Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Ex-CIA chiefs seek halt to interrogations probe (AP)
• Targeted deaths curb al-Qaida's expansion (AP)
• Germany: al-Qaida posts video with new threat (AP)
• Pakistan trying to stop terror plotters: Zardari (AFP)
• Lockerbie bomber releases legal documents (AP)
• Pakistan books cleric 'linked to Mumbai attacks' (AFP)
• Noordin's body to be sent home to Malaysia (AFP)
• Noordin's Dead, But Indonesia's War on Terror Is Far From Over (Time.com)
• Indonesian terrorist used veil to elude police (AP)
• Pakistan to arrest cleric accused in Mumbai attack (AP)
• Second man questioned in terror probe (AP)

Ex-CIA chiefs seek halt to interrogations probe (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - Seven former CIA directors asked President Barack Obama on Friday to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration.

Targeted deaths curb al-Qaida's expansion (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:19 PM PDT AP - Recent targeted attacks that killed militants in Somalia, Indonesia and Pakistan have chipped away at al-Qaida's power base, sapping the terror network of key leaders and experienced operatives who train recruits and wage attacks.

Germany: al-Qaida posts video with new threat (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 12:50 PM PDT AP - Al-Qaida has posted a new video threatening Germany, highlighting an increased threat level ahead of national elections and prompting authorities to step up security, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

Pakistan trying to stop terror plotters: Zardari (AFP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 09:56 AM PDT AFP - Pakistan is determined not to let its territory be used as a launch pad for attacks by Islamic extremists, President Asif Ali Zardari said in a speech in London on Friday.

Lockerbie bomber releases legal documents (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 07:13 AM PDT AP - The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing posted his legal defense to the Web on Friday, saying he hopes it will help convince people he had nothing to do with the terrorist attack that killed 270 people.

Pakistan books cleric 'linked to Mumbai attacks' (AFP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 06:40 AM PDT AFP - Pakistan has registered two anti-terror cases against the head of a banned charity blacklisted in the West as a terrorist group and linked by India to the Mumbai attacks, police said Friday.

Noordin's body to be sent home to Malaysia (AFP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:32 AM PDT AFP - Indonesia will return the body of slain terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top to Malaysia, police said Friday, as the focus shifted to the hunt for surviving militants from his network.

Noordin's Dead, But Indonesia's War on Terror Is Far From Over (Time.com) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 03:30 AM PDT Time.com - After the death of Noordin Mohammed Top on Sept. 17, police are rightly celebrating the end of a seven-year campaign to nab Indonesia's most-wanted terrorist. But there are still holes to fill in Indonesia's anti-terror strategy

Indonesian terrorist used veil to elude police (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 03:23 AM PDT AP - The death of Indonesia's most-wanted terror leader in a raid this week closes one of the country's biggest manhunts — a seven-year chase for a charismatic militant who taught followers to build bombs and wore veils to elude capture.

Pakistan to arrest cleric accused in Mumbai attack (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:37 AM PDT AP - Pakistani police plan to arrest a hardline cleric accused by India in the Mumbai terror attacks on charges of raising funds for the banned Islamist group he heads, a senior officer said Friday.

Second man questioned in terror probe (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - FBI agents questioned the father of a man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Denver about his son's background, a defense attorney said Friday.

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