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18 Oct 2009 11:09

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World: Pakistan’s anti-terrorist battle leads to large Taliban losses

  • 60 Taliban militants were killed in the assault yesterday source
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17 Oct 2009 16:14

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World: Pakistan’s trying to weed out Taliban militants en masse

  • 28,000 soldiers are on the case in South Waziristan source
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16 Oct 2009 12:45

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World: Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai boycotts the “unity” government

  • He claims that Robert Mugabe’s party hasn’t budged. Morgan Tsvangirai has been through the wringer trying to improve Zimbabwe and its laughable economy. He’s been beaten before. His wife died in a car crash. But after the arrest of Tsvangirai’s nominated government appointee Roy Bennett on terrorism charges, he’s had enough for now. Tsvangirai and his MDC party have “disengaged” from the unity government with Robert Mugabe. This comes at a bad time for Zimbabwe, which is trying to raise aid money to improve the country’s fragile economic state. source
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29 Sep 2009 21:09

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U.S.: Najibullah Zazi’s attorney says he sees a “rush to judgment”

  • I’d like to stop this rush to judgment because what I’ve seen so far does not amount to a conspiracy charge.
  • Defense Attorney J. Michael Dowling • On his client, Najibullah Zazi, who has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack in New York City. He’s being held without bail. Although it’s obvious that Dowling would say this about his client, he argues that there’s not a lot meat to the bones of the charges. “I don’t know the names of anybody else that allegedly conspired with Mr. Zazi,” Dowling said. “Those names have not been produced.”  • source
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26 Sep 2009 10:46

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U.S.: The Zazi terror attack may have targeted the now-passed 9/11

  • Attorney General Eric Holder says the threat is likely “disrupted.” Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi reportedly planned to use the 9/11 holiday to plot another attack in New York, the U.S. attorney’s office says. Zazi, who was recently nailed buying large amounts of beauty store supplies on camera, likely faces life in prison for the planned attack. source
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24 Sep 2009 20:12

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U.S.: Beauty shop terror: That acetone wasn’t to remove nail polish

The feds say Najibullah Zazi went to beauty stores and stocked up on lots of hydrogen and acetone (a.k.a. nail polish remover, a possible chemical bomb element). source
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20 Sep 2009 22:24

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U.S.: The suspected terror plot revolves around notes on a laptop

  • nine pages of handwritten notes on making bombs were found on suspect Najibullah Zazi’s computer source
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20 Sep 2009 09:57

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U.S.: It appears the FBI and NYPD stopped an alleged terror plot

  • 3 were charged with lying to the feds about the plot source
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14 Sep 2009 22:02

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U.S.: Some raid happened in Queens today; details? Scarce, of course.

  • A bunch of homes in Queens, NY, were raided today by the FBI. Nobody was arrested. Later in the day, a few Congress members were briefed. source
  • Word is that authorities were trying to disrupt a Islamic terror cell after some weekend activity drew the attention of the government. That’s all we know. source
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07 Sep 2009 11:05

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World: Three Islamic extremists convicted of huge terror plot in U.K.

The conviction of three guys for an airline bombing plot means that the slowest news day in history – Labor Day – is now just a little faster. source
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