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Chicago man gets 10 years in suicide-bomber plot
A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to a plot to attend a Somalia training camp with the dream of becoming a suicide bomber was sentenced Tuesday to ...
2 of 4 terror suspects were new Islamic converts
Three of the young men swept up in a federal terrorism probe grew up in the Southern California suburbs where they played pick-up basketball, ran for ...
FBI agent: Calif. terror plot 'very serious case'
Three Southern California men charged this week with plotting to kill Americans and bomb U.S. military bases overseas spent months preparing for a ...
FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot
Three California men excited at the prospect of training in Afghanistan to become terrorists prepared, authorities say, by simulating combat with ...
NYC man sentenced to life in subway terror plot
A New York City man, after reciting verses from the Quran rather than expressing remorse, was sentenced Friday to life in prison in a foiled 2009 plot ...
Prosecutor: UK bomb plotters discussed attacks
Three British Muslim men accused of plotting a mass casualty bomb attack were secretly recorded discussing plans to strap sharp blades to the front ...
Victims want Fort Hood shooting deemed terror act
Nearly three years after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, many of those affected are urging the government to declare it a terrorist attack, saying ...
Correction: Sept. 11 trial story
In an Oct. 17 story about the appearance of self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before a military commission, The Associated ...
FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months
The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter ...
Teen charged with trying to blow up Chicago bar
Undercover FBI agents arrested an 18-year-old American man who tried to detonate what he believed was a car bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar, ...
Australian police arrest man on terror charge
Australian police charged a man with terrorism offenses Thursday following raids in which they seized firearms, computer equipment and a USB stick ...
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike
An airstrike killed al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in Yemen along with six others traveling with him in one car on Monday, U.S. and Yemeni officials said, ...
Air Force works to fill need for drone pilots
Becoming a fighter pilot is still a hotly coveted goal at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. But slowly, a culture change is taking hold
Somali twins jailed for 3 years for terror funding
Identical twin brothers from Somalia have been sentenced to three years in prison in Britain for raising money to fund terrorism abroad, officials ...
Fort Hood report shows FBI missteps
The nearly 20 often-rambling emails that an Army psychiatrist sent to Yemeni terror leader Anwar al-Awlaki painted a confusing picture. In some, he ...
Alleged would-be suicide bomber to plead guilty
A 29-year-old Chicago man accused of plotting a suicide bombing overseas and claiming he was inspired by a radical Muslim cleric has agreed to change ...
WH rejects requests for 'targeted killing' papers
The Obama administration has rejected requests from The New York Times and the American Civil Liberties Union seeking information about its "targeted ...
US shadow wars rely on drones, computers
After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on ...