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boston.com - 11/12/2008

FBI accuses man of lying in terror case

— boston.com — Statements that Tarek Mehanna allegedly made to the FBI two years ago in the midst of a... terrorism investigation came back to haunt him last weekend, when the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy graduate was arrested as he was about to board a Boston ... (more) FBI accuses man of lying in terror case

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africa.reuters.com - 11/16/2008

News | Africa

— africa.reuters.com — MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents whipped 32 people in Somalia on Saturday after arresting them for taking... part in a traditional dance in rebel-held territory south of the capital Mogadishu. Fighters enforcing a strict form of sharia law have ... (more) News | Africa

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latimes.com - 11/13/2008

Islamic insurgents seize port city in Somalia - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — Though Mogadishu remains under the control of Somalia's fragile transitional government and thousands of Ethiopian troops, the... city of Baidoa, where the parliament is based, is under so much threat that many lawmakers have fled. "They are ... (more) Islamic insurgents seize port city in Somalia - Los ...

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FBI Arrests Al Qaeda Blogger
Weekly Standard Blog — ... But Dr. Rusty Shackleford at the indispensible Jawa Report notes that Mehanna did more than lie to the FBI. Mehanna was in fact one of several bloggers who incites others to fight jihad overseas and recites the words of al Qaeda ideologues: ...

Another terrorist plot uncovered in Massachusetts
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... had multiple conversations about obtaining automatic weapons and randomly shooting people in a shopping mall, and that the conversations went so far as to discuss the logistics of a mall attack, including coordination, weapons needed and the possibility of attacking emergency responders,” the Justice Department said. This seems like a slow-motion terror operation.  Mehanna had been at it for seven years without actually taking any action other than conspiring and blogging.  Rusty at My Pet Jawa has some good background on Mehanna, written at the time of his initial arrest ...

Terrorist-Wannabe Plotted to Attack Shopping Malls, Soldiers in Iraq, and U.S. Politicians
Flopping Aces — ... to the floor — only after his father urged him to do so. “This really, really is a show,” his father, Ahmed Mehanna, said afterward. Uh…no. That would be balloon boy and his father. This is different… When asked if he believed the charges against his son, he said, “No, definitely not.” Ah, yes… he’s such a good boy, his family claimed when he was arrested last year: Like clockwork, Mehanna’s family defends him as a ...

Madrassa Where Egyptian Would-Be Mall Shooter Taught Claim They Had No Idea He Was Into Jihad
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — Really? We all knew he was a jihadi a year ago. As I discussed briefly yesterday, the FBI has been watching this guy for a long time -- at least three years. He has basically committed himself to jihad since 2000 and has done little else since then besides studying up on jihad, running around with jihadis, translating jihadist manuals, and posting jihadi rants online. Check out his whole timeline here. Rusty was all over this a year ago: In addition to friends like Maldanado who has been ...