The Cardinal

Arlington Heights Mayor-elect Thomas Hayes is safe — having completed the Boston Marathon before two explosions were detonated near the finish line at about 2:45 p.m. ET. Hayes contacted village officials from Boston’s Logan International Airport this afternoon while waiting for his flight home. Hayes completed the race before the two explosions occurred near the [...]

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Federal and local NY authorities disagree on how serious the risk of a threat regarding alleged al-Qaida sympathizer Jose Pimentel, arrested on November 20, 2011 by the New York City Police Department. Jose Pimentel, 27, also known as Muhammad Yusuf, is a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic who was allegedly plotting to bomb [...]

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Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, of Detroit, MI, and Hezem al Murisi were taken off a Chicago-to-Amsterdam United Airlines flight in the Netherlands and have been charged by Dutch police with “preparation of a terrorist attack.” The men are suspected of traveling with “mock bombs” in their luggage and were arrested Monday morning at Schiphol [...]

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Five American men were convicted on Thursday on “terror” charges by a Pakistani court and sentenced to 10 years in prison in a case that has heightened concerns about Westerners traveling to Pakistan to contact Islamist extremist groups. Five US citizens were sentenced to ten years in prison in Pakistan for contacting militant groups and [...]

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