Al Qaeda

Eric Harroun of Phoenix Charged With Conspiring to Use RPG While Fighting With Al-Qaeda Group

Eric Harroun, a 30-year-old former U.S. soldier raised in Phoenix, has been charged with conspiring to use a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) while fighting in Syria with an Al-Qaeda group. The charge, which carries a potential sentence of life in prison, comes a couple of weeks after a video surface ... More >>

The Thrilling Manhunt of Zero Dark Thirty

John McCain Somehow Got His Way -- Susan Rice Doesn't Want to Be Secretary of State

Despite becoming the butt of jokes for his concerns about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Senator John McCain got his way -- U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told NBC News she's taking herself out of the running for the secretary of state post.In a letter to President Obama, Rice expl ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

John McCain's Getting Clowned for His Latest Complaint About the Benghazi Situation

It's been a while since Senator John McCain has talked about a White House "coverup" of details in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya -- although his spokesman wouldn't tell us if he's given up on that theory -- but McCain still has complaints.One of these new complaints has been de ... More >>

Karina Longworth Looks Ahead to the Most Anticipated Films of 2012

Nine Films to Anticipate in 2012

Hip-Hop Massacre's "Death to Bin Laden" Flier

​Everyone had a reaction to last weekend's downing of terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, even the superstars of hip-hop.Rappers ranging from Public Enemy's Chuck D to Soulja Boy had something to say about Bin Laden's death via Twitter. For instance, Lupe Fiasco tweeted "Osama Dead!?! Afgha ... More >>

Osama bin Laden Death Swag Selling Well, At Home and Abroad

Cafe PressIt's never too early to become a patriot.​We might not be getting pictures of Osama bin Laden's corpse from Barack Obama -- but there's some interesting memorabilia for sale. The Toronto Star is reporting that t-shirts, greeting cards and coffee mugs celebrating bin Laden's death are se ... More >>

Q&A: Toby Keith Reacts to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Toby Keith​Two pretty big events have happened in recent hours -- events that will forever change the course of American history. First off, the obvious -- it was confirmed late last night that Osama Bin Laden was killed by close-range firefight by Navy Seals. Secondly, and maybe just as important ... More >>

Book Glamorizing Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert

www.funnypicturesofanything.com​Department of Homeland Security officials confirm that a book glamorizing suicide bombers was found in the Arizona desert earlier this week. The book, "In Memory of Our Martyrs," was found Tuesday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Casa Grande substation who wa ... More >>

Border Agents Seize More Than 100 Mexican Pinatas; Not Drug-Filled Pinatas -- Just Pinatas

www.pepperspolly.com​Mexican pinatas are the latest item from south of the border on the list of things not allowed in Arizona -- at least when they're made to look like licensed Disney characters. This isn't exactly a case of asking Mickey Mouse for his "papers please" -- Disney ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Rumored to be on Short List to Replace Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

www.cushawnb2009.com Can you guess how we know Janet Napolitano's from Arizona?​ Justice Janet?! With the announcement that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling it a career, there is no shortage of rumors as to who will replace him.One name swirling around the rumor mill is ... More >>

Michael Turney Pleads Guilty to Possessing 26 Pipe Bombs; Father of Missing Girl Planned to Blow Up Union Hall, Cops Say

  Image: www.abcnews.com​The stepfather of a girl who went missing in 2001 pleaded guilty on Tuesday to possessing 26 pipe bombs, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported today. Michael Turney, 62, (right) had reportedly planned to use the bombs to launch a suicide attack on a local un ... More >>

Phoenix Suns vs. New Jersey Nets

McCain and Kyl Bash Obama and Napolitano's Handling of Christmas Day Terror Scare

www.point-spreads.com​Both of Arizona's senators teamed up today to throw some jabs at how the Obama administration -- namely former Arizona governor and Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano -- handled the Christmas-day terror scare in Detroit.At an end-of-the-year press conference at John McC ... More >>

Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Passing Secrets to Potential Terrorists

A former sailor and Phoenix UPS driver was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison today for passing secrets to a Pakistan man who ran an Al-Qaeda recruitment Web site.Paul R. Hall, who has apparently changed his name to Hassan Abu-Jihaad, was arrested in Phoenix in 2007 and charged with terrorism ... More >>

Guantánamo’s Final Days: America Prepares to Shutter the Infamous Prison Camp, and Jihad Looms

Joe Crummey, KTAR's L.A. Wing-Nut, and What the MCSO and Al-Qaeda Have in Common

www.ktar.com KTAR's Joe Crummey (in what must be a very old photo), still phoning it in after all these years... Is there a lip-flapper at the Mormon Church-owned, right-wing talk radio station KTAR 92.3 FM that doesn't have his lips surgically connected to Joe Arpaio's flaccid penis? Excludi ... More >>

Feb. 12 In Blogs: Arpaio, KTAR, Renaissance Faire, CenPho and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Arpaio "Surprised" by Official Protest by Mexico of Policy to Segregate ... More >>

Hot Links: Obama Reaches Out to Muslims on Arab TV; Brewer Hires Budget Director; Mobster Paul Schiro Sentenced

Obama goes on Arabic TV with a message to Muslims, calling Al-Qaeda's ideas "bankrupt," and later sending his special envoy, George Mitchell, to the Middle East for a "listening tour." Eternal peace can't be far behind. Jan Brewer's new budget director -- she's more than just a pair of scissors. In ... More >>

On Thin-Cut Meats, Heartbreak, and the Recent Death of Samuel P. Hunting

Jesse Ventura Rallies 9/11 Nutbars, Republic Clueless as to Where.

American Idol: entertainment or evil?

9/11 troofers take to the skies; an anti-troofer's genius video punking Blair Gadsby; the New York D.A.'s criminal complaint against German Talis; and a response to Enrique.

Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay in this forced sequel

Sundance 2008 leaves just a handful of buzz-worthy movies in its wake

More local neo-Nazis and such: Fritz Berg, Dana Arnold, and Jerry Harbin, with color commentary by "Shawn Hughes," aka, Scott Hume!

Yoda (aka, PHX's Pat Curley of Screw Loose Change) on Rob Breakenridge's The World Tonight

Los Lipstick Lesbianas

They know they are, but what are you?

The Big Valley

Ripley's Believe It or Not: East Valley Tribune Endorses 9/11 Conspiranuts

Art Imitates Strife

The Year in Documentaries

Torturous Times

The winged wonder on John McCain's righteous anti-torture stance, Stepford-like Gilbert and changes at hipster haven Lux

Dirty Dozen

An evening of feel-bad music

War: What Is It Good For?

Answer: one really stunning siege

Rainbow Eminem

Maybe it's a concept album

Raging Bull

Kerry's a wuss. Dubya's a doof. How can anybody vote for either of these clowns?

Cave Creek Carnivores

In search of the unexpected and the unusual

Paris

Sonic Jihad (Guerrilla Funk/Groove Attack)

The Street

This new column's got it all, including a crack-crazed ferret

You, Spy

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

Rocking the Casbah

The hawks and doves of the local music scene

Battle Hymns

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Up in Smoke

Valley glass blowers and head shops fear prosecution, as Operation Pipe Dream shuts down a local manufacturer

Klahr v. The Bar

Letters from the week of July 11, 2002

Apocalypse How?

Jerry Brady predicts that al-Qaida will be coming to a power line near you

Liquid Purity

To protect the public's water, some Phoenix employees will have to pee in a cup

Letters

From the week of November 8–14, 2001

News From Left Field

In which we bunt a few out of the park