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Reported US commando raid in Somalia kills top al Qaeda terrorist wanted for US embassy bombingSaleh Ali Nabhan was sought on suspicion of taking part in the 1998 attack on the US embassy in Kenya, in which 500 people were killed and, four years later, orchestrating the 2002 bombings of a Mombasa hotel which left 12 Kenyans and three Israelis dead but failed to hit an Israeli airliner with a missile.Witnesses described "foreign helicopters" as attacking a convoy Monday, Sept. 14, in the southern Somali Barawe district and recovering hte bodies of the dead, including that of Ali Nabhan.
DEBKAfile Tuesday, September 15, 2009New Message Reported From bin LadenTwo days after the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, Osama bin Laden apparently released a new audiotape.
New York Times Tuesday, September 15, 2009Terrorism Task Force Raids Queens ApartmentsThe authorities say that there was no imminent threat and that the action was not linked to President Obama's visit to New York the same day.
New York Times Tuesday, September 15, 2009Life Terms for Plot to Bomb 7 AirlinersThe judge in the case said that, had the conspiracy been successful, it would "stand alongside the events of September 11, 2001 in history."
New York Times Tuesday, September 15, 2009FBI, police raid New York City residences after reported...FBI agents and police on a terrorism task force raided residences in New York City before dawn Monday after a visit from a person believed to be linked to al-Qaida. The raids came after an individual under surveillance for alleged links to al-Qaida came to New York City over the weekend and left the area, Rep.
Topix.net Tuesday, September 15, 2009Life Terms for Plot to Bomb Trans-Atlantic Flights From LondonThe judge in the case said that, had the conspiracy been successful, it would "stand alongside the events of September 11, 2001 in history."
New York Times Tuesday, September 15, 2009Somali-American Suicide Bomber Raises Questions about Terrorist Recruiting in the U.S.The FBI has made public the news that a Somali-American man participated in a suicide attack in Somalia in
2008. The attack killed at least 30 people. As reported in...
About Tuesday, September 15, 2009Inconclusive on Iraq Withdrawal?A quick read of comments by Representative John McHugh (R-New York)
following a White House conversation with Obama, Biden, defense secretary Gates, and joint chiefs head Mullen, suggests internal politicking,...
About Tuesday, September 15, 2009Brits Admit RenditionThe admission by Great Britain's Defense Minister, John Hutton, that the UK participated in the US practice of extraordinary rendition has outraged for UK human rights activists and policy makers....
About Tuesday, September 15, 2009Three jailed over liquid explosives plotLondon - In a case that altered airport
security worldwide, three British Muslims were imprisoned for at least 30 years each for a plot to kill thousands by blowing up trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives hidden in soda...
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