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Terrorism

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    St. Louis FBI Leader Steps Down

    The leading federal crime fighter in the St. Louis region has stepped down, KMOX reports. Special Agent in Charge Dennis L. Baker put in his last day on Friday, having reached the bureau's mandatory retirement age of 57. Baker took over the St. Louis Division in November of 2010 after his predeces ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Never Forget: 9/11 Memorials, Events in STL This Sunday

    There will be 3,000 flags planted in Forest Park to honor the dead.​ On September 11, 2001, the country was shaken by terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Ten years later, St. Louis is coming together to remember -- and pay homage both to those lost in the attacks and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    9/11 Anniversary Brings Questionable Food Tributes

    Wikimedia CommonsWe will never forget. Unless we overdo it on the 9/11 commemorative wine.​In the decade since the 9/11 terror attacks, there's been no shortage of commemoration. Some touching and beautiful. Others ham-fisted but heartfelt. And some that were blatantly out to make a buck on a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2011

    Displeasure Cruise

    Wikimedia CommonsWe will never forget. Unless we overdo it on the 9/11 commemorative wine.​In the decade since the 9/11 terror attacks, there's been no shortage of commemoration. Some touching and beautiful. Others ham-fisted but heartfelt. And some that were blatantly out to make a buck on a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Displeasure Cruise

    Wikimedia CommonsWe will never forget. Unless we overdo it on the 9/11 commemorative wine.​In the decade since the 9/11 terror attacks, there's been no shortage of commemoration. Some touching and beautiful. Others ham-fisted but heartfelt. And some that were blatantly out to make a buck on a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Roy Blunt Confirms: Osama Bin Laden is Dead

    Blunt agrees. Bin Laden is dead.​U.S. Senator Roy Blunt yesterday viewed the photos of Osama bin Laden taken after Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida leader this month in Pakistan. In a statement yesterday, Blunt said the pictures leave no doubt. "The pictures were conclusive, along with the DNA evid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Obama Won't Release Death Photo of Osama bin Laden

    President Barack Obama says "we don't need to spike the football" in explaining why his administration won't release photos of Osama bin Laden showing the al-Qaida leader after he was fatally shot in the head. Conspiracy theorists, start your engines...

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Obama Kills Osama! President OK's Raid That Kills al-Qaida Leader

    Osama bin Laden died yesterday following a U.S. raid in Pakistan.​Well, that only took 3,519 days. What began on September 11, 2001, and grew to become the biggest manhunt ever known to mankind ended yesterday in a suburban compound deep inside Pakistan. That's where an elite team of U.S. military ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Poll: Does Death of Osama bin Laden Make the World Safer?

    Will his death create more violence?​The State Department has issued a worldwide travel advisory for Americans following the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. forces yesterday. For now, at least, it's unclear what bin Laden's death might mean for al-Qaida, the terrorist group he helped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    About Those Virgins Promised to Osama bin Laden

    Today's comment of the day comes in response to our coverage of Osama bin Laden's death yesterday at the hands of an elite U.S. military force. Unlike Rush Limbaugh, reader "Kitty" wasn't about to give President Barack Obama one iota of credit for bin Laden's death. But, wow, can Kitty come up with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Aaron Johnson: Man Threatens To "Blow Up" St. Louis IRS Facility Prior to Tax Day

    Think you hate paying taxes? You don't hold a candle to Aaron Johnson of St. Louis County. Yesterday the 20-year-old Johnson pleaded guilty in federal court to calling an IRS facility in south St. Louis County and threatening to "blow it up." According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the threat was m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Dennis L. Baker: New Boss of St. Louis FBI

    Dennis Baker​The FBI this morning announced that Dennis L. Baker will take over as "special agent in charge" of the agency's St. Louis division. Baker replaces Roland Corvington, who served just 11 months in the position before retiring to take over as the director of public safety for Saint Louis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Mohamud Abdi Yusuf: St. Louis Taxi Driver Accused of Funding Somali Terrorists

    Yusuf and his accomplices were believed to be in contact with Aden Hashi Ayrow (above), the leader of al-Shabaab until his death in May 2008 from a missle attack.​A man who immigrated to St. Louis from Somalia and worked as a driver for Express Airport Cab has been charged with funding a terrorist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Khalid Ouazzani: Missouri Man Admits Funneling Money to Al Qaeda

    Khalid Ouazzani​An auto-parts dealer from Kansas City yesterday pleaded guilty to sending $23,000 to the terrorist group, al Qaeda. Khalid Ouazzani, a 32-year-old Moroccan immigrant, sold his Truman Used Auto Parts in August 2007 and donated $6,500 from the proceeds to al Qaeda. Months earlier -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Senator Kit Bond Gets Frothy Over 'Terrorists' and 'Rights'

    John McCain managed quite a feat this week: He somehow got both Glenn Beck and John Stewart to agree with each other. The issue? How flat-out wrong the Arizona senator is when he says that U.S.-born people merely suspected of being terrorists should be denied their Miranda rights. Agree with McCain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Webster University to Host 9-11 Conspiracy Theorist

    David Ray Griffin​Controversial author David Ray Griffin is scheduled to speak at Webster University this month. Griffin, a former theology and religion professor from California has penned numerous conspiracy tomes surrounding the New York City attack of September 11, 2001. On Thursday, April 29, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Mo. State Senator Gary Nodler Doesn't Want Gay Troops to Offend Islamic Nations

    Gary Nodler: Leader of a queer debate in Jeff City.​Updated 11:50 a.m.Gary Nodler just called Daily RFT to inform us that Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger got the context of his argument wrong during yesterday's committee meeting debating whether or not gays should be allowed to openly serve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Odds of Dying in Terrorist Attack on Airline: 1 in 25 million; Struck by Lightning: 1 in 500,000

    ​The Wall Street Journal had a compelling essay this weekend about the hysteria surrounding the attempted bombing of a Christmas Day flight into Detroit and the subsequent tightening of airline security. In his article "Undressing the Terrorist Threat", author Paul Campos (a law professor at Unive ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 6, 2009

    Featured Review: Joel Meyerowitz, Vintage/Modern: Color Work 1976-2008

    ​The Wall Street Journal had a compelling essay this weekend about the hysteria surrounding the attempted bombing of a Christmas Day flight into Detroit and the subsequent tightening of airline security. In his article "Undressing the Terrorist Threat", author Paul Campos (a law professor at Unive ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Guantánamo's Final Days: America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

    ​The Wall Street Journal had a compelling essay this weekend about the hysteria surrounding the attempted bombing of a Christmas Day flight into Detroit and the subsequent tightening of airline security. In his article "Undressing the Terrorist Threat", author Paul Campos (a law professor at Unive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    A Stiff Drink (or Ten) for Bush's Last Day

    I just can't envision myself, you know, the big straw hat and a Hawaiian shirt sitting on some beach. Particularly since I quit drinking.- President George W. Bush at his final press conference, 1.12.09This is the most self-aware statement our soon-to-be former president has ever uttered. Not only ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Medina Wasl, USA

    The ultimate war game

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    Why Does Dunkin' Donuts Hate America?

    The ultimate war game

  • Film

    April 16, 2008

    Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1

    The ultimate war game

  • News

    April 9, 2008

    Captain America

    Navy SEAL Eric Greitens has come home to St. Louis to help fellow Iraq vets.

  • Music

    January 16, 2008

    James McMurtry

    9:30 p.m. Friday, January 18. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    A Questionable Use of Chicken (Part 1 of 2)

    9:30 p.m. Friday, January 18. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2007

    Guilty Pleasures

    9:30 p.m. Friday, January 18. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • News

    May 2, 2007

    Mid-America Jihad?

    Leaders of a now-defunct international aid charity face charges of funneling money to Iraq.

  • News

    December 20, 2006

    Talk Radio

    In the case of a disaster, St. Louis police will need the whole region on the same wavelength.

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    "You hide behind the First Amendment...trying to get your worthless message across to any high-school-dropout, drug-using anal-copulation queen who will read it."

    Week of August 17, 2006

  • Film

    August 9, 2006

    One Day in September

    A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in the rubble of the Twin Towers.

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    What If . . .

    A cadre of Missourians stand at the vanguard of the 9/11 "truth movement." Just don't call them conspiracy theorists.

  • Film

    April 26, 2006

    Fear of Flying

    You may not want to see United 93, but you should

  • Film

    November 16, 2005

    Film Openings

    You may not want to see United 93, but you should

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Gadfly

    Thomas Diehl

  • Film

    June 23, 2004

    George of the Bungle

    Michael Moore goes Bushwhacking in Fahrenheit 9/11

  • Culture

    July 30, 2003

    You, Spy

    Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Blow Up

    If you must drop a bomb, drop it here -- not there

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    Does It Bother You That We're on Color-Coded Alerts?

    Week of February 26, 2003

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Osama bin Hidin' II

    Week of April 3, 2002

  • Culture

    January 2, 2002

    Rescue 9/11

    This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

  • Culture

    November 21, 2001

    War on War Books

    Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

  • Culture

    October 31, 2001

    Hell of a Long Day

    24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    Look Who Didn't Trust the Feds

    A blast from the past in the war on terrorism

  • Culture

    October 3, 2001

    The Brave & the Bold

    On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

  • Film

    September 19, 2001

    Amused to Death

    How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    Pledging Allegiance

    All of a sudden, some immigrants are compelled to show their patriotism

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    Knowledge Gained the Hard Way

    Just a week ago, we were so very different

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    An Act of War, Not a Crime

    This is no time to be wringing our hands. We have to treat this as an act of war.

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