Pimentel was arrested by New York police in November 2011 and pleaded not guilty to state terrorism charges.
The US and Europe countered with allegations that Iran was sponsoring state terrorism, developing weapons of mass destruction and seeking to wreck the Middle East peace process.
Mr. TARIQ AZIM (Information Minister, Pakistan): We are a frontline state against terrorism.
The State Department terrorism report released yesterday describes the al-Shabab as a group of radicalized young men, some of whom have trained in Afghanistan.
Iraq is one of seven countries the State Department lists as a state sponsor of terrorism.
American Congressmen might next seek to designate Pakistan itself as a state sponsor of terrorism, because of the Haqqanis.
Libya remains on the State Department list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
This week President Bush sent Congress a report on Libya which should lead to its removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
In 1993, the U.S. designated Sudan a state sponsor of terrorism.
Meanwhile the US state department has indicated it could remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism if the north recognises the outcome of the poll.
Restricting odious foreign organizations from raising money from US sources or forbidding US companies from doing business with state sponsors of terrorism are two currently used economic tools.
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The federal securities laws do not impose a specific disclosure requirement that addresses business activities in or with a country based upon its designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
In state capitals across America, the movement to divest public funds from shares of companies that choose to do business with state sponsors of terrorism continues to make major headway.
The lifting of the sanctions makes most commercial business, investment and trade with Libya possible but maintains controls on exports to Libya in accordance with the State Department's State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
Those moves paved the way for the lifting of economic sanctions, the restoration of diplomatic relations with Washington in 2006 and Libya's removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism the following year.
Every individual flying to the United States from anywhere in the world who has an itinerary or passport from nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or countries of interest is required to go through enhanced screening.
As of yesterday, the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, is requiring enhanced screening for passengers flying into the United States from, or flying through, nations on our list of state sponsors of terrorism, or other countries of interest.
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These new rules mean that "every individual flying into the U.S. from anywhere in the world traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening, " the TSA said.
Although the current trend in U.S. policy-making circles is moving away from unilateral international action, in the future it will remain important to have the ability to act unilaterally in a crisis -- or when retaliating against the increasing phenomenon of state- sponsored terrorism.
The Journal's op.ed. pages feature an extraordinary essay by Sarah Steelman, the State Treasurer of Missouri, which calls national and international attention to the newest instrument for defeating state-sponsors of terrorism: Terror-free investing.
The restraints on U.S. exports to Libya under the State Department's terrorism list prohibit the sale of so-called dual-use goods -- items that could be used for military purposes -- such as ammunition and some goods related to civil aviation.
"Success, the establishment of a peaceful, democratic state, the defeat of terrorism -- this success is within reach, " he said.
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President Bush has from the beginning understood the broader moral and strategic implications of the war on terrorism and its state sponsors.
Paul Bremer, a former head of counter-terrorism at the State Department, will be senior to Jay Garner, the retired American general who was hitherto America's top man in the country.
This week, the United States took its first step to address the problems with the arrival in Baghdad of Paul Bremer, a former head of counter-terrorism in the State Department, to replace General Jay Garner as head of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq.
But a Justice Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told CNN the teen will face federal terrorism charges and possibly state murder charges.
Those are among the headlines from the State Department's latest report on terrorism.
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Barbara Hafer, president of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers which controls trillions of investment dollars, has repeatedly called on state governments to wage economic war on terrorism.
Due to the fact that the suspect is apprehended before the attack and most often earlier in the planning stages, there is usually not that much hard evidence for the state to find him guilty of a terrorism charge.
But the State Department's most recent report on terrorism did make note of Sudan's stepped-up cooperation.
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