Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Feds: US man gave al-Qaida NYC subway information (AP)
• US Senate urges review of NKorea terrorism blacklist status (AFP)
• Homeland Security revamps Web site (AP)
• Guantanamo trial moved away from 9/11 anniversary (AP)
• Panel approves $128 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan (AP)
• Mumbai gunman says he's ready for gallows (AP)
• Acquittal or new trial sought in Miami terror case (AP)
• Saudi rights abuses increased since 9/11: Amnesty (AFP)
• Amnesty says Saudi terror fight plagued with abuse (AP)
• Saudi counter-terrorism effort masks abuse: Amnesty (Reuters)

Feds: US man gave al-Qaida NYC subway information (AP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 04:28 PM PDT AP - An American man charged with giving al-Qaida information on the New York transit system and attacking a U.S. military base in Afghanistan has been a secret witness in the fight against terror both here and overseas, authorities revealed Wednesday.

US Senate urges review of NKorea terrorism blacklist status (AFP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 03:05 PM PDT AFP - The US Senate on Wednesday called North Korea a "threat" to its neighbors and pushed for a formal review to see whether Washington should return the secretive regime to a US terrorism blacklist.

Homeland Security revamps Web site (AP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 01:30 PM PDT AP - The Homeland Security Department relaunched its Web site Wednesday and became the first Cabinet-level agency to follow the tech-savvy White House directives on social media.

Guantanamo trial moved away from 9/11 anniversary (AP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 12:46 PM PDT AP - The 2010 trial for a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa has been moved further from the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Panel approves $128 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 12:21 PM PDT AP - The total cost of the U.S. response to the Sept. 11 attacks and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would top $1 trillion under a Pentagon funding bill approved by a key House panel Wednesday.

Mumbai gunman says he's ready for gallows (AP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 11:47 AM PDT AP - The young Pakistani gunman who confessed to his role in the Mumbai attacks says he would rather be hanged in this world than face "God's punishment" in the next. The Indian court trying Ajmal Kasab has yet to accept his confession and guilty plea for taking part in one of the worst terrorist attacks in Indian history — three days of carnage in November that left 166 people dead.

Acquittal or new trial sought in Miami terror case (AP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 08:39 AM PDT AP - Five men convicted of plotting with al-Qaida to destroy a Chicago skyscraper and blow up FBI offices want a federal judge to declare them innocent or order a new trial, claiming that a juror who appeared skeptical of the prosecution's case was improperly removed during deliberations.

Saudi rights abuses increased since 9/11: Amnesty (AFP) Posted: 22 Jul 2009 01:40 AM PDT AFP - Human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia have soared as a result of counter-terrorism measures introduced since the 2001 attacks in the United States, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Amnesty says Saudi terror fight plagued with abuse (AP) Posted: 21 Jul 2009 09:58 PM PDT AP - Saudi Arabia is holding more than 3,000 people in secret detention and has used torture to extract confessions in its anti-terrorism crackdown since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday.

Saudi counter-terrorism effort masks abuse: Amnesty (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:40 PM PDT Reuters - Major U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is exploiting counter-terrorism efforts to violate human rights with thousands having been detained on security grounds since 2001, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

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