Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Much-hyped US airport pat-down protest fizzles (AFP)
• Color-coded terror warnings on track to disappear (AP)
• TSA Chief: No intel pointing to terror threat (AP)
• Nine held on terror charges in Belgium (AFP)
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• Forewarned? Germany Heightens Security in Response to Terror Threat (Time.com)
• Russian agent says charity tied to terrorism (AP)

Much-hyped US airport pat-down protest fizzles (AFP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PST AFP - A much-hyped protest against body scanners and invasive pat-downs fizzled Wednesday as many US airline passengers said preventing another terrorist attack was worth a few moments of discomfort.

Color-coded terror warnings on track to disappear (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 01:53 PM PST AP - Goodbye danger defined as yellow, orange and red. The Homeland Security Department is looking to scrap the five-tiered color-coded terror warning system in favor of a streamlined one with as few as two alerts. The post-9/11, Bush-era system has been criticized as too vague to be useful in communicating the terror threat to the public, either ignored or the butt of jokes.

TSA Chief: No intel pointing to terror threat (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 09:44 AM PST AP - Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole says there's no specific intelligence indicating a terror threat to the U.S. during this Thanksgiving holiday.

Nine held on terror charges in Belgium (AFP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PST AFP - Nine people picked up by Belgian police in two separate swoops against a Chechnya-linked Islamist network and a group recruiting Afghan fighters were thrown behind bars on terror charges Wednesday.

(AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:00 AM PST AP - US officials: Homeland Security recommends ending color-coded terror alert system.

Forewarned? Germany Heightens Security in Response to Terror Threat (Time.com) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 01:20 AM PST Time.com - With intelligence reports saying Islamic militants are planning an attack atthe end of the month, security is tightened across Germany. But can anoverstretched police force do enough to protect the people?

Russian agent says charity tied to terrorism (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 06:48 PM PST AP - A former Russian counterterrorism agent testified Tuesday that an Islamic charity that once had its U.S. headquarters in Oregon was financing Islamic fighters battling the Russian Army in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

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