Terrorism

Colorado Muslim Society denies report it will bury Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Last month's shocking bombing at the Boston Marathon was followed by a manhunt that ended with the arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the death of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar's older brother and the presumed mastermind of an attack that killed three and injured hundreds. Since then, controversy has ari ... More >>

David Horowitz has turned taunting Muslims into a spectator sport

The CELL: Michael Chertoff talks terrorism, protesters compare it to bee stings

Last night, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited the grand reopening of the CELL, the downtown terrorism prevention center, to discuss cyber security and impending concerns in the Middle East. In front of a packed house at the Denver Art Museum, Chertoff talked both Al-Qaed ... More >>

Najibullah Zazi, beauty-school bomber, helps convict his co-conspirator

Eric Holder called it the most serious terror threat to the United States since 9/11. And the bombs that could have blown up New York's subway system got their start in Denver beauty-supply stores, where Najibullah Zazi bought the ingredients to make homemade detonators. But that plot exploded, and ... More >>

Najibullah Zazi's classmate and alleged co-conspirator goes on trial today

Terrorism hit close to home in September 2009, when Aurora resident Najibullah Zazi, an airport shuttle driver, was indicted for being part of a conspiracy to bomb the subways of New York -- with homemade bombs concocted from ingredients he'd purchased at local beauty supply stores. In February 2010 ... More >>

Underwear Bomber moves into Supermax cell

This past week, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, dubbed the "Underwear Bomber" after a failed attempt to bring down an airliner in December 2009, joined the ranks of Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber), Terry Nichols (who conspired with Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing) and others as one of the most ... More >>

Underwear bomber to join list of ten most notorious prisoners at Supermax?

Big photos below.​Disgraced ex-Illinois governor Rod "Blago" Blagojevich isn't the only infamous convict likely to be Colorado bound. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, dubbed the Underwear Bomber after a failed attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airplane on Christmas 2009, has been sentenced to life ... More >>

Anwar al-Awlaki, reportedly killed in Yemen, joins list of terrorists with Colorado connections

Anwar al-Awlaki.​ Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric with alleged ties to the Fort Hood shootings and the underwear bomber, was reportedly killed in Yemen, but his death strikes close to home. Born in New Mexico, he attended Colorado State, where he studied civil engineering and attended a mosque near ... More >>

9/11 anniversary: Top 10 terrorists with Colorado connections

No. 3.​The 9/11 events being memorialized on Sunday, ten years after they shook the world, didn't take place in Colorado. But our state has no shortage of connections to terrorists -- and not only because plenty of them are housed at Florence's Supermax facility. Below, we look at the most pr ... More >>

Barack Obama Afghanistan speech drinking game: The revenge of Rush Limbaugh

The toastmaster.​I watched Barack Obama's speech about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan more closely than any presidential address ever -- but not for the expected reason. I was a (sober) judge in a speech-related drinking game suggested yesterday by none other than super-conservative Rush ... More >>

Osama bin Laden or Obama bin Laden dead? Two Denver TV stations confused (VIDEOS)

Videos below.​Barack Obama's announcement of Osama bin Laden's slaying presented newscasters with a tongue twister -- and some lost the game. 9News reported that "in 2001, Obama was linked to the 9/11 terror attacks" -- because he's Muslim, I guess -- and CBS4 anchor Kathy Walsh said Obama tol ... More >>

Reader: Department of Homeland Security's terrorism video uses fear to try to control us

​Our post yesterday about Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's visit to Denver to promote the expansion into Colorado of the "If You See Something, Say Something" anti-terrorism campaign drew a strong response from one reader, who sees terrorists as only the latest in a ... More >>

Top 3 Colorado terrorists: No wonder Janet Napolitano is coming to town

Jihad Jamie.​Janet Napolitano is in town today for the National Fusion Center Conference, a meeting of the country's joint intelligence centers. Not included in that local fusion lineup are some of our homegrown terrorism experts, including John Elway, who narrated "8 Signs of Terrorism," a fi ... More >>

Jamie Paulin Ramirez: "Jihad Jamie" pleads guilty to one count of supporting terrorism

Paulin Ramirez.​Last April, Leadville's Jamie Paulin Ramirez was accused of providing material support to terrorists. Nearly a year later, she's followed in the footsteps of her co-defendant, Colleen LaRose, and pleaded guilty. Look below to read a U.S. Attorney's Office release, as well as t ... More >>

Rupert Murdoch craps on journalism again: The Sun admits to making up front-page story

​It's almost an affront to the word "news" that the Rupert Murdoch-owned umbrella conglomerate that oversees media outlets like Fox News and the UK's The Sun is generically called News Corporation, since that term generally implies facts. Facts, however, have never been the specialty of either ... More >>

Osama-hunter Gary Faulkner, 2010 Shmuck of the Year nominee

Gary Faulkner.​Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner -- loser -- will be announced on January 3. Our first two candidates were Josh McDaniels and Scott McInnis. This week, say ... More >>

Columbine shootings an example of Christian killings, says Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley has a new take on Columbine.​More than a decade after the attack on Columbine, the high school's name remains a buzz word -- and an infinitely flexible one. Example: Public Broadcast Service talk-show host Tavis Smiley used the massacre as an example of violence done by Christian ... More >>

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, aka Leadville's "Jihad Jamie," charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists: Read the indictment here

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez: Not exactly Leadville's pride and joy.​Jamie Paulin-Ramirez of Leadville may already have earned her own Kenny Be spotlight comic. But until today, she hadn't been formally charged with wrongdoing in relation to an alleged terrorist plot to slay a Swedish cartoonist. Now ... More >>

Terrorism is big business for the Cell. In fact, it's the nonprofit's only business

Read the indictment against Mohammad Zazi

Mohammad Zazi, the center of attention -- here, anyway.​The federal indictment against Mohammad Zazi is a lot less substantial than the one handed to his son, terror suspect Najibullah Zazi. The gist of the false statement charge against Mohammad reads as follows: "Defendant ZAZI denied that h ... More >>

Michael Bennet's e-mail snafu amid terror-plot revelations

Michael Bennet.​The "send" key: It's so easy to push -- and so dangerous when it's pressed prematurely. Witness the chain of events that followed an unwise forward inadvertently shared with assorted reporters by a member of Senator Michael Bennet's staff as information about a Colorado connect ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: The terror!

It's official: Hillary Clinton yesterday confirmed that the Obama administration is no longer fighting a "War on Terror" in its battle against al-Qaeda and militant Islam. So are those prisoners still incarcerated in Gitmo considered "terrorists"? Some of those prisoners could soon be living at S ... More >>

Rap-Up: A Ground Zero Movement reunion?

The Ground Zero Movement pretty much went on hiatus a few years ago and with the direction that the members were going it kind of looked like the group basically disbanded. But a new track has been leaked from Sid Fly, Dow Jones, Aseone, D.O. the Fabulous Drifter and DJ C.Y. The track is called "Und ... More >>

Car Bomb

Friday, August 29, Oriental Theater, 1-866-455-2263.

Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

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

Vantage Point

Multi-perspective, mega-annoying Vantage Point.

War Stories

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn discusses the past and the present.

The Small Things

Day Night Day Night

A young, female, would-be suicide bomber prepares to detonate — her cause unknown — in the harrowing Day Night.

The Mailman Cometh

More Messages: The Extended Anniversary

One Day in September

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

Pen and Prendergast

Terrorist Likes Us, He Really Likes Us

Fear of Flying

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

The Coup

Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph)

Last Laugh

Paradise Now finds humor in the mission of suicide bombers.

Off Limits

The yolk's on us

I Am the World Trade Center

The Cover Up (Gammon Records)

Terror Firmer

In The Dancer Upstairs, Bardem is the calm amid the political storm.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Best Sophomore Non-Fiction Book

Blood Diamonds
Greg Campbell

We Are the World

It's business as usual at the World Trade Center.

Our Fair City

Denver is such a world-class town that even terrorists want to visit!

Best Osama bin Laden Game and Puzzle Book

Where's Osama?

Best Band Name

Bio-Bitch

He Got Blame

Bleeped words and dropped balls mark the media frenzy around the suspension of Dan Issel.

War on War Books

Donald Miller has rewritten one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Hell of a Long Day

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

Culture Shock

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