Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Two more jailed for Sears Tower terror plot (AFP)
• Gov't rewarding firms checking immigrant status (AP)
• Govt wants speedy screening at more airports (AP)
• 4 men in Fla. terrorist plot sent to prison (AP)
• Terrorists Inside U.S. Increase Attacks, Panel Hears (Bloomberg)
• Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit warns of new cells (Reuters)
• Chicago terror suspects investigated in India (AP)
• Holder: 'Failure not an option' in New York 9/11 terror trial (The Christian Science Monitor)
• New York divided over 9/11 terror trials (The Christian Science Monitor)

Two more jailed for Sears Tower terror plot (AFP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:43 PM PST AFP - A US judge on Thursday handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.

Gov't rewarding firms checking immigrant status (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST AP - The Homeland Security Department will give a seal of approval to businesses volunteering to use an electronic program to check workers' immigration status.

Govt wants speedy screening at more airports (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:49 PM PST AP - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country.

4 men in Fla. terrorist plot sent to prison (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:40 PM PST AP - Four men described as soldiers in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices have each been sentenced to less than a decade behind bars, far less than federal prosecutors sought.

Terrorists Inside U.S. Increase Attacks, Panel Hears (Bloomberg) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 10:20 AM PST Bloomberg - Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, anti-terrorist experts said today.

Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit warns of new cells (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:14 AM PST Reuters - Indonesia still faces a key risk of new militant attacks as Islamic radicals have set up new cells in recent years and some bomb experts remain at large, the head of the country's anti-terrorism unit said on Thursday.

Chicago terror suspects investigated in India (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:30 AM PST AP - Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible involvement in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, according to authorities in that country.

Holder: 'Failure not an option' in New York 9/11 terror trial (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that "failure is not an option" in the prosecution of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York City courtroom.

New York divided over 9/11 terror trials (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed 9/11 mastermind and his four alleged co-conspirators in New York, the city gets the dubious title of Terror Trial Capital of America.

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