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Military Judge Revives Plea Deals for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind, Accomplices

The Epoch Times 07 Nov 2024
... civilians, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, murder in violation of the law of war, hijacking or hazarding a vessel or aircraft, and terrorism in an attack on U.S.
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Pentagon chief says he has not changed position on Guantanamo Bay plea deals

Colorado Springs Gazette 07 Nov 2024
By Idrees Ali. MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S ... 11 attacks and two accomplices held at the U.S ... Mohammed is accused of masterminding the plot to fly hijacked commercial passenger aircraft into the World Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon.
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Kenyan Man Convicted of Plotting 9/11-Style Attack on Behalf of Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorists

The Epoch Times 05 Nov 2024
A federal jury in New York has convicted a Kenyan national for participating in a plot to hijack a commercial aircraft and crash it into a ...
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Man convicted in 9/11-style plot to kill Americans

The Hill 05 Nov 2024
“After training with al Shabaab for months with AK-47 assault rifles and explosives at a series of safe houses in Somalia, Abdullah participated in a plot to hijack a commercial aircraft and crash it ...
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Kenyan man is convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the US

Times Union 05 Nov 2024
building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and slam it into a building, according to court records ... .
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Kenyan man convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on U.S.

Canoe 05 Nov 2024
Story continues below ... Article content ... Back to video ... Play Video. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and slam it into a building, according to court records ... .
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Hoax calls: The new threat to the aviation industry

Hindustan Times 04 Nov 2024
Now some terror groups have discovered that for attacks not connected with demands like the release of prisoners in an exchange or ransom money, a hijacking or destruction of aircraft is not required.
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NORAD air defense exercise scheduled off Sarasota, Venice coastline today

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 29 Oct 2024
The aircraft participating in the exercise ... NORAD routinely conducts exercises with a variety of scenarios, including airspace restriction violations, hijackings and responses to unknown aircraft.
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Fictional presidents played by Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman poll best against Harris and Trump: Poll

The Hill 29 Oct 2024
... "Air Force One" character, President James Marshall — who famously saved passengers aboard the presidential aircraft from hijackers in the 1997 action flick — if he was running in the 2024 race.
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The terrifying true story behind Netflix

The Daily Mail 24 Oct 2024
hijack the aircraft, take all 193 passengers hostage and force the government to bend to their demands ... For four days, authorities held off on entering the aircraft - fearing the hijackers may detonate a bomb.
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Amid bomb threats, Indian airlines revise assessment protocol

The Siasat Daily 22 Oct 2024
Earlier, the second officer said, if the threat message carried the specific number of the flight, such a claim was categorised “specific” and all counter-terrorist and anti-hijack ...
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Vistara flight from Frankfurt to Mumbai receives security threat on social media; safety protocols taken

Beijing News 17 Oct 2024
Sky Marshals are armed plainclothes security officers who travel on passenger aircraft ... Sky marshals travel with loaded firearms/weapons in passenger (commercial) aircraft and can also take action in the aircraft to prevent hijacking.
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IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Delhi diverted after bomb threat, 12th incident in 2 days

Hindustan Times 16 Oct 2024
Sky Marshals are armed plainclothes security officers who travel on passenger aircraft ... Sky marshals travel with loaded firearms/weapons in passenger (commercial) aircraft and can also take action in the aircraft to prevent hijacking.
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Bomb threats to flights increasing, centre to double deployment of Air Marshals on 'sensitive routes'

Beijing News 16 Oct 2024
Sky Marshals are armed plainclothes security officers who travel on passenger aircraft ... Sky marshals travel with loaded firearms/weapons in passenger (commercial) aircraft and can also take action in the aircraft to prevent hijacking.
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Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight returns to Delhi after 'security alert'

Beijing News 16 Oct 2024
The aircraft was isolated, and all passengers were safely disembarked ... Sky marshals travel with loaded firearms/weapons in passenger (commercial) aircraft and can also take action in the aircraft to prevent hijacking.

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