Zakariya “Zak” Boyd, 22, pleaded to a single count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Boyd faces up to 15 years in prison. Boyd’s father, Daniel, pleaded guilty in February. Daniel Boyd was described by prosecutors as the ringleader of a conspiracy aimed at supporting and participating…
Ahmed Khalfan, a terrorism suspect captured in Pakistan in 2004 and held in secret CIA prisons in addition to Guantanamo, is going to trial in Manhattan and is requesting all charges be dropped. His lawyers claim that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated. “This motion asks one primary question. Can national security…
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19-year-old Jordanian, had a 20-minute hearing at the Dallas federal courthouse Friday, September 24. Smadi has been accused of terrorism after attempting to bomb the Fountain Plaza office tower in Dallas, Texas. Judge Irma Ramirez set a probable cause hearing for October 5.
The Canada Border Services Agency told the Canadian Federal Court that a terror suspect’s Ottawa house was raided last month to see if he was complying with bail conditions. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says Mr. Harkat, a refugee from Algeria, is an Islamic extremist and member of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. Sixteen border…
al-Qaeda’s North African wing has threatened to kill a British tourist taken hostage in the Sahara unless the radical cleric and terrorism suspect Abu Qatada is released within 20 days. The kidnapped man was among four European tourists seized in January after their convoy was ambushed near the border of Niger and Mali, where they…
