Culture Buzz Terrorist masterminds or Occupy Wall Street rejects? These five suspects, arrested today by the FBI, are charged with conspiracy and attempted use of explosive materials. Here are their mugshots and the details of their case.
Culture Buzz The joy! The terror! The photoshopped teeth! (via reddit.com)
Politics Buzz VICE reporter Sherif Elhelwa snapped some pics of the Al Qaeda flag flying atop the Benghazi courthouse where the Libyan revolution started. Elhelwa was later told by a guard, “Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut off his tongue.”
Culture Buzz Stunning images and stories make Time Magazine's superb “Beyond 9/11” stand out among the many tributes remembering the 10th year anniversary of the September 11th attacks. More at Time Magazine. (via time.com)
Culture Buzz Anders Behring Breivik has been identified as the man in police custody who is believed to be responsible for the bombing in Oslo that killed at least 7 and the shooting rampage at a youth camp on Utoya Island that has left at least 85 dead. Breivik is 32 and known to have right-leaning, nationalist, anti-Islamic views, although an actual motive remains unknown. Officials believe he acted alone.
Culture Buzz A gunman dressed as a police officer opened fire on an island youth camp outside of Oslo, Norway shortly after the devastating bombing within the city. The gunman has been apprehended and officials now say the attacks are linked. At least 80 are dead. UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Anders Behring Brevik.
Culture Buzz Threat Level Silicone! The government leaks a terrorist rumor that is bound to make the lives of busty women extremely miserable at the airport this summer. (via overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com)
This is great news. But what was “confrimed” with this Usama Bin Landen person, anyway?
Recently unearthed footage of the World Trade Center in flames on September 11th, 2001, shot from a NYPD helicopter and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The narration from the helicopter crew is riveting and heartbreaking. “Our people are down there.”
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/delayed_dancers_hoof_i...
Camouflage-clad dance troupe sets off rush-hour terror scare when they ditched their cars Lincoln Tunnel.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_re_us/us_terror...
The young men's intentions were sinister, investigators say: to head to Somalia to seek terror training from al-Qaida-affiliated jihadists and unleash attacks against fellow Americans.
We all probably did this the first time we went through a tunnel as a baby.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1219304...
I guess a black hole that devours the Earth would kind of be the ultimate terrorist act.
Panic Bear is terrified of lions, so this zoo in Korea decided to throw a cub into his pen just to see what happens. Note the incredibly slow reaction time once he notices the lion cub. Panic Bears have infamously slow reaction times.
If you're looking for a good “How I met a terrorist” story to spice up your afternoon then look no further than Sacha Baron Cohen's appearance on Letterman last night. He tells of how he found and met with a terrorist to interview as Brüno, somewhere in the West Bank. It involves the CIA!
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Four-month-old Dorian is not jazzed about the new wax Obama. That is the purest expression of terror I've ever seen, and yet…so cute.