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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2807 topstories Terrorism en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:23:45 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/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_chavez ap/20091122/lt_venezuela_chavez AP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:23:45 GMT AP - Hugo Chavez has defended imprisoned terrorist Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_courts_vs_commissions ap/20091121/us_courts_vs_commissions AP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:31:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_courts_vs_commissions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ec8e8ded344d40da93839ed3667b8b27.courts_vs_commissions_wx302.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=GDE6._Y2gP2DgomOpi0jHA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_courts_vs_commissions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.ec8e8ded344d40da93839ed3667b8b27.courts_vs_commissions_wx302.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=GDE6._Y2gP2DgomOpi0jHA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee. (AP Photo/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/italyindiaattacksarrestpakistan afp/20091121/italyindiaattacksarrestpakistan AFP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:16:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/italyindiaattacksarrestpakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258795222500-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_PG__E4VNUWBpy.2YRF4vg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Smoke is seen coming from the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27, 2008. Two Pakistanis have been arrested in Italy on suspicion of having sent money to people implicated in the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, Italian media reported Saturday, citing anti-terror police.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two Pakistanis have been arrested in Italy on suspicion of having sent money to people implicated in the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, Italian media reported Saturday, citing anti-terror police.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/italyindiaattacksarrestpakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258795222500-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_PG__E4VNUWBpy.2YRF4vg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke is seen coming from the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27, 2008. Two Pakistanis have been arrested in Italy on suspicion of having sent money to people implicated in the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, Italian media reported Saturday, citing anti-terror police.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_as/as_india_terror_anniversary ap/20091121/as_india_terror_anniversary AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:13:54 GMT AP - The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091121/us_time/08599194053700 time/20091121/08599194053700 Time.com us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT Time.com - How Obama's lawyer sparked a battle royal when he tried to keep some of the President's campaign promises in the war on terrorism http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_mumbai_attacks ap/20091121/eu_italy_mumbai_attacks AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:46:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_mumbai_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258602531625-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=gITovApjglaYMx2n6QBnQw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This photo taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames and smoke gushing from The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen. The first anniversary of the attacks will be difficult for many of the hotel staff, who have been offered counselling and post-trauma therapy for the last 12 months.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AP - Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_mumbai_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258602531625-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=gITovApjglaYMx2n6QBnQw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This photo taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames and smoke gushing from The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen. The first anniversary of the attacks will be difficult for many of the hotel staff, who have been offered counselling and post-trauma therapy for the last 12 months.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_us_sept11_trial ap/20091121/eu_germany_us_sept11_trial AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:06:03 GMT AP - A German government official says the nation will send an observer to the upcoming trial in New York of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and four accused henchmen. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/india_nm/india441398 nm/20091121/india441398 Reuters world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:07:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/india_nm/india441398"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/ra399856291.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=kjPD27yD7cRn3e0teJyN7Q--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="The Taj Mahal hotel is fully lit-up for the first time after the Mumbai attacks December 21, 2008.REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the Islamic militant group responsible for the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, that killed 166 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/india_nm/india441398"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/ra399856291.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=kjPD27yD7cRn3e0teJyN7Q--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Taj Mahal hotel is fully lit-up for the first time after the Mumbai attacks December 21, 2008.REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/india_nm/india441190 nm/20091121/india441190 Reuters world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:07:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/india_nm/india441190"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/ra1647177949.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=amIkxRItRGTUROH22jcZHQ--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="The Taj Mahal hotel is fully lit-up for the first time after the Mumbai attacks December 21, 2008.REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The arrest of two men in Chicago on terrorism charges linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba has revived fears about the Pakistani militant group's global reach and its ability to plot attacks in India and around the world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/india_nm/india441190"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/ra1647177949.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=amIkxRItRGTUROH22jcZHQ--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Taj Mahal hotel is fully lit-up for the first time after the Mumbai attacks December 21, 2008.REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091120/wl_mcclatchy/3361917 mcclatchy/20091120/3361917 McClatchy Newspapers world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - CAIRO, Egypt &mdash; The Yemeni-American imam who's been under renewed scrutiny after the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, preaches against alcohol, birthday parties, black magic and extramarital sex. He also supports armed struggle &mdash; jihad &mdash; against the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has encouraged extremist insurgents in Pakistan and Somalia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_us/us_terrorism_investigation ap/20091120/us_terrorism_investigation AP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:06:05 GMT AP - The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091120/us_time/08599194114100 time/20091120/08599194114100 Time.com us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:00 GMT Time.com - White House plans for terror suspects currently in detention are likely to outrage liberals and conservatives http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usattackscourtsears afp/20091119/usattackscourtsears AFP us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:43:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usattackscourtsears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258674198132-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=4ECA2_B8zDbY0Wgm61CX.w--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="This photo released by the US Department of Justice shows Patrick Abraham, one of seven people arrested in Miami and charged with allegedly planning attacks on the Sears Tower in Chicago. A US judge handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US judge on Thursday handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usattackscourtsears"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258674198132-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=4ECA2_B8zDbY0Wgm61CX.w--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="This photo released by the US Department of Justice shows Patrick Abraham, one of seven people arrested in Miami and charged with allegedly planning attacks on the Sears Tower in Chicago. A US judge handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_immigration_employers ap/20091119/us_immigration_employers AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:22:18 GMT AP - The Homeland Security Department will give a seal of approval to businesses volunteering to use an electronic program to check workers' immigration status. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airport_security ap/20091119/us_airport_security AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:49:58 GMT AP - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091119/pl_bloomberg/aeo2evuq9xei bloomberg/20091119/aeo2evuq9xei Bloomberg politics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091119/pl_bloomberg/aeo2evuq9xei"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258650665708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BdLZ.b7AXBHHZWl9_tHU9A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. US lawmakers Thursday sought to unravel how an army psychiatrist was allegedly able to unleash a shooting spree on a US army base, warning it was part of a larger pattern of home-grown terrorism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0" /></a>Bloomberg - Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, anti-terrorist experts said today.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091119/pl_bloomberg/aeo2evuq9xei"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258650665708-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BdLZ.b7AXBHHZWl9_tHU9A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. US lawmakers Thursday sought to unravel how an army psychiatrist was allegedly able to unleash a shooting spree on a US army base, warning it was part of a larger pattern of home-grown terrorism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Bloomberg) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/wl_nm/us_indonesia_security nm/20091119/us_indonesia_security Reuters world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:59 GMT Reuters - Indonesia still faces a key risk of new militant attacks as Islamic radicals have set up new cells in recent years and some bomb experts remain at large, the head of the country's anti-terrorism unit said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091119/ts_csm/ahoodhearing csm/20091119/ahoodhearing The Christian Science Monitor topstories Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - The Senate Homeland Security Committee Thursday began its probe into the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shooting with few details about what everyone really wants to know: the true motives of alleged shooter Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091119/ts_csm/anytrialstimeline csm/20091119/anytrialstimeline The Christian Science Monitor topstories Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - 1993-94: Trial in first World Trade Center bombing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_terrorism_charges ap/20091119/us_chicago_terrorism_charges AP us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_terrorism_charges"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.a59591555d224e36b9684b3537aefed7.india_terrorist_arrested_del125.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fKf7zP8eiNZnUqajpJ4D1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An auto rickshaw passes by Lemon tree hotel where a suspected terrorist stayed, in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. U.S. FBI investigators have arrested a Canadian national of Pakistan origin, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, for his alleged role in a terror plot to carry out attacks in India. According to news reports, Rana had stayed at this hotel in Ahmadabad last year along with a woman. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible involvement in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, according to authorities in that country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_terrorism_charges"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.a59591555d224e36b9684b3537aefed7.india_terrorist_arrested_del125.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fKf7zP8eiNZnUqajpJ4D1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An auto rickshaw passes by Lemon tree hotel where a suspected terrorist stayed, in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. U.S. FBI investigators have arrested a Canadian national of Pakistan origin, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, for his alleged role in a terror plot to carry out attacks in India. According to news reports, Rana had stayed at this hotel in Ahmadabad last year along with a woman. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)