Muslim Extremism Events

2009 Sep 19 Federal Agents Arrest Najibullah Zazi as Suspect in Terror Probe
Federal agents on Saturday arrested a Colorado man who had been under surveillance as part of an anti-terrorism investigation that came to light in a series of New York City raids this we...
2009 Sep 25 Najibullah Zazi, Suspected of 9/11 Bombing Plot, Arrives in New York
The divorce lawyer representing the Colorado man charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction is assembling a defense team for New York criminal proceedings. Attorney Ar...
2009 Dec 28 Al Qaeda Group Claims Responsibility for Airline Bombing Attempt
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the branch of the extremist group based in Yemen, appeared to claim responsibility for the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jet, ratch...
2009 Dec 28 Barack Obama Vows Full Investigation of Attempted Plane Bombing and Review of Terrorism Watchlist
President Barack Obama yesterday ordered an urgent review of how authorities use terrorist watch-lists to foil attacks on US targets after a Nigerian allegedly tried to destroy a transatl...
2009 Dec 30 Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands to Begin Use of Full-Body Scanners on US-Bound Flights
The major international airport of the Netherlands will begin using full-body scanners on passengers flying to the United States to prevent a recurrence of the security breach that allowe...
2010 Jan 5 President Obama Meets with Security Advisors to Determine Appropriate Security Reforms in Wake of Failed Christmas-Day Bombing
U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to announce reforms to the nation's counterterrorism policies, following the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. Mr. Obama will...
2010 Jan 9 Zazi Associate Charged in New York Bombing Plot
A 25-year-old Queens College graduate who traveled to Pakistan in 2008 with the Denver airport shuttle bus driver indicted last year in a Qaeda bomb plot was charged on Saturday with cons...
2012 Mar 15 Two Uniformed Soldiers Killed and a Third Serioulsy Injured in Montauban, France
Seven people were killed and two seriously injured in three attacks in southern France over the past eight days. President Nicolas Sarkozy says the same person and same handgun were behin...