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Yemeni Cleric Advocates Killing US Civilians

May 23rd 2010 – 6:51AM
Muhammad ud-Deen, AP

Muhammad ud-Deen, AP

CAIRO (May 23) -- An American-Yemeni cleric whose Internet sermons are believed to have helped inspire attacks on the U.S. has advocated the killing of American civilians in an al-Qaida video released Sunday. Anwar al-Awlaki has been singled out by U.S. officials as a key terrorist threat and has been added to the CIA's...

Nigerian Had Contact With Radical Cleric, Official Says

Jan 1st 2010 – 10:26AM

WASHINGTON (Dec. 31) -- Terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab appears to have had direct contacts with radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Thursday. The official could not say more about the contacts, their frequency or timing. Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra of...

Primary Sources: Maj. Nidal Hasan

By Steve PendleburyNov 20th 2009 – 4:59PM

As investigators dig for clues about what led to the Fort Hood massacre, bits and pieces of the suspect's life are available online for all to see. Taken together, they present a strange and chilling portrait of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. AP Maj. Nidal Hasan's business card. (Nov. 20) -- The Army psychiatrist charged...

6 Red Flags in Fort Hood Case

By Steve PendleburyNov 12th 2009 – 2:07PM

(Nov. 12) -- Hindsight is always 20/20, especially as investigators and reporters try to connect the dots following a tragedy as stunning as the Fort Hood massacre. In the week since the attack that left 13 dead, these possible warning signs about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with killing his fellow...

AnwarAl awlaki News From the Web

  • 05/17/12 GOP Rep Demands Copy Of Report On Awlaki EMails With... Source: The Jawa Report Via FNC In a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller, Republican Rep. Frank Wolf has demanded a copy of the still-classified report about the alleged Fort Hood shooter's email exchanges with Al Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki.
  • 05/16/12 Bush tortured, Obama kills: Chomsky Source: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) The renowned American scholar told Democracy Now on Monday "If Bush, the Bush administration, didn't like somebody, they'd kidnap them and send them to torture chambers."
  • 05/15/12 Inspire 9 Different Editor Same Anti-Semitism Source: The Jawa Report Some basic analysis of the differences between AQAP's Inspire 8 and Inspire 9.
  • 05/12/12 Al-Qaeda will expose double agent's identity, security... Source: Telegraph - London - UK He is understood to have been recruited and trained by MI5's G6 section – the ultra-secret part of the organisation responsible for agent handling – before being sent on his mission to penetrate the Yemeni-based terror group.
  • 05/10/12 Saudis emerge as principal ally of the United States... Source: Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake IL Saudi Arabia and the U.S. – with help from Yemen's government – have joined forces to penetrate the terror group at the highest levels.

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