Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP)
• Foiled plane attack puts Al-Qaeda threat in sharp focus (AFP)
• Obama to probe security gaps that allowed terror suspect on plane (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Sounds of firecrackers mark failure of terror plot (AP)
• Alleged airline terrorist transferred to prison (AP)
• FBI gives all-clear on second Detroit airport incident (AFP)
• Why did US let Abdulmutallab get on a plane to Detroit? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 'Disturbance' on same flight as Christmas terror attempt (AFP)
• Airliner plot raises fears about al-Qaida in Yemen (AP)
• White House warns foes on terror politics (AFP)
• Security reviews under way after airliner attack (AP)
• Ramped up US airport security deepens holiday travel misery (AFP)
• Republicans Rip Administration Over Terrorist Scare (CQPolitics.com)
• Lawmakers blast Obama administration security handling (AFP)
• U.S. probes al Qaeda involvement in jet incident (Reuters)
• Detroit attack: terrorist once again confounds airport security (The Christian Science Monitor)
• CQ Transcript: Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano on CNN's 'State of the Union' (CQPolitics.com)
• 'No indication' attack part of larger plot: Napolitano (AFP)
• Too early to say attack tied to Al-Qaeda: Napolitano (AFP)

Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST AP - The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts.

Foiled plane attack puts Al-Qaeda threat in sharp focus (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:27 PM PST AFP - Regardless of whether or not the Nigerian who tried to blow up a US-bound jet on Christmas Day was instructed in Yemen by Al-Qaeda, the White House insists it is not slacking in its anti-terror battle.

Obama to probe security gaps that allowed terror suspect on plane (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:21 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON_ President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into possible U.S. security gaps that enabled a Nigerian man of known extremist leanings to keep his U.S. visa, smuggle explosives aboard a Christmas Day passenger flight and ignite them, the White House said Sunday.

Sounds of firecrackers mark failure of terror plot (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:11 PM PST AP - A popping noise, an odor, then flames.

Alleged airline terrorist transferred to prison (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:47 PM PST AP - An attorney for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane near Detroit says he's been transferred to a federal prison.

FBI gives all-clear on second Detroit airport incident (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:26 PM PST AFP - The FBI said an incident Sunday aboard the same Northwest flight that a Nigerian terror suspect attempted to bomb on Christmas Day was a "non-serious incident."

Why did US let Abdulmutallab get on a plane to Detroit? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:39 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano insisted Sunday that there was no “specific and credible” information to put the alleged attempted bomber of Northwest Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, on the federal “no fly” list.

'Disturbance' on same flight as Christmas terror attempt (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:25 PM PST AFP - A Northwest Airlines flight crew sought emergency assistance Sunday for a disruptive passenger who was taken into custody as the plane landed in Detroit, an airline official said.

Airliner plot raises fears about al-Qaida in Yemen (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST AP - A Nigerian man's claim that his attempt to blow up a U.S. plane originated with al-Qaida's network inside Yemen deepened concerns that instability in the Middle Eastern country is providing the terror group with a base to train and recruit militants for operations against the West and the U.S.

White House warns foes on terror politics (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:01 PM PST AFP - The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.

Security reviews under way after airliner attack (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST AP - Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment.

Ramped up US airport security deepens holiday travel misery (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:29 AM PST AFP - Beleaguered US air passengers faced a slew of new travel woes Sunday, as ramped up airport security following a thwarted Christmas Day terror attack compounded delays from back-to-back record-setting snowstorms.

Republicans Rip Administration Over Terrorist Scare (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST CQPolitics.com - Congressional leaders switched gears from health care to national security on Sunday in the wake of a foiled Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight inbound to Detroit from overseas. While lawmakers from both parties called for enacting tougher security measures in response to the thwarted attack, Republicans accused President Barack Obama of not taking the risk of terrorist attacks more seriously.

Lawmakers blast Obama administration security handling (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:22 AM PST AFP - Conservative and independent US lawmakers blasted the White House Sunday for lax anti-terror oversight in the run-up to a Christmas Day attack on a US-bound flight by a man listed in a terrorism database.

U.S. probes al Qaeda involvement in jet incident (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:57 AM PST Reuters - Al Qaeda involvement is a "subject of investigation" in Friday's incident in which a Nigerian man has been charged with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet bound from Amsterdam to Detroit, U.S. homeland security chief Janet Napolitano said on Sunday.

Detroit attack: terrorist once again confounds airport security (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:54 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The failed attempt to blow up a US airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day shows how terrorists are adapting in their attempts to evade upgraded airport security.

CQ Transcript: Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano on CNN's 'State of the Union' (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:07 AM PST CQPolitics.com - CQ Transcriptwire

'No indication' attack part of larger plot: Napolitano (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:56 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama's top security official said Sunday there was "no indication" an accused Nigerian terrorist was acting as part of a larger plot when he tried to blow up a US-bound flight on Christmas Day.

Too early to say attack tied to Al-Qaeda: Napolitano (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:29 AM PST AFP - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Sunday it would be "inappropriate to speculate" that an accused Nigerian terrorist's attack on a US airliner was linked to Al-Qaeda.

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