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Suspect pleads guilty in 2005 London transit bombing attempt
Manfo Kwaku Asiedu pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of conspiracy to cause explosions over the failed bomb attacks on London's subway and bus systems on June 21, 2005. Six suspects - Asiedu, Hussein Osman, Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, Ra (More) |
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UK court sentences four to life in prison for failed July 2005 transit bombings
A British judge sentenced four men convicted of conspiracy to murder for the failed bomb attacks on London's subway and bus systems on July 21, 2005 to life in prison Wednesday, saying that Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed, and (More) |
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UK court finds four guilty in 2005 London transit bombing attempts
An English court Monday found four men guilty for plotting the failed bomb attacks on London's subway and bus systems on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a similar attack killed 52 people. The jury at the Woolrich Crown Court unanimously found M (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee says he helped bomb USS Cole, Kenya US embassy
The US Department of Defense reported Monday that Guantanamo detainee Walid Muhammad Salih bin Attash admitted to collaborating on the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Kenya and the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole [Wikipedia backgrounder; US DOD inq (More) |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admits planning 9/11 at Guantanamo hearing
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , long thought to be the strategist behind the Sept.11, 2001 attacks, confessed to masterminding the 9/11 attacks during a hearing Saturday at Guantanamo Bay , according to a transcript released by the US Defense Department (More) |
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Guantanamo tribunals begin top terror suspect reviews in closed-door sessions
US military hearings on whether 14 top terror suspects formerly held in CIA secret prisons qualify as "enemy combatants" began Friday at Guantanamo Bay . Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) will determine the status of Abu Zubayd (More) |
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France jails Moroccan said to have ties to 9/11 hijackers
A Moroccan believed to have ties to two figures connected to the September 11 attacks was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday after a French criminal court found him guilty of "associating with wrongdoers in connection with a terrorist (More) |
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US rejects latest UK call to close Guantanamo Bay
The US State Department has rejected Britain's latest call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, saying the prison would remain open as long as necessary and was needed to house "some very dangerous people." UK Forei (More) |
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Terrorism Trials in the Light: A Way Ahead?
JURIST Guest Columnist John Bickers of Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, says that for all the attention being paid to the procedures proposed for new US military commissions, how those procedures are used - who is to be tried, and (More) |
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Student appears in UK court on London bombing charges
Adel Yahya, a 23-year old student, appeared in a London court Friday after being charged under the Terrorism Act of 2000 with conspiracy to cause explosions in connection with his alleged role in planning a failed series of attacks on the London t (More) |
Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812
On December 24, 1814, the "Treaty of Ghent" was signed by the United States and Great Britain, ending hostilities in the War of 1812.
Review the articles of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Learn more about the Treaty of Ghent from American, British and indigenous perspectives.
