Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2807 topstories Terrorism en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:43:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2807 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/malaysiapoliticsisaji afp/20090703/malaysiapoliticsisaji AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:43:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/malaysiapoliticsisaji"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246606950086-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=0.ZocpkFgVUHDygX7JaqWg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="General view of the causeway link connecting Singapore and Malaysia's southern state of Johor (background). Malaysian police have detained three terror suspects under a tough security law for allegedly trying to revive the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant group, according to a report. The trio are believed to have met with Singaporean militant Mas Selamat bin Kastari.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Malaysian police have detained three terror suspects under a tough security law for allegedly trying to revive the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant group here, according to a report.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/malaysiapoliticsisaji"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246606950086-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=0.ZocpkFgVUHDygX7JaqWg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="General view of the causeway link connecting Singapore and Malaysia's southern state of Johor (background). Malaysian police have detained three terror suspects under a tough security law for allegedly trying to revive the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant group, according to a report. The trio are believed to have met with Singaporean militant Mas Selamat bin Kastari.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_guantanamo ap/20090703/us_obama_guantanamo AP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:23:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_guantanamo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090627/capt.60620ebb7ccb4bfca9684b606ceae84f.guantanamo_detainees_us_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kVF5E0657pZ5dUOtmJeyRQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE -- In this May 13, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees jog at dusk inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday he's uneasy about his own proposal to indefinitely imprison some of the most dangerous terror suspects being held now at Guantanamo Bay. He called it "one of the biggest challenges of my administration."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_guantanamo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090627/capt.60620ebb7ccb4bfca9684b606ceae84f.guantanamo_detainees_us_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kVF5E0657pZ5dUOtmJeyRQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In this May 13, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees jog at dusk inside the exercise yard at Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_cia_interrogations ap/20090702/us_cia_interrogations AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:10:48 GMT AP - The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public, drawing criticism from civil libertarians who say it's past time for Americans to know how its government treated terrorism suspects. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_treasury_terror_sanctions ap/20090702/us_treasury_terror_sanctions AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:39 GMT AP - The Obama administration on Thursday authorized the seizure of assets belonging to an extremist organization in Iraq and an Iranian backer of insurgents, saying both are responsible for deadly attacks in Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_usa_treasury_iraq nm/20090702/us_usa_treasury_iraq Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:25:37 GMT Reuters - The U.S. government on Thursday said it has declared Kata'ib Hizballah a foreign terrorist organization, saying the group is linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah and has posed a threat to stability in Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_detainees ap/20090702/us_obama_detainees AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_detainees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.33d80b8a8bc8431a93f63a5997bb9c04.aptopix_obama_ap_interview_dcpm105.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=joL7dd.xDjXu9bykPhieuQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama prepares to leave following his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama says he's open to the idea of detaining some Guantanamo Bay terror suspects somewhere else for prolonged periods, but it may turn out that he won't be comfortable with any proposals to do that.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_detainees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.33d80b8a8bc8431a93f63a5997bb9c04.aptopix_obama_ap_interview_dcpm105.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=joL7dd.xDjXu9bykPhieuQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama prepares to leave following his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_minorities_threat nm/20090702/us_minorities_threat Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:51:12 GMT Reuters - Countries on the front line in the "war on terror" are using the battle against extremists as a smokescreen to crack down on minority groups, an international human rights group said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_detainee ap/20090702/us_guantanamo_detainee AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:40:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_detainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246555797622-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=p_4p.2shc5ewWOBOJLbBVg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Leg irons and hand cuffs hang on a board at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Lawyers for the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to US soil for a civilian trial, set for September 2010, asked Thursday to see the secret CIA prisons where he was allegedly tortured.(AFP/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>AP - A prosecutor agreed Thursday that the government will not dismantle overseas locations where a former Guantanamo detainee claims he was interrogated by the CIA before he was brought to the United States for trial on terrorism charges.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_detainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246555797622-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=p_4p.2shc5ewWOBOJLbBVg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Leg irons and hand cuffs hang on a board at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Lawyers for the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to US soil for a civilian trial, set for September 2010, asked Thursday to see the secret CIA prisons where he was allegedly tortured.(AFP/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_alt_afp/usattacksguantanamocourtdetainee afp/20090702/usattacksguantanamocourtdetainee AFP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:31:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_alt_afp/usattacksguantanamocourtdetainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246555797622-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=p_4p.2shc5ewWOBOJLbBVg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Leg irons and hand cuffs hang on a board at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Lawyers for the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to US soil for a civilian trial, set for September 2010, asked Thursday to see the secret CIA prisons where he was allegedly tortured.(AFP/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Lawyers for the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to US soil for a civilian trial, set for September 2010, asked Thursday to see the secret CIA prisons where he was allegedly tortured.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/ts_alt_afp/usattacksguantanamocourtdetainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246555797622-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=p_4p.2shc5ewWOBOJLbBVg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Leg irons and hand cuffs hang on a board at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Lawyers for the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to US soil for a civilian trial, set for September 2010, asked Thursday to see the secret CIA prisons where he was allegedly tortured.(AFP/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_terrorism_extradition ap/20090702/us_terrorism_extradition AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:39:36 GMT AP - A man extradited from Romania in a plot to sell weapons to Colombian militants has been sentenced in New York City to 25 years in prison. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090701/wl_mcclatchy/3264104 mcclatchy/20090701/3264104 McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:51:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In a reversal of public opinion, most Pakistanis now consider terrorist groups a "critical threat" to their country and support their government in its fight against the Taliban in Swat valley, according to a survey released Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_us/us_nypd_security ap/20090701/us_nypd_security AP us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:30:11 GMT AP - Managers and developers of high-profile skyscrapers, sports stadiums and other buildings in the city need to take more steps to guard against terrorist attacks, according to a new report by the New York Police Department. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/india_nm/india407436 nm/20090701/india407436 Reuters world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:58:00 GMT Reuters - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday froze the assets of four people it said helped carry out terrorist attacks and provided support to al Qaeda and another militant group in Pakistan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_terror_designation ap/20090701/us_terror_designation AP politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:49:48 GMT AP - The Treasury Department on Wednesday took action against four Pakistani men suspected of providing support to terror groups in the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryaward afp/20090701/britainmilitaryaward AFP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:19:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryaward"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246472296454-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=b.FPr5B2dJ_pZDqUeS8YRA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Queen Elizabeth II, seen here in 2008, launched a new award Wednesday for members of the British armed forces killed in action or by a terrorist attack.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Queen Elizabeth II launched a new award Wednesday for members of the British armed forces killed in action or by a terrorist attack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryaward"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246472296454-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=b.FPr5B2dJ_pZDqUeS8YRA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Queen Elizabeth II, seen here in 2008, launched a new award Wednesday for members of the British armed forces killed in action or by a terrorist attack.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_military_medal ap/20090701/eu_britain_military_medal AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:25:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_military_medal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.64fac6bfa4a0487abfc85e4906542b72.britain_military_medal_lon103.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=q_7fJs1oeu2XixjReDKScw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this undated image made available by Britain's Ministry of Defence Wednesday July 1, 2009, the Elizabeth Cross, named after Britain's reigning monarch, is seen. Britain has unveiled a medal that will be offered to families of about 8,000 military personnel killed on active duty or in terrorist attacks since World War II. The nearest kin of military personnel killed in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan will be among those eligible to receive the Elizabeth Cross. (AP Photo/Sgt. Andy Malthouse, Ministry of Defence)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britain unveiled a new medal Wednesday that will be offered to families of about 8,000 military personnel killed on active duty or in terrorist attacks since World War II.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_military_medal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.64fac6bfa4a0487abfc85e4906542b72.britain_military_medal_lon103.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=q_7fJs1oeu2XixjReDKScw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated image made available by Britain's Ministry of Defence Wednesday July 1, 2009, the Elizabeth Cross, named after Britain's reigning monarch, is seen. Britain has unveiled a medal that will be offered to families of about 8,000 military personnel killed on active duty or in terrorist attacks since World War II. The nearest kin of military personnel killed in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan will be among those eligible to receive the Elizabeth Cross. (AP Photo/Sgt. Andy Malthouse, Ministry of Defence)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_volcano ap/20090701/us_alaska_volcano AP us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:41:52 GMT AP - Alaskans can put away their dust masks and spare air filters, for now, because Mount Redoubt seems to have cooled off since its last major eruption nearly three months ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattacksmilitary afp/20090701/indiaattacksmilitary AFP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:39:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattacksmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246411894164-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=daEy7.ySXT0c17RyQ6Lblw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="National Security Guard commandos stand in formation in Mumbai on June 30. India's first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai, fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response to last year's attacks on the city.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - India's first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai, fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response to last year's attacks on the city.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090701/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattacksmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246411894164-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=daEy7.ySXT0c17RyQ6Lblw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="National Security Guard commandos stand in formation in Mumbai on June 30. India's first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai, fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response to last year's attacks on the city.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/portugalusdiplomacycrime afp/20090630/portugalusdiplomacycrime AFP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:44:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/portugalusdiplomacycrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246394618787-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=EH5zGH72hciWKaNofAy2ig--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (L) shakes hands with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado (R) before convening for talks at Necessidades Palace in Lisbon. The United States and Portugal signed Tuesday a bilateral agreement to cooperate in the battle against terrorism and organised crime during a visit by Napolitano.(AFP/Francisco Leong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States and Portugal signed Tuesday a bilateral agreement to cooperate in the battle against terrorism and organised crime during a visit by Washington's homeland security chief.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/portugalusdiplomacycrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246394618787-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=EH5zGH72hciWKaNofAy2ig--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (L) shakes hands with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado (R) before convening for talks at Necessidades Palace in Lisbon. The United States and Portugal signed Tuesday a bilateral agreement to cooperate in the battle against terrorism and organised crime during a visit by Napolitano.(AFP/Francisco Leong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_cia_kidnapping ap/20090630/eu_italy_cia_kidnapping AP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:46:27 GMT AP - A former CIA agent on trial for the alleged kidnapping of a Muslim cleric and terror suspect in Milan acknowledged in an interview published Tuesday that he had a role in the operation but insisted he was only following orders.