Terrorism

FBI says it disrupted Minnesota terror plot [MUGSHOT]

Buford Rogers, a 24-year-old Montevideo resident, was arrested last Friday after a search of his mobile home park residence turned up Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs, and guns.SEE ALSO: Racist planned to attack St. Paul's Mexican consulate, spur immigration debate, FBI saysToday, the FBI sai ... More >>

The Terrorists Next Door

National security laws have transformed America's most vulnerable immigrants into terrorists

Michele Bachmann comes out in favor of torture

David Gregory and Michele Bachmann on Meet the Press this weekend. ​Michele Bachmann longs for the good ol' days. You know, back when George W. Bush ran this country, and terms like "health care reform" and "stimulus package" were distant from our everyday vocabularies. Back when a man could ... More >>

FBI wants DNA proof of third Minnesota Somali suicide bomber

This is the first message which has encouraged Somali-Americans to declare war at home.​Abdisalan Ali is thought to be the young man from Minneapolis who killed himself and at least 10 others in a Mogadishu suicide attack. But some who've listened to the recording which is supposedly Ali's last vi ... More >>

Somali suicide bomber from Minneapolis: "Do Jihad in America"

Somali's civil war claims another Minnesotan.​A suicide bomber who blew himself up in Mogadishu yesterday in an attack that killed 10 had traveled to Somalia from Minneapolis in 2008.Abdisalan Ali had emigrated to Minnesota with his family when he was 2 years old, but was among 20 local youths who ... More >>

Amina Ali, Hawo Hassan found guilty on terrorism charges

amina Ali was convicted on 13 felony counts.​Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan, the two Rochester women accused of providing material support to Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab, have been found guilty on all counts by a Minneapolis jury.Hassan was convicted on three counts, while the jury found Ali ... More >>

Amina Ali, accused supporter of Somali terrorists, complains of bad treatment in jail

​Amina Ali knew she was supporting al-Shabaab; that much is certain. What her trial will determine is what she knew about al-Shabaab.These revelations came during yesterday's opening statements in the case of Ali and Hawo Hassan, two Rochester women on trial in U.S. District Court in St. ... More >>

Amina Ali arrested in court for refusing to stand for judge

​Amina Farah Ali might be facing trial for giving material support to terrorist groups. But that doesn't mean she's going to stand up if she doesn't feel like it.Ali, the 35-year-old woman accused of funneling money to Somali militant group al-Shabaab, was arrested in court this morning after refu ... More >>

Minnesota Department of Health confirms rare and dangerous case of anthrax

WikipediaRecovery from these evil looking bacterium can take months. ​Officials from the FBI and the Minnesota Department of Health have been working together to figure out how a patient in a local hospital came down with a case of extremely rare inhalation anthrax. Due to patient confidentiality ... More >>

Farah Mohamed Beledi confirmed by FBI as Somali suicide bomber

Farah Mohamed Beledi fled the Twin Cities in 2009​The FBI is confirming that 27-year-old Farah Mohamed Beledi of St. Paul was one of two men who died in a Mogadishu suicide attack last week. He fled Minnesota in 2009 to join the al-Shabaab terrorist group. Beledi was one of 13 Twin Cities me ... More >>

Al-Shabaab claims Abdullahi Ahmed, of Minnesota, carried out Somalia suicide attack

WikipediaAl-Shabaab has been linked to Minnesota before.​Al-Shabaab, the Islamic terrorist group allied with al-Qaeda, is reporting on its website that a Somali American from Minnesota, 25-year-old Abdullahi Ahmed, blew himself up during a car bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Globa ... More >>

Everything you thought you knew about the killing of Osama bin Laden is wrong

A story too good to be true?​The story of the killing of Osama bin Laden at the hands of Navy SEALS would have been compelling stuff in its own right. But it turns out the story ain't quite what it used to be. Here are the big headlines you probably thought were true about bin Laden's killing -- ... More >>

Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ellison, celebrate Osama Bin Laden's death

​Heading off what we assume will be the inevitable attacks from right field about American Muslims not rejoicing in a sufficiently patriotic manner over the death of Osama bin Laden, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a formal statement today from the gro ... More >>

Keith Ellison breaks down in tears at Muslim hearings [VIDEO]

Ellison breaks down.​Rep. Keith Ellison spent weeks deriding the congressional hearings that opened today on radical Muslims, orchestrated by Rep. Peter King of New York, as little more than an attempt to spread fear and hatred of a religious minority. When it came his turn to testify and de ... More >>

Bob Fletcher Terrorism Briefs

Ramsey County sheriff releases records to City Pages

Bob Fletcher provides missing terrorism briefs to City Pages

City PagesFletcher provided these terrorism briefs to City Pages to prove he wasn't lying​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher has given City Pages a batch of documents he says are some of the terrorism briefs he has been accused of lying about creating.The documents--some marked "Confidentia ... More >>

Abdi Mahdi Hussein charged with terrorism for aiding Al-Shabaab

Somalis are waging war on themselves with money sent from here​Three more Somalis have been charged with funneling money to the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab. One of the men was arrested Monday in Minneapolis. Abdi Mahdi Hussein, who works for a remittance company, is accused of conspiring wi ... More >>

Shirwa Ahmed, Somali jihadist from Twin Cities, in new terrorism report

U.S. officials consider Al-Shabab in Somalia a terrorist threat, even here​Just in time for the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a bipartisan think tank has issued a report on how terrorism has changed since 2001. And the Somali men who disappeared from the Twin Cities to play a prominen ... More >>

60 Minutes probes Somali terror ties in Minnesota

​60 Minutes yesterday featured an extensive probe into Minnesota's "Little Mogadishu" as a recruiting ground for fighters in the Somali civil war.After leading with the recently bungled Times Square bombing by an American citizen of Pakistani descent, CBS segued into a hard look at the case of 20 ... More >>

Terrorism charges against eight more MN Somalis

Federal prosecutors unsealed the charges against the men today. That brings the total number of Minnesota men charged in the Somali terrorism probe to 14.

Dead Al-Qaida suspect had ties to missing Minn. Somalis

U.S. Special Forces killed a man Monday in Somalia suspected of being a link between al-Qaida in Pakistan and the militia targeted for recruiting Minnesota Somalis to return to fight.

Teenager goes on day-long trek to collect essentials: car, laptop, porn

Wednesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Minneapolis Somalis testifying before Congress

As the FBI continues to investigate Islamist extremists recruiting young Somali men in the Twin Cities, two Minneapolis Somalis are scheduled to testify before Congress.

Guantanamo's final days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp and Jihad looms

Will Potter

Newsweek: Were Minnesota Somalis recruited for jihad?

Multi-Perspective 'Vantage Point' Is Mega-Annoying

The presidential assassination thriller is like watching 24 cliffhangers and recaps

Crossing Borders

The agent who ordered the arrest of "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui joins a law firm known for its aggressive defense of immigrant rights

Tutu's "anti-Semitic" speech

Everything We Know About Security Is Wrong

So says counterterrorism contrarian Bruce Schneier. And the transportation security administration is listening.

The Battle of Guantánamo Bay

Attorney Joe Margulies on his new Gitmo book—and his Supreme Court win over the Bush crew

One Day in September

A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in 'World Trade Center'

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

The Zapruder film? It was faked. The Wellstone crash? It was a hit. 9/11? An inside job. Tumbling down the rabbit hole with professional philosopher Jim Fetzer.

Airport '01

'United 93' flies the unfriendly skies

Minneapolis FBI: See no Evil

Bin Laden's Game

Most officials thought last month's Osama bin Laden tape was no big deal— maybe even a gesture of weakness. Author and ex-CIA analyst Michael Scheuer, who founded the Agency's bin Laden unit 10 years ago, thinks they're dead wrong.

Louder Than Bombs

A Palestinian filmmaker records the tick-tick before the bang

U.S. forces fight Zombie army in Iraq: How many "top lieutenants" can a man have?

Iraq a hotbed for terrorists

Theater of Cruelty

'Arna's Children' takes its drama to the streets

FBI Whistleblowers: A Short List

Five other agents and employees who spoke out

9/11-Another Minnesota Connection?

Nancy Hanlon says she met and talked with one of the 9/11 hijackers in a Rochester, Minnesota bar just weeks before the attack. Is it true? There's no telling for sure. Is her story plausible? Yes.

A Child's ABCs of Terrorism

Bring 'em On!

The Bush administration's top 40 lies about war and terrorism

The Other War

The Bush administration & the end of civil liberties

The Two Towers

Spike Lee's '25th Hour' rings in the new New York

Freedom Fighters

Coming to a capitol near you: The Patriot Act Junior

Blaming the Somalis

Are local immigrants unwittingly funding Al Qaeda? The numbers just don't add up.

Nuclear Freeze

Terrorism puts industry self-regulation on ice

Terrorism Today

A primer on avoiding yesterday's war