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Officials Hope Arrest of Carlos Sends Message : Mideast: Capture may have little effect on terrorist acts. But it could pressure nations harboring extremists.
August 16, 1994 | ROBIN WRIGHT and KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Although the arrest of Carlos the Jackal is unlikely to affect international terrorism directly, American counterterrorism officials said Monday that they hope the capture of the infamous terrorist will send a message to extremists around the world. "We hope they understand that the international community does not forget," a senior U.S. official said. "However long it takes, they will be brought to justice." Since the wave of anti-U.S.
WORLD
Terror data convictions overturned
February 14, 2008 | From Times Wire Reports
A British appeals court overturned the convictions of five students jailed in July for downloading information on bomb-making and terrorism from the Internet. The judges said evidence failed to support the prosecutors' case that the men planned to use the material "to incite the commission of terrorist acts." Those freed were Bradford University students Akbar Butt, Awaab Iqbal, Aitzaz Zafar and Usman Ahmed Malik, and London high school student Mohammed Irfan Raja. Prosecutors said police who searched the men's computers found a U.S. military guide giving instructions on how to make explosive devices and a suicide bombing manual.
OPINION
My brother, the 'terrorist'
May 24, 2007 | Caroline Paul, CAROLINE PAUL is a writer who lives in San Francisco.
MY BROTHER IS considered one of the biggest domestic terrorists in the country. You probably haven't heard of him, and I think that's odd. After all, he's dangerous. He's trying to overthrow our country. He "doesn't like our freedoms," or so President Bush has said of terrorists in general, so I suppose that applies to my brother too. Let me tell you a little bit about him. He likes the History Channel. He's a Trekkie. He cried (in secret) at the corny 1980s movie "Turtle Diary."
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Influential Mideast bank accused of funding militants
March 4, 2007 | Josh Meyer, Times Staff Writer
A three-year investigation into the activities of one of the Middle East's largest and most influential banks is producing extensive evidence of how tens of millions of dollars have flowed from wealthy Saudi Arabians to Palestinian groups that allegedly used some of the money to pay off suicide bombers and their survivors.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
False Terrorist Accusations Alleged
March 10, 2006 | Greg Krikorian, Times Staff Writer
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted two men in separate cases on charges that they falsely accused associates of planning terrorist acts in the United States. Juan Peter Delgado, 33, of Los Angeles was arrested Thursday morning by FBI agents for allegedly making a false threat two years ago that methamphetamine had been placed in Arrowhead bottled water by an employee of the company. The hoax, according to the U.S.
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