September Bomb Plot (2009)

by Mark Silva Osama bin Laden may still be at large, eight years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but his organization "is under more pressure'' and "more vulnerable'' than at any time since those al Qaeda-launched attacks,......

by Josh Meyer Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said today that the Obama administration may not meet its own Jan. 22 deadline for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and that the fate of more than......

NEW YORK -- A former Denver airport shuttle driver admitted Monday to a plot to bomb the New York City subways, saying he was recruited by al-Qaida in Pakistan for a "martyrdom plan" against the United States. "I would sacrifice myself to bring attention...

A terror suspect who allegedly received al-Qaida training in Pakistan in preparation for a suicide-bomb plot on New York City subways was found guilty Tuesday. According to prosecutors, Adis Medunjanin was one of three men who orchestrated the subway...

The admitted Al Qaeda member who's confessed he tried to build bombs to explode in rush-hour subway cars testified in federal court Wednesday he told an aunt he was making fertility drugs to help women get pregnant. Najibullah Zazi said his aunt and...

John Brennan--the President's chief advisor on counter-terrorism--may have grown up in New Jersey….but he defended New York's police commissioner Friday against recent attacks from New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, about the NYPD's surveillance of some...

"This is messing everything up for us.  People look at us, and they’re afraid," said 28-year-old Ali Popel--a Muslim who was born in Afghanistan.  Popel stood on 143rd Street today in Whitestone Friday, talking about the arrest of his neighbor, 26-...

Their evening prayers ended, a small group of Muslim men lingering in a storefront mosque in Woodlawn turned to the news of the day: A man who had knelt among them had been arrested on charges of terrorism. Antonio Martinez, who they said converted to...

NEW YORK -- Two U.S. citizens were charged Friday with conspiring to provide computer assistance, watches and other support to help "modernize" al-Qaida. A vaguely worded indictment unsealed Friday in federal court in Manhattan accused Wesam El-Hanafi of...

In wake of two failed terrorist attacks - one targeting the New York City subway system and another involving a car bomb planted in Times Square - the Obama Administration has oddly announced plans to cut anti-terror funding to New York City by more...

Authorities know the identities of three people believed to be in on a terrorist scheme targeting New York City, a law enforcement official has confirmed, as an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting with them to try to turn common chemicals into explosives...

An Afghan immigrant wanted to carry out a massive New York City terror attack involving hydrogen peroxide bombs on commuter trains to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary before federal authorities foiled the plan, a U.S. prosecutor said Friday. U.S....