Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Backlash may move 9/11 terror trial from Manhattan (AP)
• Plane diverted to Fla. in terror scare (AP)
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• Obama Said to Consider Moving Terror Trial From NYC (Bloomberg)
• Arrest on Colo. Amtrak train over alleged threat (AP)
• Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war (AP)
• Upstate NY mayor bids to hold 9/11 terror trial (AP)
• Clinton says it is up to Russia to cooperate (AP)
• Clinton to work with Russia on European security (Reuters)
• 38% Say U.S. and Allies Winning War on Terror (Rasmussen Reports)
• Tony Blair Iraq inquiry: Hussein was risk worth trying to contain (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Defiant Blair says no regrets over Iraq war (Reuters)
• Indonesian police arrest suspected terrorist (AP)
• Official: Malaysia holds 10 to stem radical Islam (AP)
• Obama Considers Moving N.Y. Terror Trial If Blocked by Lawmakers (Bloomberg)

Backlash may move 9/11 terror trial from Manhattan (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 06:32 PM PST AP - Pressured by a growing clamor from New York, the Obama administration appears likely to move the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan, where it had been scheduled to take place just blocks from the site of the twin towers attack. The city's top police official says he thinks the trial won't take place anywhere in the city.

Plane diverted to Fla. in terror scare (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:48 PM PST AP - A Continental Airlines jet flying from Newark, N.J., to Bogota was diverted to Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday over concerns a passenger was on the government's watch list of suspected terrorists banned from commercial flights. It turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

(AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:09 PM PST AP - Law enforcement official: Passenger on diverted flight not a match to terrorist watch list.

Obama Said to Consider Moving Terror Trial From NYC (Bloomberg) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:39 PM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration is considering new locations for the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects after lawmakers and New York officials objected to it being held in lower Manhattan, an administration official said.

Arrest on Colo. Amtrak train over alleged threat (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST AP - An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers in Colorado by allegedly talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone was pulled from the train and faces a felony charge of endangering public transportation.

Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST AP - He was right and he'd do it again.

Upstate NY mayor bids to hold 9/11 terror trial (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:19 AM PST AP - The mayor of a small upstate New York city says his community would be the perfect site for the Sept. 11 terrorist trial, if officials decide to move it out of Manhattan.

Clinton says it is up to Russia to cooperate (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:32 AM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday challenged Russia to cooperate with the Obama administration and with NATO to ensure European security against new threats such as terrorism, cyber attacks or natural disasters.

Clinton to work with Russia on European security (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday recommitted the United States to the defense of Europe and pledged to work with NATO allies and former foe Russia to boost security in the face of new threats.

38% Say U.S. and Allies Winning War on Terror (Rasmussen Reports) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 07:44 AM PST Rasmussen Reports - Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters say the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror. That's the third time in four Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys that confidence has been below 40%. Numbers that bleak haven't been recorded in consecutive surveys since the middle of 2007.

Tony Blair Iraq inquiry: Hussein was risk worth trying to contain (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 07:17 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair invoked the terror of 9/11 as he defended his support for the invasion of Iraq during an appearance Friday at Britain's inquiry into the war. With his legacy overshadowed by the 2003 intervention, Mr. Blair argued that while the 2001 attacks on the US had not changed the threat from Iraq, they completely shifted his perception of the risk posed from terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction.

Defiant Blair says no regrets over Iraq war (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:14 AM PST Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday he had no regrets about the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed.

Indonesian police arrest suspected terrorist (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:14 AM PST AP - Counter-terrorist forces have arrested a suspected Islamist militant in central Indonesia.

Official: Malaysia holds 10 to stem radical Islam (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:30 AM PST AP - Malaysia's arrest of 10 terror suspects was part of a sweep targeting the hard-line Islamic sect often associated with al-Qaida, but any link to the Nigerian suspected in the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner remains unclear, a senior official said Friday.

Obama Considers Moving N.Y. Terror Trial If Blocked by Lawmakers (Bloomberg) Posted: 28 Jan 2010 09:05 PM PST Bloomberg - Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration has discussed contingency plans for moving the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects out of lower Manhattan if Congress or local governments require it, an administration official said.

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