Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Nigerian charged with trying to blow up U.S. jet (Reuters)
• White House keeps Obama briefed on flight terror (AP)
• Alleged Christmas Day terrorist is charged (AP)
• Dutch hero 'reacted on a bang' to subdue suspect (AFP)
• Failed Christmas attack raises new concerns (AP)
• Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack (AP)
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• Terror on Flight 253: Does it Fit al-Qaeda's Pattern? (Time.com)
• AP source: US knew of terror suspect (AP)
• Obama begins vacation with a terror briefing (AP)
• Nigerian charged with trying to blow up US airliner (AFP)
• AP sources: Attempt to blow up airliner foiled (AP)

Nigerian charged with trying to blow up U.S. jet (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 05:16 PM PST Reuters - U.S. authorities on Saturday charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda.

White House keeps Obama briefed on flight terror (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:50 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's security teams briefed the vacationing president on threats facing the United States and he directed that heightened airport security measures remain in place as officials investigate a failed terror attack aboard a Detroit-bound plane.

Alleged Christmas Day terrorist is charged (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST AP - A 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Northwest Airlines flight with a powerful explosive device attached to his body as the jetliner approached the Detroit airport on Christmas Day.

Dutch hero 'reacted on a bang' to subdue suspect (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 01:44 PM PST AFP - "I just jumped, I didn't think," said Dutchman Jasper Schuringa, who has emerged as a Christmas Day hero for his impulsive smackdown of a terror suspect who tried to blow up a US-bound airliner.

Failed Christmas attack raises new concerns (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 01:26 PM PST AP - U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring down the plane.

Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:21 PM PST AP - A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed to have ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, as authorities around the world urgently sought to learn more about him.

(AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:53 PM PST AP - Alleged terrorist charged with attempting to destroy an airplane with destructive device.

Terror on Flight 253: Does it Fit al-Qaeda's Pattern? (Time.com) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:30 AM PST Time.com - A number of factors are worth noting in the attempt to bring down the Northwest airliner as it neared Detroit

AP source: US knew of terror suspect (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 09:58 AM PST AP - An official briefed on the attack on a Detroit airliner said Saturday the U.S. has known for at least two years that the suspect in the attack could have terrorist ties.

Obama begins vacation with a terror briefing (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:46 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's Christmas Day began with a briefing about a botched attack on an airliner in Detriot and ended with a visit to a dining hall for members of the military.

Nigerian charged with trying to blow up US airliner (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:20 PM PST AFP - US justice officials charged Saturday a young Nigerian man with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day with 289 people on board.

AP sources: Attempt to blow up airliner foiled (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 12:07 AM PST AP - A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane Friday as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and heard what sounded like firecrackers rushed to subdue him, the passengers and federal officials said.

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