Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Weak Al-Qaeda could splinter: Gates (AFP)
• AP sources: Pakistanis tip off militants again (AP)
• Gates: Iran supplying arms to Iraqi Shiite groups (AP)
• Blast wounds 5 in Philippine bar amid terror fears (AP)

Weak Al-Qaeda could splinter: Gates (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:45 AM PDT AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday that Al-Qaeda had been seriously degraded and could split into a set of regional terror groups now that Osama bin Laden was gone.

AP sources: Pakistanis tip off militants again (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:44 AM PDT AP - In another blow to Washington's relationship with Pakistan, U.S. officials say Pakistan failed another test to prove it could be trusted to go after American enemies on its soil by intentionally or inadvertently tipping off militants at two more bomb-building factories in its tribal areas, giving the suspected terrorists time to flee.

Gates: Iran supplying arms to Iraqi Shiite groups (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 06:23 AM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Shiite extremists, not al-Qaida terrorists, are to blame for most of the recent U.S. military deaths in Iraq, and they're "clearly getting some fairly sophisticated and powerful weapons" from Iran.

Blast wounds 5 in Philippine bar amid terror fears (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2011 09:50 PM PDT AP - Police say an explosion wounded five women and slightly damaged a karaoke bar in a southern Philippine city amid fresh concerns about possible terrorist attacks in the country.

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