Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Gitmo judge bars defense from secret CIA prisons (AP)
• Top Sunni rebel on Iran death row says US ordered attacks (AFP)
• Holder Decision on Probing CIA May Mean Prosecutions (Bloomberg)
• Indonesia police widen hotel bombing investigation (AP)
• Cheney: CIA tactics saved lives, led to captures (AP)
• 50% in Michigan Oppose Housing Gitmo Prisoners in the State (Rasmussen Reports)
• Filipino terror group crippled by leader's capture (AP)
• UAE tries man for suspected links to Qaeda: report (AFP)
• Australia terror suspects wanted to 'strike big' (AP)
• Holder’s Decision on Probing CIA Tactics May Mean Prosecutions (Bloomberg)

Gitmo judge bars defense from secret CIA prisons (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:28 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for a Guantanamo prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attack do not need to visit secret CIA prisons where he was once held since the sites have likely changed and are no longer relevant, a military judge ruled.

Top Sunni rebel on Iran death row says US ordered attacks (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:22 AM PDT AFP - A top Sunni rebel who is awaiting execution in Iran said on Tuesday that his militant group received orders from the United States to launch terror attacks in the Islamic republic.

Holder Decision on Probing CIA May Mean Prosecutions (Bloomberg) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:39 AM PDT Bloomberg - Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Attorney General Eric Holder, armed with newly disclosed evidence that terror suspects were mistreated during the Bush administration, took the first step toward possible prosecution of CIA interrogators who may have crossed the line separating harsh questioning from illegal abuse.

Indonesia police widen hotel bombing investigation (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:37 AM PDT AP - Indonesian police on Tuesday widened their investigation into last month's bombing of two Jakarta hotels, naming a suspect who may have served as a courier for al-Qaida to fund the attacks.

Cheney: CIA tactics saved lives, led to captures (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:25 AM PDT AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the CIA's interrogations of terror suspects "saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks."

50% in Michigan Oppose Housing Gitmo Prisoners in the State (Rasmussen Reports) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:25 AM PDT Rasmussen Reports - Half of Michigan voters (50%) oppose a proposal to house inmates from the Guantanamo terrorist prison camp at a soon-to-be-closed state prison 145 miles north of Detroit.

Filipino terror group crippled by leader's capture (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:58 AM PDT AP - The recent capture of a Filipino terror suspect long sought by American and Philippine security officials has crippled his violent al-Qaida-linked group believed to be responsible for one of Southeast Asia's deadliest terror attacks, police said Tuesday.

UAE tries man for suspected links to Qaeda: report (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:00 AM PDT AFP - An American-Lebanese man suspected of having links to an Al-Qaeda-backed group in Iraq is on trial in the United Arab Emirates on terrorism charges, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Australia terror suspects wanted to 'strike big' (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 11:38 PM PDT AP - Alleged conspirators in a terror plot to attack an Australian army base hated non-Muslims and described their planned suicide mission as a "great, monstrous thing," a court heard Tuesday.

Holder’s Decision on Probing CIA Tactics May Mean Prosecutions (Bloomberg) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 09:01 PM PDT Bloomberg - Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Attorney General Eric Holder, armed with newly disclosed evidence that terror suspects were mistreated during the Bush administration, took the first step toward possible prosecution of CIA interrogators who may have crossed the line separating harsh questioning from illegal abuse.

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