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26 Apr 2011 16:26

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U.S.: Suspect arrested in last week’s Denver mall bomb plot

  • Earl Albert Moore arrested: The man, sixty-five years old, is being held as the primary suspect in last week’s frightening attempted pipe-bomb/propane explosion at a Denver area shopping mall. It’s being reported that Moore left federal prison just one week before the alleged plot, and that the FBI now considers any relation between this incident and the 12th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings “unlikely.” source
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02 Mar 2011 13:42

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World: U.S. airmen fired upon outside Frankfurt airport, motive unknown

  • Attack on American airmen in Frankfurt: A gunman, reported by the U.K.’s Guardian as believed to be from Kosovo, opened fire on a military bus at the Frankfurt airport, killing two U.S. airmen and badly wounding two others. While no potential motive has been ascribed, the German authorities arrested a suspect inside the airport shortly after the attack, who they’ve identified as Arif Uka, a twenty-one year old. The Pentagon has not yet offered comment. source
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08 Jun 2010 02:41

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World: Peruvian murder victim’s family Googled “Joran van der Sloot”

  • My wife typed ‘Joran van der Sloot’ into Google and started screaming for me to see. I couldn’t believe it. How could it be that guy?
  • Enrique Flores • On finding out that Joran van der Sloot, the now-confessed suspect in his daughter’s murder, was THAT guy. Van der Sloot, who was also the main suspect in the Natalee Holloway case, admitted to killing Stephany Flores tonight. Despite the nature of the crime, Peru’s criminal system isn’t nearly as harsh as the American system and the maximum sentence he can face is 35 years in prison. source
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05 Jun 2010 17:39

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U.S.: Porn star murder? Steve Driver suspected of killing Tom Dong

  • The porn star is reportedly surrounded in a house by a SWAT team. On Wednesday, Driver, whose real name is Stephen Clancy Hill, reportedly killed Dong and injured two others with a machete-like weapon after finding out he was getting fired and kicked out of the DVD production facility where he had been both working and living. Hill had prior convictions. This situation is messed up and we don’t know what to make of it. source
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04 Jun 2010 11:22

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World: Natalee Holloway’s family: Joran van der Sloot’s arrest not enough

  • We could have had the answers in the first couple of days down there had they done their job right. And this should have never happened what’s happened in Peru.
  • Natalee Holloway’s stepfather, “Jug” Twitty • Discussing the recent arrest of Joran van der Sloot, a former suspect in Holloway’s disappearance in Aruba in 2005. Twitty feels that political connections (van der Sloot was the son of a prominent judge in Aruba) allowed him to go free, which led to the recent death of Stephany Flores in Peru. The U.S. recently charged van der Sloot with extortion related to the Holloway case. source
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02 Jun 2010 22:02

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U.S.: Wanted in Peru: A former Natalee Holloway disappearance suspect

  • 2005 In Aruba, Natalee Holloway went missing and is presumed dead. Dutch student Joran van der Sloot is a suspect, but evidence against him is weak.
  • 2008 After the case dragged on and on (and on – thanks Nancy Grace), prosecutors try and fail to re-arrest van der Sloot after new evidence surfaces.
  • 2010 In Peru, van der Sloot is the main suspect in the murder of Stephany Flores Ramirez, and this time, there’s sufficient evidence. She was found in his hotel room. source
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17 May 2010 22:07

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U.S.: Times Square suspect had radical tendencies as far back as 2006

  • Can you tell me a way to save the oppressed? And a way to fight back when rockets are fired at us and Muslim blood flows? In Palestine, Afghan, Iraq, Chechnya and elsewhere.
  • Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad • In a couple of e-mails that CNN acquired. The first e-mail, from 2006, suggests that he had radical tendencies long before he plotted his failed attack. He was frustrated with the way the West treated the Muslim world and as a result was looking for a way to fight back. In 2009, his radicalism was more pronounced. “If you don’t have the right teacher, then Satan should become your sheikh,” he wrote then. A bank soon foreclosed on his home. source
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04 May 2010 22:21

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U.S.: Data dump: Vital statistics on Times Square suspect Faisal Shahzad

  • Is Faisal Shahzad a weird amalgamation of terrorism and the financial crisis? The Times Square suspect, who admitted to being a lone wolf today (whether or not you believe that is another question), was a financial analyst who lost his job during the financial crisis. He was also Pakistani-born and had a family who was forced to move back to the country after they lost their home. In the midst of that drama, he somehow became radicalized. Here’s some info on the dude you probably didn’t know.
  • 04/17/09 he became a U.S. citizen
  • two number of kids he has; his family (including his wife) now live in Pakistan
  • 11 number of years he had been floating between the U.S. and Pakistan
  • $273k original value of the
    home     his family lost to
    foreclosure last year
  • » His education: Shahzad, like many immigrants, first came to the U.S. on a student visa in 1998, and followed it through with a computer science degree from the University of Bridgeport in 2000 and, later, an MBA in 2005.
  • » His career: From 2006 until June of last year, he was working as a financial analyst for the Affinion Group, which has a shady business history, according to Wikipedia. It’s not clear whether he quit or was fired. Neighbors claimed that he worked on Wall Street.
  • » His financial state: He owed too much money on his Shelton, Conn. house, so he told the broker to let the bank take it, and told him he was moving back to Pakistan. He had been living in his new apartment in Bridgeport for just a couple of months. source
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04 May 2010 00:49

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U.S.: Early details on Shahzad Faisal, Times Square bombing suspect

  • one Faisal is an American citizen of Pakistani descent. He’s one of two suspects being looked at.
  • two He was arrested while trying to leave the country. He was at JFK Airport when he was caught. source
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23 Feb 2010 10:14

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U.S.: If Amy Bishop dropped a “herpes bomb” on campus, would it work?

  • NO now stop thinking otherwise and click this link source
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