Bin Laden’s son-in-law convicted of conspiring to kill Americans

March 26, 2014   NEW YORK — In a quick decision, a jury convicted Osama bin Laden‘s son-in-law of conspiring to kill Americans in his role as the angry voice of Al Qaeda after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Sulaiman abu Ghaith, 48, faces life in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 8. The case has given…

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Ex-al-Qaida spokesman recalls 9/11 with bin Laden

March 19, 2014   NEW YORK — Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law offered a rare glimpse of the al-Qaida leader in the hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, recounting during surprise testimony Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom how the two met that night in a cave in Afghanistan. “Did you learn about what happened … the…

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Jury Selection Begins at Trial of Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law

March 4, 2014   In the days and weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, a Kuwaiti-born cleric, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, became a familiar figure in propaganda videos for Al Qaeda, appearing in some with Osama bin Laden, and other times alone, issuing blistering threats against the United States. “The storms shall not stop, especially the airplanes storm,”…

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The FIFA permits the wearing of the headscarf; the wrath of French football

March 1, 2014   The option to wear the headscarf or turban has officially been approved within the practice of football, the FIFA announced on March 1st. At the request of certain Muslim countries, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which handles legal aspects of football, had agreed to a tentative trial allowing the headscarf…

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Dutch Court Releases Two Men in Pending Syria Case

February 4, 2014   A court in the Netherlands has released two young men from custody, pending their trial. The two men (aged 26 and 21) were arrested in Germany in August, allegedly en route to Syria to fight in the civil war. The public prosecution claims this means the men were preparing to take…

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