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Commando Raid Frees 19 Hostages in Nigeria
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Nov. 18) -- Nigerian commandos have rescued 19 hostages in an assault the military says is a turning point in how the government deals with insurgents who have been kidnapping workers and blowing up pipelines in one of the world's richest oil regions. According to military officials, no one was killed in the raid Wednesday and no ransom was paid for the hostages, believed to have been abducted in three recent attacks. The successful raid seemed certain to boost the political fortunes of President Goodluck Jonathan, a marine biologist who took over after Umar Yar'Adua died in May, The ...
Underwear Bomber Suspect Due in Court
By not in system - AOL NewsDETROIT (Sept. 13) -- A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up an international flight near Detroit on Christmas is returning to court for the first time since January, following disclosures that his lawyers have talked to prosecutors several times about a plea deal. U.S. Marshals Service / AP Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up an international flight near Detroit on Christmas. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds was expected to set a trial date Monday, eight months after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arraigned on six charges, including the attempted use of a ...
Top Obama Aide Defends Use of Criminal Trial for Would-Be Plane Bomber
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Obama's top counterterrorism adviser today defended the administration's decision to put the Nigerian man who tried to bomb a Detroit-bomb airplane on trial in a criminal court rather than charge charge him as an enemy combatant given his ties to an al Qaeda group based in Yemen. ...
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