Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Officials: FBI cracked bomb suspect through family (AP)
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• Court: Sentence for millennium plotter too lenient (AP)
• Algeria wants to get off US air travel watch list (AP)
• Court: Sentence for millenium plotter too lenient (AP)
• Gates demurs on question of NY terrorism trial (AP)
• DC Metro police hold anti-terror drill (AP)
• Saudi Arabia wants Taliban to expel bin Laden (AP)
• Washington DC transit system holds anti-terror drills (AFP)
• US terror suspects in Pakistan allege FBI torture (AP)
• Taliban: Terrorist or not? Not always easy to say (AP)
• Americans held in Pakistan complain of torture (Reuters)
• America's Business Law Protects International Crime (Time.com)
• 1 injured in Russian railroad bombing (AP)

Officials: FBI cracked bomb suspect through family (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:29 PM PST AP - The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day has been cooperating with investigators since last week and has provided fresh intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, officials said Tuesday.

(AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:26 PM PST AP - Law enforcement official: Nigerian bomb suspect cooperating with FBI in terrorism case.

Court: Sentence for millennium plotter too lenient (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:18 PM PST AP - A federal appeals court said Tuesday a 22-year prison sentence was too lenient for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the end of the millennium.

Algeria wants to get off US air travel watch list (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 12:37 PM PST AP - Algeria's interior minister is threatening to reply in kind if his country remains on U.S. and French special terrorism-related air travel watch lists.

Court: Sentence for millenium plotter too lenient (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:46 AM PST AP - A federal appeals court says a 22-year prison sentence is too lenient for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.

Gates demurs on question of NY terrorism trial (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:22 AM PST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to say Tuesday whether he thinks it's appropriate to try self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York civilian court, not far from the site of the attack.

DC Metro police hold anti-terror drill (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 09:18 AM PST AP - Police conducted an anti-terrorism drill at one of the Washington subway system's busiest stations, launching a new initiative aimed at deterring terrorist activity.

Saudi Arabia wants Taliban to expel bin Laden (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:17 AM PST AP - Saudi Arabia said during a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai Tuesday that it will not get involved in peacemaking in Afghanistan unless the Taliban stops providing shelter and severs all ties with Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida movement.

Washington DC transit system holds anti-terror drills (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:58 AM PST AFP - Dozens of police officers swarmed one of Washington DC's busiest stations with dogs and bomb technicians during Tuesday's morning rush hour, to demonstrate that the US capital city's transit system can thwart possible terror attacks.

US terror suspects in Pakistan allege FBI torture (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:47 AM PST AP - Five American terrorism suspects alleged Tuesday that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police, the latest wrinkle in a case that has added to sensitivities in U.S.-Pakistani relations.

Taliban: Terrorist or not? Not always easy to say (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:29 AM PST AP - Once considered so entwined that they were twin targets of a U.S. invasion, al-Qaida and elements of Afghanistan's Taliban are now being surgically separated â€" one careful stitch at a time.

Americans held in Pakistan complain of torture (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:10 AM PST Reuters - Five Americans accused of contacting militants over the Internet and planning terrorist attacks told a court on Tuesday they were tortured by the FBI and Pakistani police attempting to frame them.

America's Business Law Protects International Crime (Time.com) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:40 AM PST Time.com - Lax state laws of incorporation allow shell companies to operate freely in the U.S., helping the Russian mafia, drug cartels, and still, even some terrorists.

1 injured in Russian railroad bombing (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:09 AM PST AP - Russian officials say a bomb explosion on railroad tracks in St. Petersburg injured one worker and is being considered a terrorist attack.

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