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New York arrests man trying to build bomb: reports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police arrested a man for trying to build a pipe bomb with instructions from an al Qaeda magazine that he planned to use against U.S. military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, media reported on Sunday.New ...

New York to announce details of bomb plot

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will give details on Sunday about the arrest of a man believed to be planning to build and detonate a bomb, the New York Times and CNN reported.The case was "terror related" but ...

Afghans step up as U.S. troops withdraw: Karzai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's plan to withdraw some U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a welcome sign the country can start defending itself, President Hamid Karzai said in remarks aired on Sunday."The number of troops that he announced will be withdrawn ...

Egyptian named new Al-Qaeda leader: report

Al-Qaeda has chosen a former Egyptian Special Forces officer as interim leader of the violent extremist group in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death earlier this month, CNN reported.Saif al-Adel, a top Al-Qaeda strategist and senior military leader, has been tapped ...

U.S. has no plans to retreat from traveler patdowns

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homeland security officials have no plans to back away from air passenger security patdowns despite a traveler uproar that they violate privacy rights and growing concerns in Congress over the policy.As the heavy holiday travel season got under ...

Malika El-Aroud

The widow of a senior al Qaeda operative named Abdessater Dahmane, she has been called an "al-Qaeda living legend. Belgian police arrest 'al Qaeda legend' (December 11, 2008) Known primarily by her first name or her pen name, "Oum Obeyda," she blogs ...

Saudi Anti-Terror Arrests

On June 25, 2008 , Saudi Arabian officials announced that they had arrested 701 members of a terrorist cell allegedly connected with Al Qaeda . Saudi Arabia Says Arrests 520 Terrorism Suspects (June 25, 2008) —Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry, Reuters "Effectively, Saudi ...

Mahir al-Zubaydi

Mahir al-Zubaydi--sometimes called Abu Rami and believed to be a leader of al Qaeda in Iraq --was reportedly killed by coalition forces in Baghdad on October 4, 2008. U.S. Military Says al Qaeda in Iraq Mastermind Dead Mahir al-Zubaydi was found in ...

Sara Sidner

Reporter Sara Sidner is a correspondent for CNN , based in New Delhi , India , who is responsible for covering the events in India and South Asia . Anchors/Reporters - Sara Sidner In November 2008 , Sidner reported live from Mumbai, ...

Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

Multiple sites in the Indian city of Mumbai were attacked with bombs and gunfire in a coordinated terror attack that began on November 26 , 2008 , and lasted for three days. U.S. warned India about possible Mumbai attack (December 2, 2008) ...
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