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Cartoonist Hid in 'Panic Room' During Attack

Jan 2nd 2010 – 7:07AM
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COPENHAGEN (Jan. 2) - An ax-wielding Somali man with suspected al-Qaida links was charged Saturday with two counts of attempted murder after breaking into the home of a Danish artist whose Prophet Muhammad cartoon outraged the Muslim world three years ago. The suspect, who was shot twice by a police officer responding to...

Somalia Bomb's Grim Message: Afghanistan Not Sole Threat

By Haley Sweetland EdwardsDec 3rd 2009 – 7:01PM

ADEN, Yemen (Dec. 3) -- A suicide bomber's deadly attack at a Mogadishu hotel Thursday not only drives home the fragility of the all-but-failed state of Somalia. It also highlights a problem the U.S. escalation in Afghanistan doesn't address: that al-Qaida's Islamist allies are active far beyond the sway of the Taliban....

Lawmaker Apologizes for Kidnapping Remark

By Steve PendleburyNov 18th 2009 – 9:40AM

(Nov. 18) -- Rep. John Shadegg isn't backing off his charge that holding 9/11 trials in New York would put the city at greater risk, but he says he's sorry he dragged the mayor's daughter into the argument. In remarks on the House floor Monday night, the Arizona Republican blasted Attorney General Eric Holder's decision...

TerroristAttack News From the Web

  • 04/29/12 Prosecutor has a wild law-enforcement past Source: Daily InterLake - Kalispell MT What do terrorist-attack response, multimillion-dollar drug busts and undercover infiltration of motorcycle gangs have in common?
  • 10/31/11 Kenya Lifts Itself Up by Its Tech Bootstraps Source: The Root As many African countries struggle to achieve widespread economic growth and to escape from just being raw agricultural and mineral producers, change is occurring in Kenya , home to East Africa's largest economy.
  • 10/06/11 UNL professor witnesses life-saving power of... Source: Daily Nebraskan - Univ of NE - Lincoln NE In October 2010, two bombs were found hidden inside a printer cartridge on a plane from Yemen to Chicago.
  • 09/07/11 Local 9/11 remembrances Source: Sentinel and Enterprise - Fitchburg MA Ayer-Shirley Youth Drama's 9/11 Commemorative, "We Remember..." featuring dramatic performances, special guest speakers and concessions; free and open to the public, though some of the content may be unsuitable for young children.
  • 08/29/11 Queen Creek Legion post will commemorate 9/11 Source: azcentral.com The Duane Ellsworth Post 129 in Queen Creek will pay tribute to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist-attack victims in a ceremony the day before the tragedy's 10th anniversary.

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