Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Al-Qaida agent sentenced to 8 years in prison (AP)
• U.S. judge sentences al Qaeda agent to 100 months (Reuters)
• Clinton challenges Pakistan to find bin Laden (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Clinton scolds Pakistan over inaction on al-Qaida (AP)
• Pakistani forces find passport of 9/11 suspect - report (Reuters)
• NM projects receive homeland security funding (AP)
• Pakistan cricket chief off to India to revive ties (AFP)
• Car bombing comes as Pakistan Army offensive makes progress (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama endorses military commissions for Guantánamo detainees (The Christian Science Monitor)

Al-Qaida agent sentenced to 8 years in prison (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - A federal judge sentenced an al-Qaida sleeper agent to a relatively light eight years in prison Thursday because the man received what the judge called "unacceptable" treatment in a U.S. Navy brig.

U.S. judge sentences al Qaeda agent to 100 months (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - An accused al Qaeda sleeper agent, who was labeled an "enemy combatant" and held in isolation in a U.S. Navy brig, was sentenced on Thursday to 100 months in prison, with the judge worrying he might return to the terror group.

Clinton challenges Pakistan to find bin Laden (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:14 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday pressed her one-woman blitz on Pakistani public opinion, bluntly challenging the country to defend its territory from an onslaught by religious extremists and asking why Pakistan's powerful military was unable to find Saudi-born terrorist Osama bin Laden.

Clinton scolds Pakistan over inaction on al-Qaida (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chided Pakistani officials Thursday for failing to press the hunt for al-Qaida inside their borders, suggesting they know where the terror leaders are hiding.

Pakistani forces find passport of 9/11 suspect - report (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 10:42 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani forces found a passport of an Islamist militant linked to two hijackers involved in the Sept. 11 attacks during an offensive against Taliban strongholds near the Afghan border, a TV station said on Thursday.

NM projects receive homeland security funding (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:51 AM PDT AP - New Mexico national security initiatives in Los Alamos, Albuquerque and Socorro will receive $43 million in federal funding.

Pakistan cricket chief off to India to revive ties (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:24 AM PDT AFP - Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt left for India on Wednesday to hold talks with his counterparts, apparently to revive bilateral ties snapped a year ago following the Mumbai terror attacks.

Car bombing comes as Pakistan Army offensive makes progress (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A car bomb in Pakistan that killed dozens of people in a crowded marketplace comes as American officials grow increasingly confident that the Pakistani army is making progress against Islamic extremists in the country's tribal region.

Obama endorses military commissions for Guantánamo detainees (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In signing the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, President Obama has personally endorsed yet another attempt by the US government to conduct military-commission trials of terror suspects currently held at the Guantánamo detention camp.

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