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Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Before

Feds: Suspect sent 'cannon fodder' to Somalia

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota terrorism suspect used young men as "cannon fodder" when he helped send them from Minneapolis to their native Somalia to join the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney John

Pa.'s Jihad Jane faces life in Dec. in terror plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman who called herself Jihad Jane and admitted she plotted to kill a Swedish artist who offended Muslims faces a life sentence in December. Pennsburg resident Colleen LaRose has been in custody since she returned from Ireland to surrender to the FBI in 2009. Her

Quotations of the day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By The Associated Press "Attempting to destroy a landmark building and kill or maim untold numbers of innocent bystanders is about as serious as the imagination can conjure. The defendant faces appropriately severe consequences." - Mary Galligan, acting head of the FBI's New York office in

Testimony details pipeline from Minn. to Somalia

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kamal Said Hassan didn't know what al-Shabab was when he agreed to join a jihad in Somalia in autumn 2007. Months later, the young man who had never picked up a gun was a foot soldier for the terror group in his homeland, practicing with

Syria: UN council members support 'terrorism'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By DIAA HADID and EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem accused some U.N. Security Council members Monday of supporting "terrorism" in a speech colored by conspiratorial undertones that clearly aimed at the United States and its allies

Woman arrested for marring anti-jihad NY subway ad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

NEW YORK (AP) - An Egyptian-born U.S. columnist was arrested Tuesday for spray-painting an advertisement equating Muslim radicals with savages at a New York City subway station. Mona Eltahawy, 45, of New York, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and making graffiti, police said. Her

Provocative anti-jihad ads go up in NYC subways

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

NEW YORK (AP) - Provocative advertisements equating Muslim radicals with savages appeared in New York City subways on Monday, drawing immediate criticism from some riders. "It's a terrible idea," said Colby Richardson at a subway station in midtown Manhattan. "It's going to spark

UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - A European court ruled Monday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon. The decision ends a long-

Anti-jihad 'savage' ads going up in NYC subway

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A provocative ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages is set to go up in the city's subway system as violent protests over an anti-Islamic film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad sweep over much of the Muslim world. A conservative blogger