Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Study: Fewer terrorism suspects going to trial (AP)
• Bomb plot suspect said to have eyed 9/11 attack (Reuters)
• Bloomberg, others press for federal security funds (AP)
• Three Key Questions About the Zazi Terror Case (Time.com)
• 2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland (AP)
• Conservative Merkel captures 2nd term in Germany (AP)
• Jordan contacts US over Dallas plot (AP)
• Feds: Zazi trips, shopping led to NY terror threat (AP)
• President praises NYPD during terror briefing (AP)
• What's behind string of terror plots (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Terrorist plots uncovered in the US since 9/11 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Study: Fewer terrorism suspects going to trial (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 03:48 PM PDT AP - The government is prosecuting only about one out of four of those charged in connection with terrorism, according to a study that suggests federal agencies don't agree on who is a terrorist.

Bomb plot suspect said to have eyed 9/11 attack (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - The Afghan-born man at the center of an anti-terrorism probe was determined to make a bomb and perhaps detonate it in New York City on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, before he was thwarted by authorities, a U.S. prosecutor said on Friday.

Bloomberg, others press for federal security funds (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 10:43 AM PDT AP - The arrest last week of former coffee vendor Najibullah Zazi on charges of plotting to attack New York City gives added urgency to the city's pleas for federal funding to deter nuclear attacks, Mayor Bloomberg and area lawmakers said Sunday.

Three Key Questions About the Zazi Terror Case (Time.com) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 09:20 AM PDT Time.com - The suspect's motives, associates and how he was recruited are issues that investigators must establish in order to gauge how serious the threat is

2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 08:31 AM PDT AP - Two Uzbeks freed from the Guantanamo Bay prison arrived Sunday in Ireland, and Amnesty International appealed to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.

Conservative Merkel captures 2nd term in Germany (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 02:28 PM PDT AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday won the center-right majority that eluded her four years ago — nudging Europe's biggest economic power to the right as it claws its way out of a deep recession.

Jordan contacts US over Dallas plot (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:46 AM PDT AP - Jordan's government spokesman says Amman has asked the United States for information of a Texas terror plot involving a Jordanian citizen.

Feds: Zazi trips, shopping led to NY terror threat (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2009 04:27 AM PDT AP - It was midsummer in suburban Denver when an unassuming, bearded man pushed a red shopping cart between shelves stacked with hair coloring and nail polish remover.

President praises NYPD during terror briefing (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 07:41 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama praised the police department on Saturday for its work in disrupting a possible terrorist bombing plot aimed at commuter trains.

What's behind string of terror plots (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In less than a week, six men in five states have been charged with terrorist plots to blow up federal buildings, attack Americans, and bring about the sort of mass destruction not seen here since 9/11.

Terrorist plots uncovered in the US since 9/11 (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The three terrorism plots uncovered in the past week join a long list of thwarted attacks on US soil – of varying degrees of sophistication – since the terrible events of 9/11. Some plots were being hatched abroad, but most were being conceived by people living in the United States.

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