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  • Wife of terror suspect questions CSIS tactics

    Canada&#039s spy agency didn&#039t make Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub aware of his rights when agents interviewed him last year about other suspected terrorists, court was told Friday. Full Story

  • Muslims Warn Britain or Anti-terror Backlash

    Muslim militants aligned with Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden have warned Britain of a backlash in wake of the government&#039s new anti-terrorism legislation. Full Story

  • Eco-terrorism group claims Tulare attack

    The fire was fairly large, but it broke out in the middle of the night in an empty building in rural Tulare County and hardly warranted a mention in local newspapers. Then, five days later, the e-mail message went out. “We chose this warehouse because it contained massive quantities of transgenic cotton seed in storage,”…

  • Man charged with terror offences

    A 29-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been charged with offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Full Story

  • How London terrorism has grown

    Terrorist activity on the mainland has gathered pace in the last nine months. Full Story

  • Bomb Wrecked Thai PM”s Plane

    Thailand&#039s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has confirmed the cause of a fire which destroyed a plane he was about to board was “definitely an explosive.” Full Story

  • Chechen Blast Kills Three Policemen, One Woman, in Grozny Market

    Three pro-Moscow police officers and a woman civilian died Saturday when a blast ripped through a market in the Chechen capital Grozny, ITAR-TASS quoted the Russian interior ministry as saying Sunday. Full Story

  • Britain Says Bomb Aimed at Peace Process

    A massive car bomb blast outside the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation in London was designed to wreck the shaky Northern Ireland peace process, a British government minister said Monday. Full Story

  • Israel on High Security Alert for More Bombings

    ‘- Israel went on high alert on Monday, expecting more suicide bombings as Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon prepared to take office with the avowed aim of restoring security shattered by a Palestinian uprising. Full Story

  • Hamas Military Wing Says Will Attack Israelis

    The military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas said on Saturday it was prepared to launch suicide bombing attacks on Israelis as soon as Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon takes power. Full Story

  • Suicide Bomber Hits Israeli City; Four Dead

    A suicide bomber killed himself and three other people in an explosion that rocked the heart of the Israeli coastal city of Netanya Sunday, a day after Islamic militants vowed to launch fresh attacks. Full Story

  • Diplomat describes embassy blast

    Prudence Bushnell was certain she was going to die as she descended the bloody stairwell of a building next door to a bombed U.S. embassy in Africa. Full Story

  • Bin Laden Appears Alive and Kicking in Europe

    Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden might be hiding in Afghanistan. But his agents are alive and well in Europe. Arab security sources said Bin Laden has established a network of agents in Central Europe to help supply equipment needed for his campaign against the United States and the West. They said this includes components…

  • Al-Najjar: Reporting terrorism is a duty

    The man jailed three years on secret evidence accusing him of terrorist ties said Wednesday he would feel a “moral obligation” to report terrorist activity if he knew about it. Full Story

  • Feds begin to question terrorism case details

    The government began to lay the groundwork for its defense in a $10 million civil suit Wednesday by suggesting that a former Iraqi contractor whose testimony led to a conviction in a terrorist bombing may have been kicked out of the federal Witness Protection Program. Full Story

  • Afghan Taliban Shells Buddhas, U.N. Warns

    Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban were reported on Friday to have shelled world-famous, rock-hewn Buddhas as a U.N. envoy warned them of a devastating reaction if they carried out a plan to destroy all of the country&#039s historic statues. Full Story

  • Two Million Muslims Pray in Mecca on Eve of Haj

    An estimated two million pilgrims attended Friday prayers at Islam&#039s holiest shrine in Mecca on the eve of the haj, the annual pilgrimage in the footsteps of the Prophet Mohammad. Full Story

  • Israeli Army Kills Palestinian in Gaza

    Israel&#039s army said on Friday it had killed a Gaza resident suspected of planning to attack Israelis, but Palestinians said he was an innocent homeless man. Full Story

  • Foreign Hostages Set Free in Ecuador

    Seven foreign oil workers held hostage in Ecuador&#039s Amazon jungle region for 4-1/2 months by an unidentified armed group were freed on Thursday, a week after their employers paid a $13 million ransom. Full Story

  • Botulinum Toxin Is A Major Biological Weapons Threat

    The Working Group on Civilian Biodefense, an expert panel convened by the Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, says that botulinum toxin poses a major biological weapons threat to the public. Botulinum toxin is the cause of the disease called botulism. The Hopkins Working Group&#039s latest report recommends…

  • Israeli army chief hits at Arafat terror

    Israel&#039s chief of staff has accused Yassir Arafat&#039s Palestinian Authority of evolving into “a terrorist entity”, raising expectations of a tougher Israeli response to more than five months of clashes. Full Story

  • 21 groups banned under new terror law

    The government yesterday banned 21 groups, the majority Islamic, which it has branded as terrorist under a new law enabling it for the first time to proscribe organisations targeting foreign states. Full Story

  • Long-awaited security report released

    The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office this week released President Clinton’s report to Congress on the status of federal efforts to secure the information systems that support the nation’s critical infrastructure. Full Story A copy of the report is archived here

  • Tamil Tigers on Banned List

    The Tamil Tigers are among foreign organisations that the British Government intends to ban under new anti-terrorist legislation. Full Story

  • Three Shot Dead as Religious Riots Erupt in Pakistan

    At least three Shiite Muslims were killed and one critically wounded as gunmen opened fire in a market in the northwestern Pakistani city of Hangu on Thursday, police said. Full Story

  • Bomb defused on Tel Aviv”s Allenby Street

    A “serious attack” was averted yesterday in the heart of Tel Aviv after bomb squad officers neutralized a briefcase bomb left at a restaurant in the early evening. Full Story

  • Israel Suspects Terrorists in Car Blast; One Dead

    An Israeli car exploded in northern Israel on Thursday during a long chase by police who suspected it was carrying “terrorists” about to detonate a car bomb, and one person was killed, officials said. Full Story

  • One Dead, Nine Wounded in Northern Israel Car Blast

    One person was killed and nine wounded when a car exploded in northern Israel on Thursday during a chase by police who suspected it carried “terrorists&#039&#039 about to detonate a bomb, police and ambulance workers said. Full Story

  • Yemen Says Ship Bomb Suspect May Be in Afghanistan

    Yemen&#039s President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Thursday the main suspect in the bombing of the warship USS Cole was believed to have fled to Afghanistan. Full Story

  • Bin Laden Says Cole Sailed Slowly to Its Doom-Paper

    Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden described in a poem how the USS Cole (news – web sites) destroyer slowly sailed to its doom at Aden port, where a suicide bombing attack killed 17 U.S. sailors on board, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Full Story

  • Terror Arrests in L.A.

    ABCNEWS has learned that the FBI in Los Angeles has arrested members of a terrorist organization. FBI officials are not providing any details of the arrest or the charges but said they will be holding a news conference at 1:30 p.m. ET. ABCNEWS.com will carry the news conference live. Full Story

  • Weapon of Choice: How Terrorists Use the Web

    The same advantages the Internet and advanced technology bring to the general public and to business — speed, security and global linkage — are helping international terrorist groups organize their deadly and disruptive activities. Full Story

  • Judge Rejects New Trial in Oklahoma City Bomb Case

    A federal judge on Tuesday denied convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols&#039 request to void his conviction and life sentence, rejecting an argument that jury instructions in the original trial were faulty. Full Story

  • China aids Pakistani, rogue missile programs, CIA says

    China continued to send “substantial” assistance to Pakistan&#039s missile program during the first half of 2000 and also aided missile programs in Iran, North Korea and Libya, according to a CIA report. Full Story

  • Bush pledges help for Colombia

    President Bush vowed on Tuesday to press for improved trade terms to help Colombia’s stricken economy and to tackle drug trafficking, but the U.S. leader said he would not get directly involved in the peace negotiations between the Colombian government and left-wing rebels. Bush made his remarks after meeting Colombia’s president, Andres Pastrana, at the…

  • Banned terror groups to be named

    Home Secretary Jack Straw is due to publish the first list of organisations to be banned under the new Terrorism Act. Full Story

  • RUC warning to 500 after seizure of terror lists

    Up to 500 people were being told by the RUC yesterday that their personal details have been found in the hands of loyalist terrorists.The warnings follow searches in north Belfast in which police seized documents and computer disks along with weapons and pipe bombs. Some of the information is thought to be up to 10…

  • Bush to ban terror group

    George W Bush is planning to ban the Real IRA in America as a way of cutting off support and funding for the terrorist group that carried out the Omagh bombing. Full Story

  • Star”s father tells of Bloody Sunday terror

    The father of Hollywood movie actress Bronagh Gallagher told the Saville Inquiry that he was so convinced he was going to be shot on Bloody Sunday, that he tried to say an Act of Contrition, but he was so scared he forgot the words. Full Story

  • Leader of Indonesia Terror Proclaims Victory

    Security forces fanned out Monday across Indonesia&#039s blood-soaked Central Kalimantan province, where an indigenous Dayak leader declared victory after a terror campaign to drive an ethnic minority from the region. Full Story

  • Fiji Prepares for Unrest

    With less than 24 hours to go before an appeal court ruling, Fiji awaits its fate, anxious that the outcome may spark civil unrest. Full Story

  • Execute Terrorists at Our Own Risk

    As a nation, we have decided that terrorism that results in loss of life should face the possibility of the death penalty. But is this wise? Full Story

  • Clashes After Pakistan Hangs Sunni Muslim Killer

    Pakistan hanged an Islamic activist on Wednesday for killing an Iranian official in 1990, sparking sectarian disturbances in which police said one man was killed. Full Story

  • Cyber terrorism on the rise, FBI cautions trade group

    Live in Alan B. Carroll&#039s world for a while, and you&#039ll probably never look at a computer the same way again. Carroll, one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation&#039s leading computer crime experts, mesmerized an Orlando trade show audience Monday with tales of cyber-threats and hacker attacks against the nation&#039s government and business infrastructure. Full…

  • Refugee denies any link to terror groups

    A 40-year-old refugee from Egypt repeatedly denied allegations by Canadian intelligence officials that he&#039s a high-level international terrorist with links to Osama bin Laden. Full Story

  • Law would curb raising funds for terrorism

    A meeting with government officials Monday failed to comfort organizations worried about being unfairly targeted by legislation aimed at groups that raise money for terrorists. Full Story

  • Top Hizbul Militant Surrenders in Kashmir

    A top Muslim militant, carrying a reward of 200,000 rupees (4,300 dollars) on his head, surrendered Monday to Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in India&#039s restive state of Kashmir. Full Story

  • Bangladesh PM Agrees to Pay Ransom for Kidnapped Europeons: Report

    Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has sought an early end to the crisis surrounding three Europeons even at the cost of 1.6 million dollar ransom, a report said here Tuesday. Full Story

  • NATO Scrambles As Guerrillas Overrun Haven

    NATO scrambled to smother a fresh crisis in the Balkans Tuesday, ordering advisers to Macedonia to tackle a guerrilla challenge and accelerating plans to help end a revolt in the neighboring Presevo Valley. Full Story

  • Indonesian Soldiers, Police Clash in Borneo

    A gunfight broke out on Tuesday between Indonesian police and soldiers charged with restoring peace to Borneo island, where ethnic bloodshed has killed hundreds in the last nine days. Full Story

  • IRA”s War Not Over, Says Top N.Irish Republican

    Northern Ireland&#039s peace process faced fresh strains on Tuesday after a senior Irish republican warned that the IRA&#039s war against “British imperialism&#039&#039 was not yet over. Full Story

  • Terror in the air

    It&#039s getting easier to mass-produce deadly biological weapons; at the same time, supplies of vaccines to counter such killer viruses. Full Story

  • Opponents assail Utah commercial terrorism bill

    The American Civil Liberties Union and animal rights activists spoke against a Utah bill on Feb. 22 that targets animal-rights protests, arguing the measure would limit speech. Full Story

  • Gang Broadens Indonesian Terror

    Armed gangs of indigenous Dayaks on Monday broadened their campaign of terror on Borneo Island, forcing thousands of minority Madurese to flee the slaughter and Indonesia to send in more troops. Full Story

  • Nat”l Guard Teams Found Unprepared

    After three years and $143 million, the Army National Guard has no anti-terrorism teams ready to respond to nuclear, chemical, or biological attacks because of defective safety equipment and poor training, an internal Pentagon review found. Full Story

  • Agencies adopt plan to fight domestic terrorism

    Six federal agencies have teamed up to develop a plan for responding to terrorist threats and incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. Full Story Archived copy of the Interagency Domestic Terrorism Conop Plan

  • Senior Iranian Linked to Khobar Towers Attack -CBS

    .S. investigators have identified a senior Iranian official as one of some two dozen suspects responsible for the 1996 bombing at the Khobar Towers military complex in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S. servicemen, CBS News reported on Friday. Full Story

  • Algeria Kills 40 It Calls Islam Rebels

    Algerian security forces have killed 40 people they believed to be Islamic militants in a crackdown against rebel strongholds in the last two days, the news media reported over the weekend. Full Story

  • Man Charged for Sending Letter Bombs

    A 26-year-old man was charged Saturday with sending a series of letter bombs that injured several people, including a 6-year-old girl. Full Story

  • Former SLA Fugitive Olson Denies Attempted Bombings

    With tears in her eyes and anger in her voice, former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive Sara Jane Olson broke months of silence about her case on Friday and vehemently denied charges she was involved in attempted bombings of two Los Angeles police cars in 1975. Full Story