Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• New prison term for LA terror plot cooperator (AP)
• Explosives in U.S.-bound parcels from Yemen - Obama (Reuters)
• Explosive packages reflect new Yemen terror threat (AP)
• Terror plot thwarted as US-bound explosives seized (AP)
• Explosives in U.S.-bound parcels from Yemen: Obama (Reuters)
• FBI asks how subway bomb defendant was radicalized (AP)
• Explosive packages show growing Yemen threat (AP)
• Text of Obama statement on terrorism (AP)
• Obama calls Yemeni packages 'credible terrorist threat' (AFP)
• UPS suspends shipments from Yemen (AP)
• White House: System worked in response to attack (AP)
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• Packages from Yemen 'credible terrorist threat': Obama (AFP)
• White House: Explosives intended as US attack (AP)
• Obama: US commits to destroying al-Qaida in Yemen (AP)
• Obama: 'Credible' terrorist threat being probed (AP)
• US warned of mail bomb terror tactic last month (AP)
• Canadian tells Guantanamo jury of rape threat (Reuters)
• Iraq frees five linked to Qaeda in Kirkuk kidnap swap (AFP)

New prison term for LA terror plot cooperator (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:32 PM PDT AP - After helping prosecutors convict two co-conspirators in a terrorist plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport, Abdel Ghani Meskini got a short sentence and a new start as a manager of a rundown Atlanta-area apartment complex.

Explosives in U.S.-bound parcels from Yemen - Obama (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - Security officials in Britain and Dubai intercepted two parcel bombs being sent from Yemen to the United States in a "credible terrorist threat," U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday.

Explosive packages reflect new Yemen terror threat (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - The discovery of two explosive-laden packages sent from Yemen and aimed at U.S. and Western interests represents a new escalation in the terror threat emanating from this violence-wracked, poverty-stricken Mideast country.

Terror plot thwarted as US-bound explosives seized (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign.

Explosives in U.S.-bound parcels from Yemen: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - Security officials in Britain and Dubai intercepted two parcel bombs being sent from Yemen to the United States in a "credible terrorist threat," President Barack Obama said on Friday.

FBI asks how subway bomb defendant was radicalized (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:26 PM PDT AP - FBI agents who ensnared a suburban father in a terrorism sting involving a fictional subway bomb plot have turned their attention to figuring out what may have made the Pakistani-born U.S. citizen turn against his adopted country.

Explosive packages show growing Yemen threat (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:01 PM PDT AP - The discovery of two explosive-laden packages from Yemen bound for U.S. destinations appears to represent a new twist in the terror threat emanating from the violence-wracked Mideast country.

Text of Obama statement on terrorism (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:47 PM PDT AP - Text of statement by President Obama on the overseas discovery of U.S.-bound packages containing explosives aboard cargo jets:

Obama calls Yemeni packages 'credible terrorist threat' (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:44 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama said Friday that two packages from Yemen addressed to Jewish synagogues in Chicago contained explosive material and were a "credible terrorist threat."

UPS suspends shipments from Yemen (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:09 PM PDT AP - UPS says it is immediately suspending shipments out of Yemen after authorities thwarted a terrorist attack against U.S. synagogues.

White House: System worked in response to attack (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - White House Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan says the national security system worked well in response to the discovery of two explosive packages bound for the United States.

(AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:57 PM PDT AP - White House homeland security adviser: System worked well in response to explosive packages.

Packages from Yemen 'credible terrorist threat': Obama (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:46 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama said Friday that suspect packages from Yemen bound for the US contained explosive material and were a "credible terrorist threat."

White House: Explosives intended as US attack (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:43 PM PDT AP - White House Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan says the two explosive packages bound for the United States were intended to carry out an attack and could have done harm.

Obama: US commits to destroying al-Qaida in Yemen (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:37 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. is committed to destroying the Yemeni-based terror group officials believe is connected to a terror plot on three continents.

Obama: 'Credible' terrorist threat being probed (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:26 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the terror probe into suspicious packages believed to be linked to a plot by Yemen's al-Qaida branch is a "credible terrorist threat."

US warned of mail bomb terror tactic last month (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:54 PM PDT AP - U.S. intelligence officials warned last month that terrorists want to mail chemical and biological materials as part of an attack against the country.

Canadian tells Guantanamo jury of rape threat (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:28 AM PDT Reuters - A young Canadian on Friday asked the U.S. military tribunal due to sentence him on terrorism and murder charges to keep in mind that U.S. interrogators tried to scare him with threats of gang rape and death.

Iraq frees five linked to Qaeda in Kirkuk kidnap swap (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:23 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi police released five jailed women linked to Al-Qaeda in exchange for two kidnapped Kurdish sisters to curb violence in the ethnically divided city of Kirkuk, an anti-terrorism official told AFP on Friday.

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