Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Tension as White House Situation Room watched raid (AP)
Bin Laden dies, but the terror threat lives on (AP)
Bin Laden's demise: US rejoices after a decade (AP)
World welcomes bin Laden killing, fears reprisals (AFP)
Fabled SEAL Team 6 ends hunt for bin Laden (AP)
Wash. teacher shaves for first time since Sept. 11 (AP)
With raid, US avoids trial, tomb for bin Laden (AFP)
Death of Bin Laden: Live report (AFP)
Bin Laden's death could inspire attacks in US (AP)
Palin, former Pentagon official speaking in Colo. (AP)
Zawahiri: bin Laden's successor as most-wanted man (AFP)
Bin Laden death 'defining moment': top US official (AFP)
Al-Qaeda may seek vengeance for bin Laden: US (AFP)
Man Live-Tweets U.S. Raid on Osama Bin Laden Without Knowing It (Time.com)
Africans debate impact of Osama bin Laden killing (The Christian Science Monitor)
Blinded in blast, tears shed at US Embassy site (AP)
After Bin Laden, Should Europe Brace for Revenge? (Time.com)
Homeland chief: No plans to raise terror level (AP)
U.S. at heightened state of vigilance: Napolitano (Reuters)
9/11 kin praise bin Laden death while nursing pain (AP)

Tension as White House Situation Room watched raid (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:04 PM PDT

AP - From halfway around the world, President Barack Obama and his national security team monitored the strike on Osama bin Laden's compound in real time, watching and listening to the firefight that killed the terrorist leader.

Bin Laden dies, but the terror threat lives on (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:00 PM PDT

AP - Osama bin Laden's death may temporarily decapitate al-Qaida, but the threat of terror attacks remains, and it could spike in coming days from individuals or small extremist groups inspired to take revenge for the killing, terror experts said Monday.

Bin Laden's demise: US rejoices after a decade (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:59 PM PDT

AP - After nearly a decade of anger and fear, America rejoiced Monday at the demise of Osama bin Laden, the terror mastermind behind the horrific 9/11 attacks. Navy SEALs who killed the world's most-wanted terrorist seized a trove of al-Qaida documents to pore over, and President Barack Obama laid plans to visit New York's ground zero.

World welcomes bin Laden killing, fears reprisals (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 04:07 PM PDT

AFP - World leaders welcomed the killing of Osama bin Laden but many warned that the war against terror was far from over and that Al-Qaeda could strike back with renewed vigour.

Fabled SEAL Team 6 ends hunt for bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:48 PM PDT

AP - Osama bin Laden's death in a ripped-from-a-spy-thriller helicopter raid and firefight gives a storied unit of U.S. special operations forces bragging rights for what has become the most famous covert operation since the Sept. 11 attacks launched on bin Laden's orders.

Wash. teacher shaves for first time since Sept. 11 (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT

AP - A middle school teacher vowed after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that he would not shave his beard until Osama bin Laden was caught.

With raid, US avoids trial, tomb for bin Laden (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:16 PM PDT

AFP - Although he was officially wanted dead or alive, leading bin Laden away in handcuffs would have opened up a whole new set of legal and political dilemmas for Washington, fueling controversies about how to treat and try terror suspects.

Death of Bin Laden: Live report (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 04:44 PM PDT

AFP - 2337 GMT: The White House announces that US President Barack Obama is to visit Ground Zero on Thursday -- a bitter-sweet moment for Americans as they will no doubt rejoice at the killing of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden by US special forces in Pakistan but remember the nearly 3,000 people who died at his hands on September 11, 2001.

Bin Laden's death could inspire attacks in US (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:05 PM PDT

AP - The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are warning law enforcement across the country that Osama bin Laden's death will likely inspire homegrown extremists in the U.S. to try to carry out attacks in the near-term.

Palin, former Pentagon official speaking in Colo. (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:47 PM PDT

AP - Sarah Palin will share the stage in Colorado with a former senior military intelligence official who disparaged Islam while helping to lead the war on terror after Sept. 11.

Zawahiri: bin Laden's successor as most-wanted man (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:07 PM PDT

AFP - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian surgeon considered the real mastermind of the global terror franchise, is now set to succeed Osama bin Laden as the world's most wanted man.

Bin Laden death 'defining moment': top US official (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:38 AM PDT

AFP - The killing of Osama bin Laden was a "defining moment" in the war on terrorism, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Monday, adding the United States aims to bury the rest of Al-Qaeda with him.

Al-Qaeda may seek vengeance for bin Laden: US (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:26 AM PDT

AFP - The US government urged police and the public to be on high alert Monday for possible terrorist plots to avenge slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, warning Western targets around the world were at risk.

Man Live-Tweets U.S. Raid on Osama Bin Laden Without Knowing It (Time.com)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Sohaib Athar, a resident of Abbottabad, Pakistan, spent Sunday's wee hours tweeting about helicopters circling overhead and a mysterious blast. Little did he know that he was recording America's attack on the world's most wanted terrorist

Africans debate impact of Osama bin Laden killing (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 May 2011 10:51 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - For many Africans, the war against terrorism began on African soil.

Blinded in blast, tears shed at US Embassy site (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:25 AM PDT

AP - A Kenyan blinded in al-Qaida's 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi sobbed at a memorial site for the victims, and said that Monday was a day to remember those who have died in terror attacks around the world.

After Bin Laden, Should Europe Brace for Revenge? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Time.com - Europe awakes to news of Osama Bin Laden's death wondering if the killing raises an already high terror threat -- or alters nothing

Homeland chief: No plans to raise terror level (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 08:16 AM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the government has no plans to raise the terror alert level in the U.S. as a result of Osama bin Laden's death.

U.S. at heightened state of vigilance: Napolitano (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2011 08:13 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Homeland security officials are at a "heightened state of vigilance" for possible retaliatory attacks in the wake of American forces killing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Monday.