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Alabama jihadist pleads guilty in Africa plot

April 19, 2013 19:00
By Kaija Wilkinson MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Accused jihadist Randy "Rasheed" Wilson pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to travel to Africa with another man to support efforts to "maim, murder and kidnap" in the name of Islam. Clad in a beige prison jumpsuit with his attorney at his side, Wilson quietly answered "Yes, ma'am" when Judge Kristi DuBose asked if he understood the charges against him and that he would be waiving his rights to a trial by pleading guilty.

Man who plotted to bomb New York synagogues sentenced to 10 years

March 15, 2013 14:45
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Algerian immigrant to the United States convicted under a rarely invoked New York state terror statute of plotting to blow up synagogues and churches in Manhattan was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison.

US soldier faces July 1 trial over Fort Hood massacre

February 28, 2013 19:30
A new trial date of July 1 has been set for the US Army psychiatrist accused of massacring 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, a military judge ruled Thursday. Major Nidal Hasan, who faces the death penalty, is accused of going on a shooting spree that also wounded 32 people. The shooting jolted the US military and prompted calls for stronger safeguards against possible internal security threats and "homegrown" terror attacks.

UPDATE 1-Trial date set for accused shooter at U.S. Army base

February 28, 2013 19:15
(Updates with new dateline, headline, material from hearing) By Don Bolding and Jim Forsyth FORT HOOD, Texas, Feb 28 (Reuters) - A military judge on Thursday set May 29 for the start of jury selection in the murder trial of U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.

Algerian suspect in 'Jihad Jane' case faces US extradition

February 28, 2013 18:30
By Sarah O'Connor DUBLIN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - An Irish court on Thursday began extradition hearings against an Algerian man facing two terrorism charges in the United States connected to the so-called Jihad Jane conspiracy. Ali Charaf Damache is wanted by the FBI for conspiracy in a failed international plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist whose depiction of the Prophet Mohamed with the body of dog inflamed public opinion in Muslim countries.

Accused Fort Hood shooter seeks to move trial venue

February 28, 2013 08:30
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan on Thursday will ask a military judge to move his murder trial out of Fort Hood, Texas where he is charged with killing 13 people during a shooting rampage in 2009, according to a statement from Fort Hood.

US memo gives broad legal rationale for targeted killings

February 5, 2013 11:16
A newly revealed Justice Department memo finds that US citizens believed to be senior Al-Qaeda operators may lawfully be killed, even if no intelligence shows they are actively plotting an attack. The disclosure by NBC News, which posted a link to the white paper on its web page, comes amid rising controversy over US use of drone strikes to kill Al-Qaeda suspects in Pakistan and Yemen.

Fort Hood shooting suspect seeks to remove death penalty

January 25, 2013 18:45
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Lawyers for a U.S. Army major accused of a deadly 2009 shooting spree at a Texas military post have asked for the death penalty to be disallowed in his court martial, possibly paving the way for a guilty plea in the case. Fort Hood massacre suspect Major Nidal Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder in connection with the rampage at the sprawling Central Texas Army facility.

U.S. judge OKs group prayers for Muslim inmates in Indiana

January 12, 2013 13:45
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - John Walker Lindh, known as the "American Taliban," and other Muslims housed in an Indiana prison have the right to congregate for daily group prayer sessions, a federal judge ruled on Friday. The decision by officials at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, to ban daily group prayers for Muslim inmates violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson said.

UPDATE 1-Extradited al Qaeda suspect pleads not guilty in US court

January 8, 2013 10:05
* Suspect linked to foiled plots in U.S., Britain * Faces up to life in prison if convicted * European court denied bid to block U.S. extradition By Jessica Dye NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A Pakistani man accused of taking part in an international al Qaeda plot to attack targets in the United States and Europe pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges during his first U.S. court appearance Monday in New York. Abid Naseer, 26, was extradited on Thursday from Britain to Brooklyn, New York.
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