Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Pilot's death in NC adds to Uganda bombing tragedy (AP)
• FBI: Uganda attacks signal terror group potential (AP)
• Police union says LA airport vulnerable to attacks (AP)
• Fed terror charges tossed against animal activists (AP)
• 12th person detained in Russian spy case deported (AP)
• Ex-US security chief mulls lessons of terror war (AP)
• Who is al-Shabab? Somali terror army extends reach (AP)
• King raises questions about ground zero mosque (AP)

Pilot's death in NC adds to Uganda bombing tragedy (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:03 PM PDT AP - A retired Xerox executive and amateur pilot rarely turned down a request to fly a wounded soldier to a hospital appointment or a beach vacation, so it fit his altruistic nature to ferry the brother of a terrorist bombing victim 300 miles to grieve with his parents.

FBI: Uganda attacks signal terror group potential (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:54 PM PDT AP - If the Somali terror group al-Shabab is responsible for the deadly attacks in Uganda, it could mean the group is capable of carrying out successful attacks in Africa and beyond, according to an intelligence assessment by the FBI and Homeland Security Department.

Police union says LA airport vulnerable to attacks (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:43 PM PDT AP - Security cutbacks have made Los Angeles International Airport vulnerable to a terrorist attack, its police union complained in a letter to airport officials who deny the allegation.

Fed terror charges tossed against animal activists (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:37 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has dismissed charges against four animal rights activists accused of violating a rarely enforced anti-terrorism law while protesting at the homes of University of California scientists.

12th person detained in Russian spy case deported (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:25 PM PDT AP - A Russian man who became the 12th person taken into custody in the recent spy ring investigation has been deported from the United States, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday.

Ex-US security chief mulls lessons of terror war (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT AP - The first director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, said Tuesday that terrorist groups can be targeted best with agents and informers — but such missions are fraught with prohibitive dangers and ethical dilemmas.

Who is al-Shabab? Somali terror army extends reach (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT AP - The Somali militants who formed the hardline terror group al-Shabab carried out their first suicide attack in 2006, during the height of violence in Iraq. The world hardly noticed.

King raises questions about ground zero mosque (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2010 06:16 PM PDT AP - The ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee said Monday he favors an investigation into the funding of a proposed mosque near ground zero.

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