced to life in prison today for attempting to blow up a car bomb in Times Square in May. Fortunately, the bomb he made out of propane tanks, gasoline and gunpowder failed to detonate, and a New York City bomb squad dismantled it before anyone was hurt. But if all had gone according to plan, he could have killed thousands of people, according to the FBI. In June, the FBI recreated the bomb Shahzad had built and detonated it in Pennsylvania. They drew their conclusions about the would-be attack from the results, and prosecutors played the video of the ...
Failed Times Square Bomber Gets Life in Prison
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Oct. 5) -- Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to detonate a deadly bomb in New York's Times Square, was defiant to his judgment day. As a judge sentenced him to life in prison today, he smiled. "I'm happy with the deal that God is giving me," he said. "God is great." Judge Miriam Cedarbaum gave Shahzad the maximum sentence allowed, five months after he left a Nissan Pathfinder filled with explosives in the city's busiest tourist destination in the hopes of killing as many Americans as possible. "The defendant has shown a total lack of remorse," Cedarbaum said, ...
Failed Times Square Bomber Gets Life in Prison
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Oct. 5) -- The man who plotted to kill Americans by driving a homemade car bomb into Times Square and leaving it to explode has been sentenced to life in prison. A judge gave Faisal Shahzad a mandatory life prison term at his sentencing Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The bomb he had packed into the back of an SUV sputtered, injuring no one in a Times Square packed with tourists. Calling himself a Muslim solider, a defiant Shahzad pleaded guilty in June to 10 terrorism and weapons counts. Shahzad, a former budget analyst from Connecticut and a Pakistani immigrant, was arrested ...
Report: Pakistan Detains Official in Times Square Plot
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Sept. 30) -- An employee of Pakistan's state-run Islamic advisory board has been detained in connection with the failed Times Square bomb plot in New York City, according to a report today. An unidentified Pakistani intelligence officer told The Associated Press that Faisal Abbasi was being held in Pakistan for allegedly acting as an accomplice to Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who has admitted to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York City in May. U.S. Marshals Service / AP Faisal Shahzad, shown here, has pleaded guilty to trying to bomb New York City's Times ...
Prosecutors Say Times Square Bomber Planned 2nd Attack
By David Lohr - AOL News
(Sept. 29) -- Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who pleaded guilty in the botched Times Square bombing, planned to detonate a second bomb in New York City, federal prosecutors said in a court filing today. "[Shahzad] had every intention of delivering a powerful and terrorizing strike to the heart of New York City," reads the memorandum, which urges a federal judge to sentence Shahzad to life in prison, The Associated Press reported. Marshals Service, AP Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad planned to detonate a second bomb in New York City two weeks after the first, according to ...
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