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US suspect pleads not guilty to helping plan Mumbai attacks

US suspect pleads not guilty to helping plan Mumbai attacks

A Chicago man charged with helping to lay the groundwork for the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court.

Chicago man charged in Mumbai terror attacks

Chicago man charged in Mumbai terror attacks

CHICAGO — A Chicago man accused of planning an armed attack on a Danish newspaper was charged Monday with conducting surveillance on potential targets in the Indian city of Mumbai before terrorist attacks in 2008 that killed 166 people.

Pakistan ex-army officer detained over Chicago case

Pakistan ex-army officer detained over Chicago case

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security agencies have detained a former army officer for possible links with two men arrested in Chicago on terrorism charges, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.

Lashkar-e-Taiba threat revived after US arrest

Lashkar-e-Taiba threat revived after US arrest

The arrest of two men in Chicago on terrorism charges linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba has revived fears about the Pakistani militant group’s global reach and its ability to plot attacks in India and around the world.

Mission: blow up Sears Tower; Sentence: 13 years

Mission: blow up Sears Tower; Sentence: 13 years

November 20, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — The tallest building in North America was his target. Friday in Miami he paid a high price for aiming to destroy it.

Sears Tower plotter jailed six years

Sears Tower plotter jailed six years

A judge on Wednesday handed a six-year jail sentence to one of five men accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and allegedly swearing allegiance to al-Qaeda.

Al-Qaeda videos recovered from LeT operative’s house in US

Al-Qaeda videos recovered from LeT operative’s house in US

Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) plot to launch new terror attacks in India with the help of two Pakistan-born Chicago men has taken a new turn with FBI agents recovering two inflammatory Al Qaeda videos from the house of one of them.

Smaller-Scale terrorism plots pose new and worrisome threats, officials say

Smaller-Scale terrorism plots pose new and worrisome threats, officials say

WASHINGTON — After disrupting two recent terrorism plots, American intelligence officials are increasingly concerned that extremist groups in Pakistan linked to Al Qaeda are planning smaller operations in the United States that are harder to detect but more likely to succeed than the spectacular attacks they once emphasized, senior counterterrorism officials say.
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