Islamic Jihad in Yemen
VOA News: Car Bomb Kills 16 Outside US Embassy in Yemen (September 17, 2008)
Guardian Unlimited: Deadly explosions rock US embassy in Yemen (September 17, 2008)
Telegraph: US Embassy Blast: 10 Die in Car Bomb...Yemen (September 17, 2008)
CNN: Al Qaeda Blamed for U.S. Embassy Attack (September 17, 2008)
PressTV (Iran): Yemeni Islamic Jihad Leader Arrested (August 28, 2008)
Yemen Post: Islamic Jihad Claims Responsibility (July 28, 2008)
YouTube: Blasts Target U.S. Embassy in Yemen (Time: 0:43)
updated 2010-07-17 10:53:25
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Amy Kucsmas
Amy Kucsmas was a 36-year-old mother of three who went missing from Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. Her body was found bound with electrical tape and rolled in carpet on July 24, 2009.
She reportedly phoned her daughter on July 11, 2009, saying she would die that night. An unknown man could be heard screaming in the background.
updated 2010-07-16 21:31:38
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Greyhound Bus Decapitation
A recording of communications between officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has appeared online. In it, an officer who was witnessing the crime in progress described the scene. Li, the perpetrator, is referred to as "Badger." The following are excerpts.
- "Badger is armed with a knife and a pair of scissors and he is defiling the body at the front of the bus as we speak."The Canadian Press: Police radio transmission in Manitoba bus slaying leaked on internet (August 1, 2008)
- "Okay, Badger's at the back of the bus, hacking off pieces and eating it."The Canadian Press: Police radio transmission in Manitoba bus slaying leaked on internet (August 1, 2008)
updated 2012-05-02 21:51:04
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Hutaree Christian Militia
The militia's website—located at hutaree.com—defines the group name Hutaree as meaning: "Christian Warrior".http://hutaree.com/ The group characterizes itself as one that is "preparing for the end time battles to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive." Also on their website is a biblical quote, from John 15:13 which reads, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S40Q20100329
The leader of the group according to the unsealed grand jury indictment order is David Brian Stone, Sr. David Stone is a resident of Clayton, Michigan and is currently 45 years old. He was included in the eight member who were already arrested.
updated 2010-07-17 10:18:37
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Gavriel Holtzberg
- Ynetnews: Parents of Chabad Emissary's Wife 'praying for Salvation' (November 27, 2008)
updated 2010-07-17 06:05:24
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Tiffany Hartley Mexico Pirates
Tiffany Hartley is a Texas woman who claims that she and her husband were attacked by Mexican pirates on Falcon Lake, near the border of the U.S. and Mexico. The 29-year-old Hartley claims the attack happened on the afternoon of Thursday, September 30, 2010, as she and her 30-year-old husband, David Hartley, were riding Jet Skis on the Mexican side of the lake. She says three speedboats began chasing them. Hartley claims that the men "shot her husband in the back of the head" and threatened her life when she tried to help him to safety.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5haMJhn6enRPZBA8z3GreQPLl8SMQD9ILR1B00?docId=D9ILR1B00 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/10/05/2010-10-05_question_swirl_around_alleged_pirate_shooting_at_mexico_lake_as_david_hartleys_b.html?r=news/national
On October 5, 2010, Hartley and other family members made several media appearances, appealing to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for help. They say the Mexican authorities haven't done enough to try and recover David Hartley's body. In an interview on NBC's Today show, Tiffany Hartley said the gunman sped off after the shooting. She told Today host Meredith Viera that when she realized she couldn't get her husband onto her own Jet Ski, she sped toward the Texas side of the lake and called 911 for help.http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20018583-503544.html http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39515440/ns/today-today_people/ According to the Associated Press, Texas authorities have said that "several fishermen were robbed at gunpoint earlier this ...
updated 2010-10-08 23:43:59
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Robert Silvester Gregorec
Robert Silvester Gregorec has been charged in the stabbing of fellow shopper Jerry Usele in an Australian shopping mall parking lot. The stabbing occurred on August 7, 2008 near Sydney, Australia. Reportedly, the stabbing happened after a fight over a parking space and was witnessed by several people.
updated 2010-07-17 20:24:23
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Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
Prior to the U.S. Embassy bombings, Ghailani served as an explosives expert for al Qaeda. He purchased supplies and bomb-making materials for al Qaeda for the bombings and left Africa one day before the Dar Es Salaam bombing on August 7, 1988. The bombings, which also occurred in Nairobi, Kenya, killed hundreds of people. Ghailani was indicted for his role in the attacks on December 16, 1998.
Ghailani then worked as a line soldier, cook and in the document forgery office for al Qaeda in Afghanistan. He was taken into custody by police on Pakistan on July 25, 2004. Ghailani was transferred to U.S. custody in 2005 and placed in the Guantanamo Bay the following year. Official charges came in 2008, with Ghailani facing several counts of murder, conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism.
updated 2010-07-16 20:58:27
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Tang Yongming
47-year-old Tang Yongming attacked two tourists and their tour guide at the Drum Tower in Beijing on the first full day of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Yongming jumped off of the building after stabbing a relative of the 2008 Olympic Volleyball team's coach to death and injuring his wife and their Chinese tour guide.
