Articles filed under Terrorism
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Bolingbrook man pleads guilty to attempting to help ISISOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A Bolingbrook man charged last year with plotting to fly to the Middle East and join the Islamic State terrorist group, now faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading...
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Report: Bolingbrook man charged with trying to join ISIL pleads guiltyOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A young man from Bolingbrook charged with trying to join Islamic State terrorists in Syria pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times rep...
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Aid group questions U.S. version of hospital bombingOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - KUNDUZ, Afghanistan - The head of an international medical charity whose hospital in northern Afghanistan was destroyed in a U.S. airstrike says the "extensive, quite pr...
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Being a Jew in Iran means separating faith from region's tusslesOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - The Jews congregated at Tehran's Levian Synagogue recited prayers into the early hours, the men wearing skullcaps and the women flower-patterned head scarves. In a corne...
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Pearl Harbor survivor, 92, visits USS Nevada exhibitOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - RENO, Nev. - Seaman Second Class Charles T. Sehe was 18 years old when he was nearly killed aboard the USS Nevada in Pearl Harbor, and was still on the World War II batt...
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Islamic State could gain from Turkish peace rally bombingOct 11, 2015 1:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - Thousands mourned the 95 victims of Turkey's deadliest attack in years as state inspectors tried Sunday to identify who sent suicide bombers to a rally ...
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God's footsoldiers: Jewish, Muslim groups clash over sacred shrinesOct 11, 2015 1:00 am - JERUSALEM - Jewish and Muslim grassroots groups, self-declared defenders of their faiths, have played a key role in rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions, stepping up acti...
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Attorney: Army officer recommends no jail time for BergdahlOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - An Army officer is recommending that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility of jail time for leaving his post ...
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Suicide bombings kill 95 people at Ankara peace rallyOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey - Nearly simultaneous explosions targeted a Turkish peace rally Saturday in Ankara, killing at least 95 people and wounding hundreds in Turkey's deadliest...
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Cook County receives $26.5 million in anti-terrorism grantsOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has announced the county will receive nearly $26.5 million in federal grants to assist with security programs that combat te...