Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• AP source: Specific, unconfirmed threat received (AP)
• U.S. sees credible but unconfirmed terrorism threat (Reuters)
• Power out for millions in Calif., Ariz., Mexico (AP)
• EU official warns of spreading al-Qaida offshoot (AP)
• Judge won't suppress statements in NYC terror case (AP)
• Terror suspect held on warship appears in NY court (AP)
• U.S. tries new ways to stop terror financing (Reuters)
• NYPD honors Sept. 11 victims in medal ceremony (AP)
• Napolitano says 'lots of chatter' as 9-11 nears (AP)
• German police detain 2; search Islamic center (AP)
• Norway police detonate replica of Breivik's bomb (AP)
• Deadly India blast shows scant security progress (AP)
• High court blast another blow for "clueless" government (Reuters)
• Analysis: Blast another blow for "clueless" India government (Reuters)
• Officials: bombs kill 8 people around Afghanistan (AP)
• Some recent explosions around India (AP)
• Gaddafi Leaves Weapons in Libya: A Market for Terrorists? (Time.com)
• Why Pentagon's New Complex Is a Soft Terrorist Target (Time.com)
• Bon Jovi in 9/11 encore sings for NY firefighters (AP)

AP source: Specific, unconfirmed threat received (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:34 PM PDT AP - Counterterrorism officials said Thursday they are investigating a credible but unconfirmed terror threat involving New York or Washington.

U.S. sees credible but unconfirmed terrorism threat (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a redoubling of counter-terrorism efforts in the face of a "credible but unconfirmed" threat ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Power out for millions in Calif., Ariz., Mexico (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:21 PM PDT AP - A power outage is affecting millions of people across southern California, Arizona and Mexico. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. Darcel Hulce said that crews Thursday believe the outage was caused by a system breakdown and assured people it was not the result of a terror attack.

EU official warns of spreading al-Qaida offshoot (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:02 PM PDT AP - The European Union's counterterrorism coordinator warned Thursday that al-Qaida's North African offshoot is extending its footprint around Africa and said local governments need more help fighting it.

Judge won't suppress statements in NYC terror case (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:01 PM PDT AP - A jury can hear incriminating statements made by a terror defendant after he was arrested in a failed mission by al-Qaida to attack the city's subway system with homemade bombs, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Terror suspect held on warship appears in NY court (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:50 PM PDT AP - A Somali citizen arrested on terrorism charges after he was interrogated aboard a U.S. warship made his first public court appearance Thursday.

U.S. tries new ways to stop terror financing (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:28 PM PDT Reuters - Terrorists are increasingly turning to robberies and kidnappings to raise money, U.S. officials said on Thursday, posing problems for governments as they work to choke off funding for the groups.

NYPD honors Sept. 11 victims in medal ceremony (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - The New York Police Department has honored the officers who were killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks at the World Trade Center and those who worked on the toxic pile of rubble and died later.

Napolitano says 'lots of chatter' as 9-11 nears (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:58 PM PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said there is "a lot of chatter" around the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but there is no information about a specific threat.

German police detain 2; search Islamic center (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:39 AM PDT AP - Berlin police detained two men on Thursday suspected of obtaining ingredients for a bomb after a tip from foreign intelligence agencies to a potential threat, officials said.

Norway police detonate replica of Breivik's bomb (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 11:30 AM PDT AP - Norwegian police on Thursday set off a replica of the car bomb that ripped through Oslo's government district on July 22 in the first of two attacks that together killed 77 people.

Deadly India blast shows scant security progress (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 07:22 AM PDT AP - After a team of gunmen blasted through Mumbai in November 2008, India pledged to overhaul its police forces and root out terrorism nationwide. But not a single suspect in seven bomb blasts in the three years since has been prosecuted.

High court blast another blow for "clueless" government (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 06:56 AM PDT Reuters - A spate of audacious and deadly terrorist attacks on high profile targets in India is unlikely to be stopped anytime soon because the response by the government, slammed by one tabloid as "clueless," has been half hearted and underfunded.

Analysis: Blast another blow for "clueless" India government (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:38 AM PDT Reuters - A spate of audacious and deadly terrorist attacks on high profile targets in India is unlikely to be stopped anytime soon because the response by the government, slammed by one tabloid as "clueless," has been half hearted and underfunded.

Officials: bombs kill 8 people around Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:18 AM PDT AP - Roadside bombs killed eight people around Afghanistan in the past two days as security forces braced for a possible spike in violence ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, NATO and Afghan officials said Thursday.

Some recent explosions around India (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:16 AM PDT AP - Major terror-related bombings around India since the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166:

Gaddafi Leaves Weapons in Libya: A Market for Terrorists? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:55 AM PDT Time.com - From advanced antiaircraft missiles to many thousands of shells and land mines, the dictator's forces left behind arms for a ready-made insurgency -- and some choice items for the international terrorism market

Why Pentagon's New Complex Is a Soft Terrorist Target (Time.com) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 01:00 AM PDT Time.com - Workers are already trickling into the Defense Department's new Mark Center offices just south of the Pentagon, despite worrying evidence that the facility is extremely vulnerable to a terrorist attack

Bon Jovi in 9/11 encore sings for NY firefighters (AP) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:23 PM PDT AP - Rocker Jon Bon Jovi returned to a Manhattan fire house Wednesday to pay tribute to firefighters marking the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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