Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Obama names new transportation security chief (AFP)
• Accountant held without bail in NYC in terror case (AP)
• Germany: No clemency for leftist terrorist (AP)
• MMS drilling official retires in oil spill fallout (AP)
• Iraq vows to quickly eliminate new Qaeda leaders (AFP)

Obama names new transportation security chief (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:24 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated FBI counter-terrorism expert John Pistole to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which oversees airport security measures.

Accountant held without bail in NYC in terror case (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - A prosecutor on Monday accused an accountant charged with conspiring to modernize al-Qaida of using code words and encrypted software to speak with a co-defendant who bought digital watches that could be used as timing devices in explosives.

Germany: No clemency for leftist terrorist (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 07:35 AM PDT AP - Germany's president said Monday he had rejected a request for clemency from a leftist terrorist serving a life sentence for the murder of a U.S. soldier and the deadly bombing of an American base.

MMS drilling official retires in oil spill fallout (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - The federal official overseeing offshore drilling announced his departure Monday in a fallout from the Gulf oil spill and criticism that federal regulators have been too cozy with industry.

Iraq vows to quickly eliminate new Qaeda leaders (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2010 06:49 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's security forces on Monday vowed to quickly eliminate Al-Qaeda's new leadership, a day after the terror network named replacements for two senior commanders who were killed last month.

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