Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Man pleads guilty in Ill. bomb plot, gets 28 years (AP)
• US man jailed 28 years in bomb plot (AFP)
• NYC: Subway tunnel arrests not linked to terror (AP)
• US targets key al-Qaida figure in Yemen (AP)
• Calif man gets 25 years for missile-smuggling plot (AP)
• Cockpit attack highlights four on-board incidents last weekend (The Christian Science Monitor)
• US man jailed for smuggling anti-aircraft missiles (AFP)
• Attorney General vows to close Guantanamo (Reuters)
• Suspect in flight disturbance had California ID (AP)
• German al-Qaida member sentenced to prison term (AP)
• Indonesia drops key terror charges against cleric (AFP)

Man pleads guilty in Ill. bomb plot, gets 28 years (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT AP - A part-time fry cook and would-be terrorist admitted plotting to blow up a federal courthouse in the Illinois capital city and was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison.

US man jailed 28 years in bomb plot (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT AFP - A 'homegrown' terrorist who pleaded guilty to trying to bomb a federal courthouse in the state capitol of Illinois on behalf of the Al-Qaeda terror network was sentenced to 28 years in prison Monday, officials said.

NYC: Subway tunnel arrests not linked to terror (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 02:31 PM PDT AP - Two incidents of train tunnel trespassing over the weekend have nothing to do with terrorism, but with such an immense network of subway and commuter rail tunnels running beneath the city's streets and waterways, it's impossible to completely protect the system from intruders, the city's police commissioner said Monday.

US targets key al-Qaida figure in Yemen (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 02:13 PM PDT AP - A U.S. official says a drone attack in Yemen last week was targeting radical American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is active in planning and promoting terror attacks by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

Calif man gets 25 years for missile-smuggling plot (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 02:01 PM PDT AP - The first person indicted under a federal anti-terrorism law adopted after the Sept. 11 attacks was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for attempting to smuggle anti-aircraft missiles into the United States from his native China.

Cockpit attack highlights four on-board incidents last weekend (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 May 2011 01:46 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A week after Osama bin Laden’s death, a series of incidents delayed flights and resulted in the arrest of an unruly passenger. Law enforcement officials say they do not believe the incidents are terrorism-related.

US man jailed for smuggling anti-aircraft missiles (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT AFP - A US man was jailed for 25 years on Monday for smuggling goods including surface-to-air missiles from China in the first conviction under a 2004 anti-terrorism law, officials said.

Attorney General vows to close Guantanamo (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 11:30 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday the United States would close the Guantanamo Bay facility holding terrorism suspects in Cuba, despite missing a previous deadline to do so.

Suspect in flight disturbance had California ID (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:27 PM PDT AP - The passengers sat stunned as they watched a man walk quickly toward the front of American Airlines Flight 1561 as it was descending toward San Francisco. He was screaming and then began pounding on the cockpit door.

German al-Qaida member sentenced to prison term (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 06:15 AM PDT AP - A German-Syrian dual national who has admitted belonging to al-Qaida has been convicted of membership in a terrorist group and given a prison sentence of four years and nine months.

Indonesia drops key terror charges against cleric (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 12:43 AM PDT AFP - Indonesian prosecutors on Monday dropped the most serious terror charges against radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for lack of evidence, leaving him facing a possible life sentence instead of death.

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