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5 Miami men convicted of Sears Tower attack plot (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT AP - It took three trials, three juries and nearly three years, but federal prosecutors finally succeeded Tuesday in convicting five Miami men of plotting to start an anti-government insurrection by destroying Chicago's Sears Tower and bombing FBI offices. One man was acquitted.

Napolitano defends security budget, extremism report (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 03:40 PM PDT AFP - Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano defended Tuesday her agency's 55.1-billion-dollar budget request and reassured Republican lawmakers the agency did not consider returning US soldiers to be right-wing extremists.

Obama to revive Guantanamo military trials (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:53 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama is due to announce "this week" that he is reviving controversial military trials for suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, US officials said Tuesday.

Lebanon, Syria to boost 'anti-terrorism' cooperation (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:42 PM PDT AFP - Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday said they had agreed to boost coordination in the fight against "terrorism" during the Syrian army commander's visit to Beirut.

Swedish man convicted of terrorism charges in NY (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - A Lebanese-born Swedish man was found guilty of several terrorism-related charges on Tuesday for attempting to set up a militant training camp in the United States and websites showing how to make bombs.

Italy charges two Frenchmen with Al-Qaeda terror plots (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2009 01:23 PM PDT AFP - Italian authorities charged two French prisoners Tuesday with membership of an Al-Qaeda cell which was allegedly preparing an attack on France's main international airport, police said.

Italian police: 2 in jail are al-Qaida suspects (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 11:02 AM PDT AP - Two French citizens jailed since last year on suspicion of smuggling migrants were al-Qaida propaganda point men in Europe and were heard talking about a possible attack on a Paris airport, Italian anti-terrorism investigators said Tuesday. But police stressed that investigators found no concrete plan of attack.

Correction: Afghanistan-Gates story (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 10:49 AM PDT AP - In a May 9 story about Defense Secretary Robert Gates' trip to Afghanistan, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Osama bin Laden ordered the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York from Afghanistan. Bin Laden is believed to have been in Sudan in 1993 and authorities say convicted terrorist Ramzi Yousef masterminded the trade center attack.

French and Italian Authorities Piece Together a European Terror Puzzle (Time.com) Posted: 12 May 2009 10:15 AM PDT Time.com - Italy reveals it has detained two French suspected members of a European extremist network that officials say continues to plot attacks in France and the U.K.

Interrogation Probe Should Include Congressional Leaders, Hoyer Says (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 12 May 2009 10:09 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Tuesday that investigations into the Bush administration's use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects should look into what congressional leaders, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, knew about the methods that have been criticized as torture.

Spanish court convicts 4, frees 10 in terror trial (AP) Posted: 12 May 2009 08:19 AM PDT AP - A Spanish court convicted four men on Tuesday of terrorism offenses in connection with recruiting suicide attackers for Iraq, but acquitted 10 others for lack of evidence.

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