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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
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WT: Iran is Arming Shi'ite Terrorists in Najaf, Iraq says
NAJAF, Iraq -- With fighting raging for a fifth day in Najaf, Iraq's interim defense minister yesterday accused Iran of sending weapons to Shi'ite insurgents in the city.
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USA Today: Senior al Qaeda Operative Arrested in UAE
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A senior Pakistani al-Qaeda operative who used to run one of the terror group's training camps in Afghanistan has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates and handed over to Pakistani officials, the information minister said Su
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USA Today: Saudis Arrest Most Wanted Terror Operative
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi police arrested a top Saudi terror suspect, officials said Friday, weeks after the al-Qaeda-linked cleric reassured followers he was "taking all necessary precautions" to evade a government sweep.
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Boston Herald: al Qaeda Cells Report Surveillance of US Targets
Khan's seized laptop computer included photographs, drawings and diagrams of various potential targets inside the United States, but there were no specifics about the timing of any planned attacks. The seized data suggests the surveillance on the targeted
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eMilitary: Sting Nets Mosque Leaders, RPG Attack Planned
Justice Department officials said today they hope today's raid on a mosque in Albany, N.Y., will serve as a deterrent to terrorists planning attacks against U.S. citizens and targets.
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NYT: A Look at 100 Attempts to Over throw the US Gov
The exhibition, "The Enemy Within: Terror in America," looks at more than 100 attempts by foreign and home-grown terrorists to overthrow the United States government and disrupt the American way of life, from a 1776 attempt to assassinate George Washingto
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AFP: Al Qaeda computer expert a top terror planner -- Pakistan
Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, 25, alias Abu Talha, arrested in the eastern city of Lahore on July 12, "is in the top hierarchy of Al-Qaeda's external operations wing," a security official closely involved in Pakistan's latest Al-Qaeda swoop told Agence France
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Chicago Trib: Ridge: I wish they could have TS Clearance
Asked Tuesday what he would say to people skeptical about the alert's timing, Ridge said: "I guess I wish I could give them all top-secret clearances and let them review the information that some of us have the responsibility to review. We don't do politi
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Newsday: Operative Running al Qaeda's Com System Captured
The computer engineer, Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, ran a secret al-Qaida communications system and his arrest was described by a senior U.S. official as the "most significant" of a series of events that led to Sunday's raising of the threat level to "high"
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NYT: New Al Qaeda Activity Behind Current Alert
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 - Senior government officials said Tuesday that new intelligence pointing to a current threat of a terrorist attack on financial targets in New York and possibly in Washington - not just information about surveillance on specific buildi
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WT: Pakistan Nabs Two Key Al Qaeda Operatives
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has arrested two "high-level" al Qaeda terrorists, one with a multimillion dollar U.S. bounty on his head, widening a sweep against the group's vast web of operatives that has netted at least six suspects, officials said ye
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WP: Church Blasts Outrage Iraqis of all Faiths
BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 -- Two teenage sisters picked disconsolately through the wreckage of their bedroom Monday: Barbie dolls, movie magazines and a jumble of lingerie half-buried in the dust and debris from a car bomb that had exploded in the street below thei
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WT: Bush Backs Creation of an Intelligence Czar
President Bush yesterday endorsed the creation of a national director of intelligence and a comprehensive counterterrorism center, moving quickly to enact two key recommendations issued last month by the September 11 commission.
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US Dept. of Homeland Security: Ridge Talks about Terror Alert
Secretary Ridge: Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. President Bush has told you, and I have reiterated the promise, that when we have specific credible information, that we will share it. Now this afternoon, we do have new and unusually specific inform
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AFP via Yahoo: Islamists Blamed for Church Bombings in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi leaders blamed Jordanian Islamist leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi for deadly weekend church bombings, and a fresh video was released showing hooded gunmen killing a Turkish hostage.
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NYT: Captured al Qaeda Computer Geek Had Attack Plans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 - The unannounced capture of a figure from Al Qaeda in Pakistan several weeks ago led the Central Intelligence Agency to the rich lode of information that prompted the terror alert on Sunday, according to senior American officials.
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SpaceWar: Europeans Report No Progress with Iran over Nukes
Talks the European Union's "big three" held with Iran last week on its nuclear programme produced "no substantial progress" in efforts to restrict the Islamic republic's activities, EU diplomats said Sunday.
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WP: 567 Page Story of a Humbled America
After al Qaeda set out in 1999 to deliver a devastating attack on America using hijacked airplanes, only one thing worked right in the nation's defense.
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WT: Intel Points to Iran Cooperation with Al Qaeda
A senior CIA official has revealed that al Qaeda operatives in Iran probably had advance knowledge of recent terrorist attacks, a sign that the cooperation between Tehran and al Qaeda is continuing since September 11.
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CBS News: Top Al Qaeda Militant Surrenders
A confidant of Osama bin Laden surrendered to Saudi diplomats in Iran and was flown to the kingdom Tuesday, a potentially valuable asset in the war on terror because of his closeness to the fugitive al Qaeda chief.
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