Topic: United States

Syria blasts kill civilians, soldiers: state TV

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several people were killed in the two blasts on Syrian security sites in Damascus, state television said on Friday."The terrorist attacks left a number of martyrs, both civilian and military. Most of the victims were civilian," it said in ...

US posts $10 mn reward for Al-Qaeda financier

The United States on Thursday offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a key Al-Qaeda fundraiser, who is said to be a Syrian operating from Iran.The reward for Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil marks the first time that ...

U.S. sets bounty for Iran-based al Qaeda financier

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced it was establishing a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Yasin al-Suri, who is accused of operating from Iran as a facilitator and financier for al Qaeda.The bounty is ...

Confessed "underwear bomber" asks for new legal adviser

(Reuters) - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who confessed to trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009, has asked the judge who will sentence him next month to give him a new legal adviser.In a three-page, hand-written note ...

Awlaki video urges U.S. Muslims to join al Qaeda

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, posthumously called on U.S. Muslims to join the group in the Middle East in a video released on Tuesday.Awlaki, identified by U.S. intelligence as "chief ...

Jury finds Massachusetts man guilty of aiding al Qaeda

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of conspiring to support al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him and faces ...

Jury finds man guilty of aiding al Qaeda

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of supporting al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and supporting militants through traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him and ...

Massachusetts man found guilty of aiding al Qaeda

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of supporting al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and supporting militants through traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him.Mehanna was ...

Jury finds Massachusetts man guilty of aiding terrorism

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found a Massachusetts man guilty of supporting al Qaeda by translating Arabic messages and supporting militants through traveling to Yemen for terrorism training.Tarek Mehanna, 29, was found guilty on all seven counts against him.Mehanna was ...

Suicide bombers hit Afghan market

Twin suicide bombers on a motorcycle struck an Afghan market in the southern province of Nimroz on Monday, killing themselves but causing no other casualties, officials said.The interior ministry said the attackers with "suicide-loaded vests" blew up their motorcycle at around 8:50 ...
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