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Commentary: Finally Talking Terror Sensibly

Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

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British Officials Knew Suspect in Soldier's Death Had Ties to Al Qaeda

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By John F. Burns - May. 27 (News Report) - British Soldier’s Killer Had Ties to Al Qaeda, Government Says

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The Caucus: Wind Down the War on Terrorism? Republicans Say No

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By SHERYL STOLBERG - May. 27 (Opinion) - The Caucus: Wind Down the War on Terrorism? Republicans Say No

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Britain to target radical Muslim preachers after soldier's killing

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Peter Griffiths - May. 26 (News Report) - The British government, facing criticism over the killing of a soldier by suspected Islamists in a London street, is to set up a new group to combat radical Muslim preachers and others whose words could encourage violence.

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Woolwich attack: Suspects known to security services

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 23 (News Report) - Both suspects in the killing of a serving soldier in London were known to security services, senior Whitehall sources confirm to the BBC.

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Man Being Queried on Tsarnaev Ties Is Killed by Officer

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Michael S. Schmidt - May. 22 (News Report) - Officer Involved in Shooting of Man Linked to Tsarnaev

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Benghazi Attack, Revisited

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Eugene Kiely - May. 15 (Fact Check) - President Obama says the May 8 House hearing on Benghazi and subsequent reporting about it produced no new information. That’s largely the case, but the president misrepresented some facts at his May 13 press conference in dismissing the House investigation as a “political circus."

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Nigeria president declares emergency

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in three north-eastern states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militants.

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Nuclear Weapons Will be Used -- If We Don't Do Something to Get Rid of the Damn Things

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Tom Engelhardt - May. 13 (Opinion) - Has a weapon ever been invented, no matter how terrible, and not used? The crossbow, the dreadnought, poison gas, the tank, the landmine, chemical weapons, napalm, the B-29, the drone: all had their day and for some that day remains now. Even the most terrible weapon of all, the atomic bomb, that city-buster, that potential civilization-destroyer, was used as soon as it was available. Depending on your historical interpretation, it was either responsible for ending World War II in the Pacific or rushed into action before that war could end. In either case, it launched the atomic age.

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McCain’s Gitmo Exaggeration

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Brooks Jackson - May. 07 (Fact Check) - Sen. John McCain exaggerated when he claimed that about 25 percent of prisoners released from Guantanamo have returned to terrorist activities in “leadership positions.” He said May 5 on “Fox News Sunday“: McCain: And, by the way, about a quarter of those who have been released from Guantanamo have gone … More >>

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Investigators sharpen focus on Boston bombing suspect’s widow

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Sari Horwitz - May. 04 (News Report) - Federal law enforcement officials are sharpening their focus on the widow of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings after finding al-Qaeda’s Inspire magazine and other radical Islamist material on her computer, according to law enforcement officials. ...

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Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretap

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Apr. 28 (News Report) - Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.

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Biden lashes out at ‘twisted, perverted’ terrorists in eulogy for slain officer

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Greg Miller, Sari Horwitz - Apr. 25 (Speech) - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Vice President Biden lashed out at Islamist terrorism Wednesday and described the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings as “twisted, perverted” jihadists, as he and other dignitaries paid tribute to an MIT police officer allegedly slain by one of the bombers last week. ...

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Charts: How Much Danger Do We Face From Homegrown Jihadist Terrorists?

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Dave Gilson - Apr. 24 (Opinion) - More MoJo coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings Perhaps the most unusual thing about the Boston Marathon bombing is that it happened at all. While we've seen all manner of terrorist bomb plots since September 11—the Times Square bomber , the underwear bomber , even the guys who fantasized about destroying the Sears Tower —all have been thwarted by the FBI, the perpetrators' own bumbling, or both . If one or both of the suspects in last week's attack, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were motivated by radical Islamic beliefs , then they will have the dubious distinction of being the first domestic jihadists to have set off a bomb on American soil since the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. While America has been fixated on the threat of Islamic terrorism for more than a decade, all but a few domestic terror plots have failed. Between September 11 and the end of 2012, there were no successful bomb plots by jihadist terrorists in the United States. Jihadists killed 17 ...

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Miss. man released in ricin case as new incident reported

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Lenny Bernstein, Kimberly Kindy - Apr. 24 (News Report) - Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the White House, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge, was released on bond Tuesday about the same time that more of the deadly substance may have been found in Washington. ...

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‘Political groups in Washington downplayed Chechen threat’

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

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Boston bombing suspect awaits charges

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Apr. 22 (News Report) - The college student suspected with his deceased older brother in the Boston Marathon bombing faces federal charges as he lay hospitalised under armed guard, severely wounded and unable to speak. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was captured with throat injuries that, coupled with sedatives administered at the Boston hospital where he is being treated, had left him incapable of speech and initially prevented authorities from questioning him.

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What America's Leaving Behind in Afghanistan: Trained Militias Accused of Rape and Murder

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Jennifer Norris - Apr. 21 (News Report) - Despite some success in achieving security gains, the ALP program has been plagued by such problems as Taliban infiltration and insider attacks. But most controversially, ALP units have been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against local populations with apparent impunity.

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Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Coleen Rowley - Apr. 20 (News Analysis) - "the leading group which pleads the Chechen cause is the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC). The list of the self-styled 'distinguished Americans' who are its members is a roll call of the most prominent neoconservatives who so enthusiastically support the 'war on terror.'

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In Boston, Lockdown Lifted But Manhunt Continues for Second Marathon Bombing Suspect

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

NewsHour - Apr. 19 (Breaking News) - Live updates on the situation in Boston

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Boston manhunt: lockdown lifted but suspect still on run – live updates

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Warren Murray, Matthew Weaver, Paul Owen - Apr. 19 (Breaking News) - In another day of extraordinary drama for Boston, a policeman has been shot dead on the campus of MIT, followed by a reported police chase, shootout and explosions in the Watertown area Warren Murray Matthew Weaver Paul ...

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Dragnet Shuts Boston; One Suspect Is Slain but Second Man Is on Loose

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Ravi Somaiya - Apr. 19 (Investigative Report) - One Boston Bombing Suspect Is Dead

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These Soldiers Did the Boston Marathon Wearing 40-Pound Packs. Then They Saved Lives.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Tasneem Raja - Apr. 17 (Comment) - Tough Ruck soldiers clearing a path to victims Military Friends Foundation More MoJo coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings At 5:20 a.m. on Monday, four hours before the Boston Marathon's elite runners took off, a group of 15 active-duty soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard gathered at the starting line in Hopkinson. Each soldier was in full combat uniform and carried a "ruck," a military backpack weighing about 40 pounds. The rucks were filled with Camelbacks of water, extra uniforms, Gatorade, changes of socks—and first-aid and trauma kits. It was all just supposed to be symbolic. "Forced marches" or "humps" are a regular part of military training, brisk walking over tough terrain while carrying gear that could help a soldier survive if stranded alone. These soldiers, participating in " Tough Ruck 2013 ," were doing the 26 miles of the Boston Marathon to honor comrades killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, or lost to suicide and PTSD-related accidents after ...

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Bring on the Next Boston Marathon

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - Apr. 17 (Opinion) - Looking at scenes of the Boston sidewalk a few hours after Monday’s bombing — torn clothing, bloodstains, shards of glass — I found my mind going back to a similar sidewalk in Tel Aviv in September 2003. A Hamas suicide bomber had blown himself up at a b

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Bombing victim who lost both legs has strong ties here

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Philadelphia Inquirer - Apr. 17 (News Report) - The horrifically injured young man whose photo has become an iconic image of the Boston Marathon bombing is a Flyers fan with deep family roots in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

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