Topic: Texas

US man convicted in plot to help Al-Qaeda branch

A Texas man who had been in contact with the late US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi was found guilty Monday of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, officials said.A judge delivered the verdict against Barry Walter Bujol, a ...

Anti-Castro Cuban exile cleared of lying over bombs

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Friday acquitted an 83-year-old anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA operative, considered an archfoe by Havana, of charges he lied to U.S. authorities about his role in bomb attacks against tourist areas in Cuba in ...

U.S. charges Saudi national for trying to build bomb

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities have arrested a 20-year-old Saudi national on charges he tried to use a weapon of mass destruction and potentially targeted former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department said on Thursday.Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, who was admitted into the ...
On one hand you have a movie about an invasion of the United States by a coalition of forces backed by the old Soviet Union. On the other hand you have a television series about a terrorist attack that destroys a number ...

US tourists defy terror threat in Europe

US tourists at the Eiffel Tower and other crowded attractions across Europe were alert but defiant on Monday after their government warned of possible terror attacks at major sites.The US State Department's travel advisory warning of "possible terrorist attack" against its citizens ...
Efforts by terrorists abroad to radicalize and recruit U.S. residents are an evolving problem, three top Obama administration officials told Congress on Wednesday. "Groups affiliated with al-Qaida are now actively targeting the United States and looking to use Americans or Westerners who ...
FBI says Texas man accused in terrorism case referred to al-Qaida as his 'brothers'Court documents say a Texas man accused of trying to help al-Qaida referred to members of the terrorist group as his "brothers" and wanted to die fighting alongside them.Barry ...

Texas man charged with trying to help Al-Qaeda

A Texas man was charged Thursday with trying to provide material support Al-Qaeda through cash, cellphone cards, GPS equipment and a restricted US military publication on weapon systems in Afghanistan.Barry Walter Bujol Jr, a US citizen and resident of Hempstead, outside Houston, ...
Criminal case says Texas man communicated with fugitive al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-AwlakiThe government alleges in a new terrorism case that a Texas man communicated with the fugitive al-Qaida cleric whose name surfaced in the shootings at Fort Hood.Court documents in Houston say ...
After nearly losing his leg, Marine returns for 2nd tour and is 1000th US death in Afghan warThe 1000th American serviceman killed in Afghanistan had already fallen victim once to a hidden bomb, and was so eager to return to war that ...
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