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Egypt Puts Security Net Around Churches for Coptic Christmas
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO - Egyptian authorities put up a heavy security cordon early Thursday around the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo hours before Christmas Eve Mass, using bomb-sniffing dogs, metal detectors and officers to try to prevent another attack like the New Year's suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people. Al-Qaida in Iraq had threatened Christians in Iraq and Egypt in the weeks leading up to the holidays, and militant websites have even posted online lists of churches in Egypt to target with their addresses. Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, which makes up 10 percent of Egypt's 80 million ...
Reports: European Terror Plot Uncovered
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(Sept. 29) -- Intelligence agencies have uncovered a sophisticated al-Qaida plot to kidnap and murder tourists at landmarks across Europe, allegedly modeled after the 2008 Mumbai siege that left nearly 200 people dead in hotels, cafes and a train station in India. The plot has been thwarted by the CIA, which launched a recent barrage of drone strikes against Pakistani militants in the mountainous border region with Afghanistan, a senior U.S. intelligence official told Fox News. So far European security officials haven't raised their national terror warning levels. The Eiffel Tower was ...
No Bail for Chicago Bomb Suspect
By not in system - AOL NewsCHICAGO (Sept. 22) -- A 22-year-old Lebanese immigrant accused of placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field was no terrorist, just someone seeking quick fortune and fame in America, his attorney and a friend said Wednesday. But a federal judge denied bail for Sami Samir Hassoun, determining he is dangerous and a flight risk. "It's hard to imagine a more serious crime ... Although it was thwarted, it had the potential to kill many people," U.S. District Judge Susan Cox said Wednesday afternoon at Hassoun's detention hearing. Earlier Wednesday, restaurant ...
Newt Gingrich on Terrorist Threat: 'It's Time to Profile'
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 31) -- Nearly one week after the attempted bombing of an American airliner, Newt Gingrich writes that the Obama administration is more concerned with "protecting the rights of terrorists" than protecting the lives of Americans and calls for "profiling for terrorists." ...
Opinion: Privacy Isn't the Price for Security
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 29) -- There is no doubt that the events aboard an airliner heading for Detroit on Christmas Day sent a collective chill down the spines of travelers everywhere. The attempted attack on that plane could easily have ended tragically, and we're all grateful it didn't. In the aftermath, it's necessary for political leaders to find out what went wrong and what more can be done to protect our nation against terrorism. But while it's important to react quickly, it's also important to react wisely and to adopt procedures that will be both truly effective and the least invasive to Americans' ...
Obama on Airliner Plot: We Didn't Connect the Dots
By not in system - AOL NewsHONOLULU (Dec. 30) -- President Barack Obama is demanding answers on why information was never pieced together by the U.S. intelligence community to trigger red flags about an alleged terrorist and possibly prevent his botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner. Administration officials are poring over reams of data, looking for failings that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian with suspected ties to al-Qaida, to board the Northwest Airlines flight from Nigeria by way of Amsterdam. Obama's criticism came as senior U.S. officials told The ...
Terrorism Suspect Had Privileged Upbringing
By not in system - AOL NewsLAGOS, Nigeria (Dec. 27) -- As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London. U.S. Marshal's Service, AP Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to detonate an explosive device aboard a jet as it approached Detroit on Christmas. But the education he wanted was of a different sort: Nigerian officials say his interest in extremist Islam prompted his father to warn U.S. authorities. As Abdulmutallab was being escorted in handcuffs off the ...
Napolitano: No Sign Bomb Plot Part of 'Anything Larger'
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 27) -- Homeland Security Security Janet Napolitano said officials so far have no indication that the attempt by a Nigerian man to ignite an explosive device aboard a Northwest Airlines plane Friday "is part of anything larger" and that investigations continue on how he got dangerous substances aboard the plane and whether security watch list systems need to be updated. ...
Passenger Says He Helped Thwart Terror Attack
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 26) -- Passenger Jasper Schuringa told CNN that with the aid of the cabin crew, he helped subdue and isolate Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a plane. Schuringa of Amsterdam, Netherlands, said he was traveling to Florida to visit friends. The journey aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 had been mundane, he said. But as the plane neared its destination of Detroit, Michigan, he heard a pop that sounded like a firecracker going off, and someone started yelling: "Fire! Fire!" Then, there was smoke. "Around 30 seconds later the smoke started to ...
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