Terrorism

FBI Kills Orlando Man Questioned About Boston Bombings, According to Report

A man shot and killed by an FBI agent in Orlando shortly before midnight Tuesday was apparently being questioned about the Boston Bombings. According to a report by Orlando's WFTV the suspect is 26-year old Ibragim Todashev. Todashev's friend told a WFTV reporter that he was getting ready to fly ... More >>

Woolfenden Family Statement: Three-Year-Old Marathon Victim Out of Hospital

As events regarding the Boston Marathon bombing suspects continue to unfold, there is some positive news in one case close to our hearts here at Clean Plate Charlie and New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Long-time freelance writer and food blogger, Tricia Woolfenden, was personally affected by the trage ... More >>

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Possibly Identified and Arrested UPDATED

The age of 24 hour cable news/Twitter feeds have come smashing together...Via CNN, The Miami Herald had reported that Boston Marathon bombing investigators may have identified a suspect. There had been reports of a possible suspect leaving a black bag at the site of the second explosion via su ... More >>

Die Hard, Die Alone

When John McClane lost his family, the movies lost much of John McClane

Raees Qazi: Accused Terrorist's Real Story

Federal Terror Suspect Seems More Frat Boy Than Deadly Mastermind

Oakland Park Brothers Plead Not Guilty to Terrorist Charges

Sheheryar Alam Qazi, and Raees Alam Qazi, two Pakistani-born brothers charged by the FBI with conspiring to funnel "material support" to terrorists planning to explode a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the United States, pleaded not guilty at a hearing in federal court in Fort Lauderdale on ... More >>

Sheheryar Qazi, Oakland Park Terrorist Suspect: Seminole Valet, DD Manager, and Total Bro (PICTURES)

Our crack investigative team has uncovered startling information relating to Oakland Park terrorist suspect, Sheheryar Qazi. He appears to be a bro -- that certain genus of man subsisting purely on Jagerbombs and skank -- plays warfare video games on X-Box, and frequently tries to sell traumaticall ... More >>

Cops Say South Florida Protesters Busted in Chicago Are Terrorists; Friends Call Bullshit

March 13 was shaping up to be another day of protests and partying at Fort Peace, Occupy Miami's grungy Overtown safe house. More than a dozen members had shaken off their hangovers and emerged to demonstrate against a bank. But before they could gather their handmade signs and head downtown, the pl ... More >>

Allen West Argues Against Amendment to Ban Indefinite Detention of People Arrested on American Soil (Updated)

Original post, 2:37 a.m.:Legislation was considered late Thursday night to specifically ban the indefinite detention of persons detained on American soil on suspicion of terrorism.It was an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and would settle the most controvers ... More >>

Allen West Suddenly So Concerned About Due Process, Condemns New Black Panther Party Ransom on George Zimmerman

​Congressman Allen West took to Facebook this afternoon to "vehemently condemn" the $10,000 bounty put out by the New Black Panther Party for the "citizen's arrest" of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin.West called the ransom "reprehensible" and called on the Department of Justice t ... More >>

Allen West Says "Community Organizer" Barack Obama Should Stop Bragging About Killing Bin Laden

​Congressman Allen West used Facebook on Friday to criticize President Barack Obama's attempts to "seem tough," telling Obama he should "stop with the Osama Bin Laden line" because "US Navy SEALS double-tapped that rascal."One would think West would be more enthusiastic about a commander in chief' ... More >>

Darren Tonner Had a Fight With His Wife at the Airport, So He Called in a Bomb Threat, Cops Say

Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeDarren Tonner allegedly phoned in a bomb threat after his wife got on a plane without him.​After some drinking at a bar at the Key West airport, 32-year-old Texas resident Darren Tonner got into a fight with his wife and decided he didn't want to get on his flight to ... More >>

Tea Party Fort Lauderdale, Other Groups Protesting to Shut Down Margate Sunni Mosque

wix.comThe Masjid Jamaat Al-Mumineen mosque in Margate​If you happen to be in Margate tomorrow night, be on the lookout for a few of South Florida's more religulous outside the Masjid Jamaat Al-Mumineen mosque.The protest comes in response to the arrest of 24-year-old Izhar Khan -- the mosque's im ... More >>

Terrible Packaging Skills Induce Boynton Beach Bomb Scare

Boynton Beach Police DepartmentHere's the nonbomb that showed up at World Savings bank's mail center today.​Apparently a cardboard box semi-sealed by Scotch tape with wires hanging out is all it takes for someone to be pretty sure they just got a bomb in the mail.Boynton Beach police spokeswoman S ... More >>

Four Thoughts For Islamophobes

​It's been a busy few weeks for Muslims, Muslim countries, and Islam in the news. Most of the coverage has not been favorable. Here, then, are four thoughts for readers who find themselves worrying about Muslims this Sunday. 1. Muslims serve in the military, too. Last week, the world learned that ... More >>

Parallels at Respectable Street 5/19

Floridians Hate Muslims (And They're Not Alone)

The Celtics were deathly afraid of the Muslim Kareem Abdul Jabbar.​One week ago, for a split second, almost everyone in the world was united in relief and happiness. Now, a Delta pilot has refused to fly his plane with two Muslim clerics aboard.Early Saturday, the plane was nearing the runway at ... More >>

Coffee Art: Osama Bin Latte

Ron Gunzburger's Facebook PageThis is the fine work of Rob Negron at the Brew Urban Cafe on Himmarshee.​Al Qaeda put out a statement on the internet today about Osama Bin Laden's death: "It [Bin Laden's blood] will remain, with permission from Allah the Almighty, a curse that chases the Ameri ... More >>

Ari Porth Caves In To Radical Idiot

State Rep. Ari Porth agreed to speak this weekend at a convention of the Islamic Society of North America in Fort Lauderdale. Porth with Crist​But Porth bailed out yesterday, canceling his speech. Why? Because of pressure from a local extremist named Joe Kaufm ... More >>

Westworld, Part I: A New Year's Appraisal of God, Good, and Evil in Allen West's America

​Congressman-elect Allen West was interviewed on Fox News Sunday this weekend. He was surprisingly mellow. The barn-burning campaigner who called for an armed march on Lexington and Concord was nowhere in evidence. Despite interviewer Chris Wallace's best efforts at incitement, West remained poise ... More >>

Citizens for National Security Finds Islam Propaganda in Florida Textbooks

Dr. William Saxton, saving Florida children's hearts and minds from Islam​Dr. William Saxton is sitting at a Starbucks in West Boca Raton, clutching a bulging black briefcase. But he's having trouble concentrating on our conversation. He keeps looking around for a better table. "I'd prefer to have ... More >>

Allen West Stokes the Hate in Jupiter

A video being circulated by the Florida Democrats, apparently from a speech that Congressional candidate Allen West gave last night to supporters in Jupiter. Making a congressman -- West's opponent Ron Klein -- "scared to come out of his house"? OK, so West hasn't explicitly asked his supporters to ... More >>

[UPDATED] Bomb Threat at Winn-Dixie in Boynton

A news release that sounds like the opening scene from a movie inspired by a Marvel Comics series, from Boynton Beach Police:Police have responded to a bomb threat at Winn Dixie at 1620 S. Federal Highway. A man called the store to say he was going to blow up the store and they should get everyone o ... More >>

New in Film for Friday, June 12, 2009

Now It's The Liberty City Six

Little Box, Big Screen

ATHFCMFFT is 87 minutes of animation, with fries

About Those Alleged Terrorists

Sentinel Re-Writes Own History

Baghdad Boy

What was really behind Farris Hassan's trip to Iraq? Ask his father, who has a fascinating and checkered past.

The Face of Terror

The War Within delivers a stunning portrait of a suicide bomber among us

Gross Encounters

Spielberg's War hikes up the gore, and that ain't a bad thing

Hock a Loogie

Collapsing Lungs

New Times Backs Bush

Ten reasons to vote for the douchebag:

Horrorbilly Night

Scenes from the '60s

The Beatles and JFK

Best Dive

Grins

Oiling the Wheels of War

If only our man in Washington would stay there

Hawking for Israel

South Florida reps push for war. But who are they pushing for?

The Terrorists' Real Plan

Osama's crew was thinking much bigger than the trade center

Letters for August 29, 2002

A whole lot of questionin’ goin’ on

Wally's War

Walter Philbrick's Hollywood lair is the one-stop shop for all your post-9/11 needs - and home to some truly odd characters

Crash Landing

Delta blew it when someone phoned in a bomb threat. Then the airline tried to cover it up.

Admitting Terror, Part 3

Florida INS director Dan Cadman fooled Congress; then his bosses promoted him

Undercurrents

Admitting Terror, Part 2

Getting Personal

The power of theater can help heal the wounds of September 11 in New York City and beyond

Blood Sport

The Oscar-winning One Day in September tells the brutal story of an Olympics massacre