20-year-old Convicted in Toronto Terror Plot

The first person convicted under Canada's new terror act legistlation is a 20-year-old member of the so-called 'Toronto 18', men who prosecutors claim trained to carry out deadly attacks against the Canadian Government. His name has not been released as he was under the age...

Plot to blow up president foiled

VENEZUELAN authorities have arrested two people suspected of plotting to kill Hugo Chavez by blowing up the president's plane with an anti-tank weapon. Justice Minister Tarek El Aissami said the suspects were apprehended during a raid on a house where authorities found a...

Venezuela nabs suspected coup plotters

" Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:47:56 GMT Two suspects have been arrested during an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate President Hugo Chavez and launch a military coup.  The suspects were detained in the...

Erotic Economy Booms

As the world banking economy lurches this way and that requiring huge government bail outs the erotica and porn industries grow and grow. This article by Robert Fisk of the Independent takes a wry look at the ever...

Global Poll: Less Than Half Believe Al-Qaeda Behind 9/11

"A new global poll conducted across 17 countries has found that less than half of those surveyed believe Al-Qaeda was behind the 9/11 attacks, with a full 15 per cent believing that the terrorist outrage was directly perpetrated by the U.S. government. On the eve of the 7th...

Bomb Plot Seven Face Retrial

The seven men accused of plotting to blow up an airplane in England and whose sketchy (and likely non-lethal) chemistry sparked the War on Moisture, which prevents you and I from bringing hair gel onto commercial flights, have been convicted of making bombs and terrorist...

Khawaja vowed 'death, destruction': Canadian Jihad

Opinion Barry Artiste On a personal note, the many stories and op/ed pieces I have posted here and elsewhere on this trial and his obvious guilt and his continued pleas of innocence has resulted in numerous personal...

Liquid restrictions to remain at UK airports

Following a jury's decision yesterday that the government's case against the men accused of planning to use liquids on planes as explosives could not be substantiated, the UK government says it will still continue to forbid passengers to take liquids on...

Convicted Bomb Plot Terrorists Planned to Bring Down Seven Transatlantic Planes

A court heard how three young British Muslims planned to bring down at least seven transatlantic planes and made a video in which they made "You Will Be Destroyed" jibes.   " Three young British Muslims who...

Three Convicted in UK Airline Terror Plot

Three men have been found guilty of conspiracy to murder in a UK terrorist plot to bomb flights over the Atlantic in 2006. "The jury sitting in the trial of eight men accused over an alleged terrorist plot to...

For Better or For Worse Cartoon Strip Will go Back in Time

It's kind of funny really, I've been following Lynn Johnston's immensely popular comic strip 'For Better or for Worse' for about as long as I could read. My mom always said I reminded her of the son Michael, as we're...

3 charged in alleged terror plot against U.S., German targets

Opinion Barry Artiste Yep, pretty much par for the course, as cowardly al Qaida Jihadist Terrorists look for unsuspecting innocent, value targets in U.S. Tourist visiting Germany, knowing full well the innocents...

Fifth arrest in PM death plot probe

The investigation into an alleged plot to kill UK prime minister Gordon Brown is expanding in scope. A fifth man has now been arrested in the scheme."Detectives investigating a suspected plot to kill the Prime...

Police Investigate Possible Plot To Kill Obama

The 2008 DNC has barely begun and arrests have already been made regarding a potential "assassination plot" to kill presidential candidate Barack Obama. CBS4Denver has more on this story:"Law enforcement authorities...

The idiotic action of President Saakashvili?

On analyzing President Saakashvili action of launching an attack on the citizens of South Ossetia and thus on the mighty Russian Bear, I have found a possible answer to this idiotic feat.   The South...

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