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Cartoonist Hid in 'Panic Room' During Attack
By not in system - AOL NewsCOPENHAGEN (Jan. 2) - An ax-wielding Somali man with suspected al-Qaida links was charged Saturday with two counts of attempted murder after breaking into the home of a Danish artist whose Prophet Muhammad cartoon outraged the Muslim world three years ago. The suspect, who was shot twice by a police officer responding to the scene, was rolled into a Danish court on a stretcher, his face covered. He was ordered held for four weeks on preliminary charges of attempting to murder the cartoonist, as well as the police officer who shot him. Efforts to protect the artist - 74-year-old Kurt ...
Somalia Bomb's Grim Message: Afghanistan Not Sole Threat
By Haley Sweetland Edwards - AOL NewsADEN, Yemen (Dec. 3) -- A suicide bomber's deadly attack at a Mogadishu hotel Thursday not only drives home the fragility of the all-but-failed state of Somalia. It also highlights a problem the U.S. escalation in Afghanistan doesn't address: that al-Qaida's Islamist allies are active far beyond the sway of the Taliban. The attack on one of the Somali capital's few luxury hotels Thursday killed at least 19 people, many of whom were attending a college graduation ceremony. Among the victims were three government ministers, one of whom -- Ibrahim Hassan Adow, the minister of higher education ...
Lawmaker Apologizes for Kidnapping Remark
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Nov. 18) -- Rep. John Shadegg isn't backing off his charge that holding 9/11 trials in New York would put the city at greater risk, but he says he's sorry he dragged the mayor's daughter into the argument. In remarks on the House floor Monday night, the Arizona Republican blasted Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to move admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his cohorts from Guantanamo Bay to New York, where they will be tried in civilian court. He scoffed at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's assurances that the city can handle any possible security problem. "Well mayor, ...
Hillary Clinton: Jakarta Bombings Show 'Viciousness of Violent Extremists'
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyFollowing Friday's two hotel bombings in Jakarta, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced the "viciousness of violent extremists" who carried out the attacks and called them proof that "the threat of terrorism remains very real." CBS reports that Clinton also pledged U.S. assistance to Indonesia's government if it is sought, commenting, "We have no higher priority than confronting this threat along with other countries that share our commitment to a more peaceful and prosperous future." Friday's attacks at Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels killed eight and injured 50. The casualties ...
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