Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Police: Evidence links rural spree, salon shooting (AP)
• Guantanamo detainee lawyers ask Poles for probe (AP)
• Suicide bombing stirs Sweden's far-right (AP)
• Pakistan must root out terrorist havens: Obama (AFP)
• Police: Explosives in Conn. home are fireworks (AP)
• Obama: US on track in Afghanistan, issues remain (AP)
• US tracking terror threats during holidays (AP)
• Sweden probes blasts, no new threat level (Reuters)
• Is the U.S. Still Funding Iranian Suicide Bombers? (The Daily Beast)
• Calls detail aftermath of attack on Mich. couple (AP)

Police: Evidence links rural spree, salon shooting (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:53 PM PST AP - A witness ID and other evidence suggest that a man killed by a customer during an attempted robbery of a Chicago-area tanning salon also was the gunman in an October shooting spree that terrorized residents along the Illinois-Indiana border, authorities said Thursday, but they stopped short of declaring that they had solved the case.

Guantanamo detainee lawyers ask Poles for probe (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST AP - Lawyers for a terrorism suspect at Guantanamo asked Polish authorities Thursday to open an investigation into allegations that American agents abused him at a now-shuttered secret CIA prison in Poland.

Suicide bombing stirs Sweden's far-right (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:55 AM PST AP - The bombs had barely exploded in Stockholm's bustling shopping district before members of the far-right, Islam-bashing Sweden Democrats rushed to their blogs and Twitter feeds. "Told you so," said one. "Finally" tweeted another.

Pakistan must root out terrorist havens: Obama (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 09:42 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday called on Pakistan to step up the fight to root out terrorist safe havens within its borders, saying progress "has not come fast enough."

Police: Explosives in Conn. home are fireworks (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:36 PM PST AP - Police say what appeared to be explosive devices found in a Connecticut apartment turned out to be fireworks, and they're questioning the man who lives there.

Obama: US on track in Afghanistan, issues remain (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST AP - Though mostly upbeat, the Obama administration's assessment of war progress in Afghanistan suggests tough combat will continue for years and if the president begins to bring U.S. troops home next summer, as promised, the numbers will be small.

US tracking terror threats during holidays (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 10:41 AM PST AP - Counterterrorism officials are tracking threats to the U.S. and Europe from al-Qaida and affiliated groups during the holiday season, authorities said. They have not yet seen evidence of specific plots aimed at the U.S.

Sweden probes blasts, no new threat level (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 06:01 AM PST Reuters - Sweden sees no need to raise its terrorism threat level despite reports further attacks could be planned in Europe and the United States after a terror bid in Stockholm, the Security Police said on Thursday.

Is the U.S. Still Funding Iranian Suicide Bombers? (The Daily Beast) Posted: 15 Dec 2010 10:28 PM PST The Daily Beast - President Obama is denouncing a suicide attack by the Sunni terrorists Jundallah that killed 39 in Iran, but is his administration still backing the group? Reza Aslan on how the bombing might bring the two countries together.

Calls detail aftermath of attack on Mich. couple (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2010 08:04 PM PST AP - The 911 calls released Wednesday in the double stabbing of a Michigan couple detail the frantic aftermath of the attack, which their daughter, her boyfriend and another teen are accused of carrying out.

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