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Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves

- Michael A. Sheehan defies the conventional wisdom and argues the money the U.S. has spent to protect the nation has been wasted while still leaving it vulnerable to attack.

Animal Extremist Attacks

- Track when, where, and how animal rights extremists attack their targets from 1997 to the present using a new interactive map created by the Foundation for Biomedical Research.

Pakistan: More than 20 Men Return Home to U.K. After Training with Al Qaeda and Taliban

- Pakistani intelligence has warned the British government that more than 20 young British men that trained with al Qaeda and the Taliban have returned home, sparking fears of another July 7 terror campaign, SkyNews.com reports.

Al Qaeda Terrorism Manual Surfaces on Web Site

- Terrorism researchers recently discovered a terrorism recruitment manual drafted by al Qaeda on a popular jihadi Web site that may give insight into the strength and strategy of the terrorist organization, according to National Public Radio (NPR).

Some Missing Suspected Somali-American Militants Found on Facebook

- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found some of the 20 or so Somali-American men missing from the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area, who are believed to have gone to fight in Somalia's civil war, on the popular social networking Web site, Facebook, according to Fox News.

Fear of Online Radicalization Overblown, Report Says

- The idea that the Internet plays a disproportionate role in extremist radicalization is seriously flawed, according to a new report from the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence, a multinational think tank.

Somali Terror Group May Recruit in the U.S., Witnesses Say

- Experts today told Congress that a suicide attack carried out by a Somali-American youth in Somalia could mean that a terror group based there is recruiting in the United States, raising the specter of homegrown terrorism.

Politicians in U.K., Northern Ireland Say Peace Process is Secure After Soldiers' Murders

- British and Northern Irish government officials have condemned the murder of two British soldiers by Irish republican dissidents in Northern Ireland on Saturday. The groups have vowed not to let the bloodshed destroy the peace process between Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant populations.

Experts Explain the Threats Facing Afghanistan and Pakistan to Lawmakers

- Experts yesterday outlined three important things lawmakers should know as the United States fights Taliban militants and al Qaeda terrorists inside Afghanistan and Pakistan and along the two countries’ borders.

Terrorists Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Pakistan

- In an audacious commando-style raid reminiscent of the November attacks against Mumbai, terrorists in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday attacked a bus full of Sri Lankan cricket players wounding seven players and killing eight, mostly police officers.

Algeria Makes Progress Against Local al Qaeda Group, Official Says

- Algerian security forces have killed 120 militants linked to a local al Qaeda affiliate and detained 322 over the past six months, according to a high-level government official, the Associated Press reports.

Limits to the War on Terror

- The U.S. Navy has found that using the "War on Terror" as a justification to seize land in North Carolina just doesn't cut it anymore.

Muslims Best Way to Stop Radicalization in U.S., Report Says

- The administration of President Barack Obama should work more closely with Muslim communities to counter homegrown radicalization in extremist forms of Islam represented by al Qaeda and its allies, according to a new report from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.