Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Released detainee now Yemen al-Qaida commander (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2009 12:04 AM CST AP - A released Guantanamo Bay terror detainee's re-emergence as an al-Qaida commander in Yemen highlights the difficulty President Barack Obama faces in his efforts to close the detention facility and decide the fates of U.S. captives.

Malaysia seeks return of 2 citizens in Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2009 12:03 AM CST AP - Malaysia offered Saturday to take back two citizens who are prominent terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison after President Barack Obama ordered the closure of the facility.

If Not Gitmo, Then Where Should Detainees Be Held? (Time.com) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 11:10 PM CST Time.com - The hunt is on for a new facility to detain terrorism suspects. And many Americans don't want it in their backyards

Judge keeps NY prison conditions in terror case (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 10:57 PM CST AP - An American student must stay in solitary confinement, under conditions reserved for the most dangerous inmates, while awaiting trial on terrorism charges, a judge ruled Friday.

U.S. terrorism suspect's prison conditions OK: judge (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 04:20 PM CST Reuters - A U.S. federal judge on Friday refused to lift strict prison conditions placed upon an American student who was the first person extradited to the United States from Britain on terrorism charges.

UN exec picked for No. 2 at Homeland Security (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 03:57 PM CST AP - A top United Nations official who once served on the White House National Security Council has been picked for deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, a move that would place two women at the top of the department for the first time.

Former Guantanamo detainee elevated to senior Qaeda rank (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 03:10 PM CST AFP - A former Saudi detainee at the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has been been elevated to the senior ranks of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, a US counter-terrorism official said Friday.

Report: Ex-Gitmo detainee joins al-Qaida in Yemen (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 09:56 AM CST AP - A Saudi man released from Guantanamo after spending nearly six years inside the U.S. prison camp is now the No. 2 of Yemen's al-Qaida branch, according to a purported Internet statement from the terror network.

Karzai welcomes US decision to close Guantanamo (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 05:29 AM CST AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday welcomed US President Barack Obama's pledge to close Guantanamo Bay as a good decision that will help build international support for the fight against terror.

Afghan president welcomes order to shut Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 03:47 AM CST AP - Afghanistan's president applauded the decision to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay — where an undisclosed number of Afghans have been incarcerated — as a move that will boost global support for the fight against terrorism.

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