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...Arabian Peninsula, the group that claimed responsibility for the plane attack, threatened to strike against foreign officials in Yemen, prompting the U.S. and British embassies to close. The buildings reopened on Jan. 5, after successful raids by Yemeni security forces on al-Qaeda hideouts and the subsequent arrest of three suspected terrorists. Several other embassies have kept some restrictions in place...
Just weeks after authorities gunned down Arturo Beltrán Leyva, one of Mexico's most dangerous drug lords, police arrested his brother Carlos, also a member of the infamous Beltrán Leyva cartel. The arrest comes amid rising violence: 29 people were killed in drug-related attacks in a 24-hour period in Ciudad Juárez, whose turf battles between rival cartels have made it Mexico's deadliest city...
...group of U.S. soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan. The incident occurred in the city of Ghazni in July 2008, after she was detained by local police near one of the city's mosques on suspicion that she was a suicide bomber. At the time of her arrest, she allegedly had with her a flash drive with references to specific "cells" and "enemies" and various chemicals in cold-cream jars, including a quantity of sodium cyanide. Prosecutors say that the following day, as a contingent of U.S. soldiers and FBI agents prepared to question her at a nearby police station...
What jurors will not hear when opening statements begin on Tuesday, however, are the strange events leading up to Siddiqui's arrest, which have made her case one of the most baffling in the war on terrorism. For over a decade, Siddiqui lived and studied in the U.S., but shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, she was linked by law enforcement to a number of terrorism suspects. Among them is Majid Khan, a former resident of Baltimore who was allegedly tasked by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plan terrorist attacks in the U.S. In March 2003, Khan was picked...
...that would indicate Siddiqui ever even held it. "We're saying she simply didn't do it," said attorney Linda Moreno. But, in what could be a serious blow for the defense, the judge ruled that some of the suspicious documents found on Siddiqui at the time of her arrest could be introduced to show her alleged intent. According to the indictment, Siddiqui was found with documents that referred to a "mass casualty attack," and listed potential targets like the Empire State Building, alongside notes that mention "dirty bombs" and attacks using gliders...