Results tagged “alqaeda”

A 26-year old Ashland man who planned to attack the Pentagon and Capitol building as part of a violent "jihad" against the United States was arrested today. Rezwan Ferdaus is an American citizen educated at Northeastern and he wanted to carry out an assault using a remote-controlled aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives. Ferdaus detailed his plan to a cooperating witness in a recorded conversation in January of 2010. more ›

Senator Scott Brown faces questions today regarding his now false assertion that he saw the pictures of the quite dead Osama bin Laden. Democrats have seized on what is certainly embarrassing, and the Boston Herald has rolled out the ultimate insult: Brown is being compared to Dan Quayle. (This is possibly worse that Quayle's blunders.) more ›

Terrorism remains a threat to the United States, according to Senator Scott Brown. On Saturday, Brown confirmed that the intelligence briefings he has received since he joined the Senate in February illustrate his statement. Brown's briefings came from his membership on the Armed Services and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees. He said: more ›

• Americans spend 8.5 hours a day on screens, getting 61 minutes of advertising exposure. [NYT]
• Teens can pick from 10,000 new summer jobs from the state through YouthWorks. [WBZ]
• Obama makes plans to shake up Afghanistan and Pakistan, intensifying opposition to Al Qaeda and the Taliban with 4000 more troops. [NYT]

Bostonist tries not to comment on matters with no local connection, but something is bothering us and we have to bring it up. Listening to NPR this morning, all we could hear about is how U.S. forces have killed the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. There was endless analysis from all manner of experts on what this will mean for the ongoing conflict in Iraq and for President Bush, but there was one crucial question that no one seemed to be asking: Has anyone seen tenor Luciano Pavarotti lately? more ›

Just as national politics is a sport in which our liberal Commonwealth is mostly a spectator, the war on terror seems lately to be something with only weird, oblique connections to our everyday life. Sure, several years ago it was all about Boston - one of the 9/11 planes left from here, and we had the shoe-bomber trial. But these days, it's never so clear-cut: Planes headed to Boston get diverted to other places to... more ›

Bostonist awoke this morning to breaking news of the latest terrorist attack hitting the London transportation system. Beginning in the height of rush hour traffic, the bombs exploded in several different areas of the Underground, as well as one double-decker bus; officials say that at least 10 people have died with over 90 casualities thus far. The entire London transporation system has been shut down and government officials have told city residents to stay where... more ›