France to stop citizens joining Syria war

April 24, 2014  Proposed measures include a dedicated hotline and stripping people of French nationality as deterrence and punishment. France has unveiled steps to stop its citizens from joining the Syrian civil war and prevent young French Muslims from posing a threat to their home country. France, which has been a staunch opponent of Syrian President…

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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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Briton sentenced to life in prison for drug smuggling

March 18, 2014   Khadija Shah, a 26-year-old British woman of Pakistani descent, was sentenced to life in prison in Pakistan on Tuesday after being convicted of trying to smuggle 63 kilograms of heroin out of the country. According to reports, Shah was arrested at the Islamabad airport in May 2012 after the heroin was discovered…

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Retrial Begins for Woman Convicted of Terrorism Charges in the Netherlands

February 15, 2014   The case of Soumaya S – given a four year jail term in 2008 for terrorism, and about whose conviction there are now serious doubts – is now being heard in an Amsterdam court, according to the Telegraaf. The Supreme Court ordered a retrial of her case in 2011, following claims…

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Man Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charge in Terrorism Case

February 20, 2014   Five days before his trial was to start, a Manhattan man accused of planning to wage a personal jihad against the United States with pipe bombs pleaded guilty on Wednesday to reduced charges in a deal with prosecutors. The man, Jose Pimentel, was facing state terrorism charges for building an inexpensive pipe bomb…

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