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FBI Foils Plot to Bomb Federal Reserve Building in New York

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:10:59 +0000

A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel.

The explosives, however, were fake.

David Letterman Threatened on Jihadist Website [VIDEO]

Jade Walker — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:08:14 +0000

The FBI is investigating a threat made against talk show host David Letterman on a popular Internet destination for radical Muslims. A frequent contributor to the Shumuka al-Islam forum, a jihadist website, issued the threat in response to a joke the 64-year-old comic made on his CBS program ‘The Late Show With David Letterman.’ The [...]

30 American Troops Killed in Afghanistan After Taliban Attack on Helicopter

Z94 — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:50:33 +0000

Editor's Note: This post has been updated to reflect that 30 American troops were killed in the attack, rather than 31, as initially reported.

Taliban insurgents shot down an American military helicopter in Afghanistan Saturday, killing 30 American troops, 7 Afghan commandos, and an interpreter multiple news outlets are reporting.