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CBS News: Terrorists Already Have Orders, Could Be In Place For Attacks

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — U.S. intelligence officials are dealing with the most credible terrorist threat in years as 19 diplomatic posts in the Middle East and Africa remain closed through this...

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Explosion In Benghazi On Anniversary Of 9/11 Attack On U.S. Consulate

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Security officials in Libya say an explosion caused serious damage to Libya’s Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi early Wednesday morning. According to CBS News, several...

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Poll: 62 Percent Of Palestinian Muslims Say Suicide Bombings Are ‘Often’...

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - An extensive survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. found that a vast majority of Muslims in communities from the Middle East and Africa are concerned...

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Sen. Paul: ‘Obama Now Asks Us to Be Allies With Al Qaeda’

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul warned that President Barack Obama is asking the United States to become allies with the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. “Twelve...

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Somalia: Reports Indicate American Jihadi Killed

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A member of al-Shabab says American jihadist Omar Hammami was killed in an ambush in Somalia’s southern Bay region. A U.S. terrorism expert who studies Somalia’s...

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Malls Increase Security After Kenya Terror Attacks

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) – The Mall of America has stepped up security following the deadly attack by the Somali militant group al-Shabab at a mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Officials at the Bloomington mall say...

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Sec. Kerry Says ‘Terrorists Can Run, But They Can’t Hide’

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – After two U.S. military raids against militants in north Africa, U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the raids send the message that terrorists “can run but they can’t hide.”...

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Libyan PM Ali Zidan Kidnapped By Gunmen In Tripoli

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) – Libya’s state news agency says Prime Minister Ali Zidan, who was abducted by gunmen before dawn Thursday from a Tripoli hotel where he resides, has now been freed. The abduction...

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Obama Reinstates Federal Courthouse As Preferred Venue For Prosecuting...

WASHINGTON — Four years after his failed effort to bring the 9/11 mastermind to New York for trial, President Barack Obama has reinstated the federal courthouse as America’s preferred venue for...

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Boehner: Obama ‘Ought To Take A More Active Role’ In Helping Iraq Battle...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that the United States should provide more equipment and other aid to the Iraqi government in its battle against al-Qaeda militants, but he...

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Homeland Security Chair: ‘The Terrorists Are Winning’ If Americans Avoid...

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told CBS News that “the security threat to the Olympics … [is] the greatest I think I’ve ever seen.”...

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Rubio: ‘We Are Less Safe Today Than We Were When Obama Took Office’

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, believes the United States has been less safe while President Barack Obama has been in office. “I think on the issues of national security around the...

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Virginia State Sen. Pens Letter Praising Syrian President Assad

WASHINGTON (WNEW/AP) — A Virginia state senator has sent a letter praising Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Washington Post reports the two-page letter dated April 1 from Virginia state Sen. Richard...

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US Government Kept Tabs On Bergdahl’s Whereabouts With Drones, Spies

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The Pentagon concluded in 2010 that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit, and after an initial flurry of searching the military curbed any high-risk rescue plans....

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CBS News: Al-Qaeda Condemns Islamic State Of Iraq, Severed Ties With Militants

BAGHDAD (CBSDC/AP) — Al-Qaeda-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and...

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Islamic State Of Iraq: We Have Old Scores To Settle With Baghdad Government

BAGHDAD (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — An al Qaeda splinter group has vowed to march on to Baghdad after seizing two key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq, as the nation’s military reportedly launched its first...

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Islamic Militants Continue Advance, Capture Two Towns Near Baghdad

WASHINGTON (CBS DC/CBS News) – Islamic militants inspired by Al-Qaeda have captured two towns in the ethnically mixed province northeast of Baghdad, vowing to push toward Iraq’s capital city. Seizing...

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Work With Iran Uncomfortable, Needed, Senator Says

WASHINGTON — A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki cannot keep his country together, and a U.S. alliance with Iran might be needed to do so....

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Obama: U.S. Can’t ‘Play Whack-A-Mole’ With Militant Groups

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Due to their extreme ideology, President Barack Obama explained Sunday that the Sunni militants who have taken over parts of northern Iraq pose a “medium-and long- term threat” to...

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Expert: ISIS’ Declaration Of Islamic State ‘Poses A Huge Threat To Al Qaeda’

BAGHDAD (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The al Qaeda breakaway group that has seized much of Syria and Iraq has formally declared the establishment of a new Islamic state, demanding allegiance from Muslims...

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Unverified Photo Shows Bergdahl Smiling With Top Terror Commander While In...

#Exclusive #US Solider #Bergdahl with Martyr #Taliban Leader Badar'udin Haqqani(RH) S/O Shaykh Jalaludin Haqqani(HA) http://t.co/ddrqHCn0aK— خرسان البلاغ (@khorasan313) July 09, 2014 WASHINGTON...

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Report: Clinton Said ‘I Could Have Killed’ Osama Bin Laden Just Hours Before...

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Only hours before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, former President Bill Clinton reportedly told a group of Australian businessmen that he “could have...

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Obama: ‘We Tortured Some Folks’ After 9/11

WASHINGTON (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The United States tortured al Qaeda detainees captured after the Sept. 11,2001 attacks, President Obama acknowledged Friday, in some of his most expansive comments to...

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King: ISIS ‘More Powerful Now Than Al-Qaeda Was On 9/11′

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Rep. Peter King, chairman of the sub-committee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, once again suggested the 9/11 terror attacks are directly linked to current Middle East...

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House Intel Committee Chair: US In More Danger Now Than Before 9/11 Attacks

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warns that the United States is in more danger now than before the 9/11 attacks. Speaking to CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on...

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Family: Ransom Was Not Paid To Free US Journalist Held Captive By Al...

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — As the U.S. mourned an American journalist executed by Islamic militants, the nation found something of a reprieve with the release of another freelance reporter who had been...

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Homeland Secretary: Terrorist Threat ‘Is More Complex’

NEW YORK (AP) — New York and New Jersey are facing a daunting domestic terror threat fueled by mounting hostilities between the United States and Islamic State extremists, federal and state officials...

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CBS News: New Syrian Al Qaeda Cell Developing Bomb Plots Against US Flights

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A cell of “veteran al Qaeda fighters” may not be dominating headlines like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but the group of explosive-making experts from Osama bin Laden’s...

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Deputy Nat’l Security Adviser: US Ground Troops ‘Exactly What Al Qaeda Wants’

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken said that President Obama is avoiding the “trap” of putting ground troops in the fight against ISIS, saying that U.S. boots on the...

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Dem Senator: Would Be ‘Very Healthy’ For US If Congress Debates ISIS Terror...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said Monday it would be “very healthy” for America if members of Congress spend about two weeks getting briefings, holding hearings, and having a real debate about...

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UN: Growing Number Of Foreigners In Terror Groups, Social Media Aiding

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new United Nations report says the world is facing a challenge from foreigners traveling to fight in terror groups on an “unprecedented scale,” with about 15,000 in Syria and...

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Ex-Navy SEAL Who Shot And Killed Bin Laden Speaks To Crowd Hours After...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (CBSDC) — The former Navy SEAL who told The Washington Post he shot and killed Osama bin Laden spoke hours after revealing his identity. Robert O’Neill, 38, spoke to a packed house at...

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CIA’s Secret ‘Devil Eyes’ Bin Laden Doll Up For Auction

NEW YORK (CBS DC) – An Osama bin Laden prototype doll is being sold by auction, years after the CIA intended to distribute such dolls across Afghanistan in order to scare children into rejecting...

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CBS News: Iran Using US-Made Jets To Bomb ISIS Positions In Iraq

WASHINGTON (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Iran is using American-made F-4 Phantom jets purchased during the time of the Shah to bomb positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in eastern Iraq,...

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Psychologist In CIA Torture Report: ‘I Can’t Even Defend Myself’

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — When the CIA set out to design a program to elicit intelligence from captured terrorists, it turned to two former Air Force psychologists with no practical interrogation...

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Homeland Secretary: Mall Video ‘New Phase’ Of Global Terrorist Threat

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A video purported to be by Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries. U.S....

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Lawyers: No Evidence Saudi Arabia Agents ‘Directly’ Helped 9/11 Hijackers

NEW YORK (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Attorneys for Saudi Arabia say a judge should reject claims by families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks that new evidence – including an interview with the man who...

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Md. Man Among Hostages Killed in Counterterrorism Attack

UPDATED: April 23, 2015 4:30 p.m. WASHINGTON (WNEW/AP) — A Maryland man is one of three Americans who was killed recently in counterterrorism operations conducted by the U.S. government, the White...

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Al Qaeda Syrian Branch Leader: We Have No Plans To Attack The West

BEIRUT (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The leader of al Qaeda’s branch in Syria says they have no plans to attack the West and denies that the so-called Khorasan group exists. The Syrian known as Abu Muhammed...

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FBI Director: ISIS More Of Terror Threat To US Than Al Qaeda

ASPEN, Colorado (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s effort to inspire troubled Americans to violence has become more of a terror threat to the U.S. than an external attack by al...

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