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Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused of a shooting rampage that killed 13 and wounded 32 others at Fort Hood in November 2009, was arraigned in a U.S. military courtroom Wednesday on murder and attempted murder charges. Hasan declined to enter a plea until a later date, and the presiding U.S. military judge scheduled Hasan’s court-martial for March 5. Continue reading
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Two Pakistani-American men were charged Tuesday with being on the payroll of Pakistan’s ISI and illegally lobbying the U.S. government over the issue of Kashmir on behalf of Pakistan, according to reports. The men are charged in connection with a front group in the United States that Pakistani intelligence has allegedly operated for 20 years, funneling money to lawmakers and lobbying Congress and the White House. Continue reading
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A Somali-American man in Minnesota pleaded guilty Monday to a charge that he helped Minneapolis-area Somali men travel to their homeland to take up arms with the terror group al Shabab, according to reports. Omer Abdi Mohamed, 26, faces up to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, “specifically admitting that he helped provide people in a conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim people in a foreign country,” according to the AP. Mohamed reportedly admitted to being present at meetings where recruitment planning took place, to being present when money was raised, and to helping obtain plane tickets for recruits traveling to Somalia, according to Reuters. Continue reading
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A man brought in for questioning in connection with last week’s Mumbai attacks died in an Indian hospital Sunday after complaining of feeling ill, according to reports. Family members of Fayaz Usmani, who was the older brother of a man currently in prison on suspicion of carrying out 2008 bombings in the city of Ahmedabad, allege he was tortured by police after being brought in for questioning on Saturday. Usmani reportedly suffered from hypertension and died of a brain hemorrhage. Police have denied any mistreatment and an investigation has been ordered. Police have also released a sketch of a man they want to question in connection with the blasts, which killed 18 and wounded more than 130. Continue reading
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The U.S. government accidentally gave the ACLU a classified document describing criteria it uses to hold detainees at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, and on Thursday, it asked a federal judge to order the document returned, saying “its release could frustrate military and intelligence-gathering efforts and do serious damage to national security, including interfering with foreign diplomatic relations,” according to the AP. Continue reading
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Three coordinated bombings struck Mumbai, India, at rush hour on Wednesday evening, killing 18 people and wounding 131 in the worst terror attacks there since the 2008 siege. Initial reports suggested 21 people had been killed, but India’s home minister amended that figure on Thursday while briefing reporters. Continue reading
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Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the head of the ISI, Pakistan’s spy agency, is headed to the United States Wednesday for talks with his U.S. counterparts on intelligence cooperation. The visit comes in the wake of news that the United States is suspending a third of the nearly $3 billion in military aid it gives Pakistan each year. On Tuesday, Pakistan’s defense minister said on Pakistani television that the aid suspension might lead Pakistan to withdraw its troops from the Afghan border, contradicting earlier statements by the military that counterterrorism operations would continue. Continue reading
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