Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Grim Obama says terror attack 'dots' not connected (AP)
• Tensions grow as US heightens role in Yemen (AP)
• Obama suspends detainee transfers to Yemen (AP)
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• UK privacy concerns likely to impede body scanners (AP)
• U.S. to test emergency alert system in Alaska on Wednesday (Reuters)
• White House says no detainees to Yemen for now (AP)
• Obama to Add Air-Security Steps as Screening Expands (Bloomberg)
• Mass. college bans head coverings that block face (AP)
• Terror suspect raised no suspicion in Amsterdam (AP)
• Qatar PM: Mideast peace push key to thwarting terrorism (AFP)
• 9/11 museum gets 'Dear Hero' collection of notes (AP)
• Iraq records 77 executions for terrorism offences in 2009 (AFP)
• Nigeria will appeal to reverse US flight screening (AFP)
• Man jokes about terrorism at German airport (AP)
• McCain warns of growing Qaeda threat from Yemen (AFP)
• Obama to Adopt More Air-Security Steps as Screening Increases (Bloomberg)
• US overhauls terror watchlists (AFP)
• Obama to Change Terror Watch-List System After Attempted Attack (Bloomberg)

Grim Obama says terror attack 'dots' not connected (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:13 PM PST AP - A grim-faced President Barack Obama declared Tuesday there was a deep failure of national intelligence in the botched Christmas Day airliner terror attack over Detroit, telling the nation the government had enough information to thwart potential disaster but could not "connect those dots."

Tensions grow as US heightens role in Yemen (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - Friction emerged Tuesday in the growing alliance with the Yemeni government as the U.S. Embassy ended a two-day closure triggered by a terror threat from al-Qaida.

Obama suspends detainee transfers to Yemen (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:15 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that no more Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to Yemen for now, as his administration ratcheted up security measures after a failed Christmas terror plot to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner.

(AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:51 PM PST AP - Obama reaffirms his intention to close Guantanamo prison.

UK privacy concerns likely to impede body scanners (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:37 PM PST AP - Britain's government wants to quickly deploy full body scanners at U.K. airports to fight an expanded terrorist threat, but privacy concerns — and fears that children may be exploited — seem likely to slow the plan.

U.S. to test emergency alert system in Alaska on Wednesday (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:10 PM PST Reuters - The United States will run state-wide tests in Alaska on Wednesday of the country's Emergency Alert System, which uses television and radio to inform the public in the event of a national emergency.

White House says no detainees to Yemen for now (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:13 PM PST AP - The Obama administration says no more Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to Yemen for the time being — after a failed Christmas terror plot raised concerns about terrorists active in that country.

Obama to Add Air-Security Steps as Screening Expands (Bloomberg) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:48 AM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama today will announce changes to the government’s terrorist watch-list system, as well as additional steps to improve airline safety.

Mass. college bans head coverings that block face (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:14 PM PST AP - A Massachusetts pharmacy college instituted a ban on clothing that obscures the face, including face veils and burqas, weeks after a Muslim alumnus who is also the son of a professor was charged with plotting terror strikes.

Terror suspect raised no suspicion in Amsterdam (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:03 AM PST AP - Dutch investigators said Tuesday they found no evidence that a Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner contacted accomplices at Amsterdam's airport, and that he already had the explosives on him when he arrived on a connecting flight.

Qatar PM: Mideast peace push key to thwarting terrorism (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:16 AM PST AFP - Qatar's prime minister praised US President Barack Obama on Tuesday for giving "special care" to Middle East peace, describing the process as key to defeating extremists like the attempted Christmas Day bomber.

9/11 museum gets 'Dear Hero' collection of notes (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:12 AM PST AP - More than 3,000 letters, drawings and other objects of appreciation sent to New York firehouses after the 2001 terror attacks are being given to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

Iraq records 77 executions for terrorism offences in 2009 (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:11 AM PST AFP - Iraq executed 77 people last year, all of whom were convicted of terrorism-related offences, the country's supreme court said on Tuesday.

Nigeria will appeal to reverse US flight screening (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:52 AM PST AFP - Nigeria will appeal to the United States to remove it from a terrorism flight watchlist drawn up in the wake of a failed plot to blow up a US airliner, Justice Minister Michael Aondoaaka said on Tuesday.

Man jokes about terrorism at German airport (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:37 AM PST AP - A German man was temporarily detained at Stuttgart airport on Tuesday after he repeatedly told security personnel that he had explosives in his underwear, police said.

McCain warns of growing Qaeda threat from Yemen (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:51 AM PST AFP - US senator John McCain warned Tuesday Al-Qaeda is increasingly using Yemen as a base to launch attacks around the world, and called on Washington to help the Arab country expel the terror network.

Obama to Adopt More Air-Security Steps as Screening Increases (Bloomberg) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:40 AM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama today will announce changes to the government’s terrorist watch-list system as well as additional steps to improve airline safety, an administration official said.

US overhauls terror watchlists (AFP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:16 AM PST AFP - The United States has overhauled its terror watchlists after the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an airliner which has led President Barack Obama to order a widespread review of security measures.

Obama to Change Terror Watch-List System After Attempted Attack (Bloomberg) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:15 AM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will announce today changes to the government’s terrorist watch-list system and take other aviation-safety measures in response to the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas day, an administration official said.

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