Topic: Ray Kelly

An alleged US Al-Qaeda sympathizer described as a "lone wolf" was in custody Monday on charges of plotting to build pipe bombs to kill government workers and returning US troops.New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said 27-year-old Jose Pimentel, a native ...

New York police arrest man trying to build bomb

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York officials said on Sunday police had arrested a man trying to build a pipe bomb with instructions from an al Qaeda magazine which he planned to use against U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.The suspect ...

New York police able to shoot down aircraft: Kelly

The New York Police Department has the capability to shoot down airplanes over the city in case of terrorist attack, Commissioner Ray Kelly says."Well, it's something that's on our radar screen. I mean in an extreme situation, you would have some means ...

US on alert after 'credible' 9/11 bomb threat

Heavily armed police were on alert in and around New York City Friday after US officials warned of a "credible" but unconfirmed bomb threat on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks."There is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information," the Department of ...

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According to Raymond Kelly, a police commissioner in New York, the four men charged with plotting to bomb fuel tanks and a pipeline at the city's John F. Kennedy International Airport had no connection with Al Qaeda. " New York's Police Commissioner ...

Homegrown attack threat not receding: NYPD chief

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Islamist extremists similar to the Times Square bomber are living among New Yorkers and the threat of attack by "homegrown terrorists" is not diminishing, city Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said on Wednesday.A failed attempt by a Pakistan-born U.S. ...
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to US lawmakers Wednesday to ban the sale of weapons to people on an FBI terror watch list, saying the failed Times Square car bomb underscored a "terror gap.""At a time when the threat of terrorism ...

New York mayor urges more funds to counter terror

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wednesday called for more funds to help battle terror attacks on his city, just days after a foiled car bombing in its central Times Square."Since 1990, there have been more than 20 terrorist plots -- or actual ...

Pakistani-American arrested in NY bomb plot

Police arrested a Pakistan-born suspect trying to board a plane to Dubai after the failed Times Square bomb plot that officials said Tuesday was designed "to kill Americans".Officials identified the suspect as Faisal Shahzad, a US citizen born in Pakistan.Attorney General Eric ...

Pakistani-American arrested over NY bomb plot

Police arrested a Pakistan-born suspect trying to flee aboard a plane to Dubai after the failed Times Square bomb plot that officials said Tuesday was designed "to kill Americans".US Attorney General Eric Holder identified the suspect as Faisal Shahzad, a US citizen ...
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