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Canadian authorities foiled a plot hatched by two Al Qaeda-backed individuals to blow up and derail a Toronto commuter train, police said today.
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Officers swooped on three Islamic extremists Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid, and Ashik Ali who masterminded a suicide bomb plot bigger than the 7/7 atrocities
mirror.co.uk (3 months and 27 days ago)
Federal agents arrested a California man this morning in a terror sting after he allegedly tried to detonate a car bomb at an Oakland bank as part of a Taliban plot. The FBI said the explosive device that Matthew Aaron Llaneza, 28, of San Jose tried to use was not operable and posed no threat, and that Llaneza's Taliban contact was actually an undercover agent.
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For five days, reporters at the Associated Press had been sitting on a big scoop about a foiled al-Qaeda plot at the request of CIA officials. Then, in a hastily scheduled Monday morning meeting, the journalists were asked by agency officials to hold off on publishing the story for just one more day.
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mark Dreyfus says Australia's terror alert remains unchanged after Canadian authorities foiled an al-Qaeda plot to target a train.
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TWO men charged with plotting a "major terrorist plot" against a Canadian passenger train with support from Al-Qaeda elements in Iran will face court today.
dailyexpress.co.uk (1 month and 25 days ago)

Egypt says it has foiled an Al Qaeda plot to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign embassy in the country.
abc.net.au (1 month and 7 days ago)
The U.S. surveillance of telecommunications foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, the FBI said on Tuesday.
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Bail Hearing Set for Men Accused of Al Qaeda-Linked Plot to Attack TrainVIDEO: Foiled Canada Plot Sparks New Fears About Security
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A master bombmaker trained by al Qaeda was handed five life sentences today and told he may never be released unless he gives up extremism.
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