Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Saudi man charged with plotting terrorist attack (AP)
• Va. man who tried to join terrorists gets 25 years (AP)
• US brands Greek group a terrorist organization (AP)
• Paraguay extradites 3 Lebanese suspects to US (AP)
• US adds left-wing Greek group to terror list (AFP)
• Book Talk: Jimmy the Terrorist in small-town India (Reuters)
• Indonesian cleric denies terrorism charges (AP)
• 8 phones in Nigeria terror suspect's S.Africa cell (AP)
• Muslim group sues FBI over surveillance at California mosques (The Christian Science Monitor)

Saudi man charged with plotting terrorist attack (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST AP - A college student from Saudi Arabia who studied chemical engineering in Texas bought explosive chemicals online as part of a plan to hide bomb materials inside dolls and baby carriages to blow up dams, nuclear plants or the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department said Thursday.

Va. man who tried to join terrorists gets 25 years (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:02 PM PST AP - A college dropout and Muslim convert who threatened the creators of the "South Park" cartoon series and then tried to join an al-Qaida-linked terror group in Somalia was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.

US brands Greek group a terrorist organization (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:25 PM PST AP - The U.S. terrorism blacklist has a new member: a Greek group that claims responsibility for two targeted killings.

Paraguay extradites 3 Lebanese suspects to US (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:49 PM PST AP - Paraguay extradited three Lebanese men to the United States on Thursday — two on drug trafficking charges and another who faces trial in Philadelphia for allegedly selling stolen cell phones and used cars to raise funds for extremist activities in Lebanon.

US adds left-wing Greek group to terror list (AFP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:40 AM PST AFP - The US State Department on Thursday added a left-wing Greek group, the Sect of Revolutionaries, to its list of terrorist organizations, saying it poses a threat to US national security.

Book Talk: Jimmy the Terrorist in small-town India (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:31 AM PST Reuters - It took nearly a decade for Omair Ahmad's depiction of life in small-town India to take shape as a novel after starting life as a short story.

Indonesian cleric denies terrorism charges (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:21 AM PST AP - A radical Islamic cleric on trial in Indonesia defended violence against nonbelievers Thursday but denied charges he led a terrorist cell that was allegedly preparing high-profile assassinations and attacks on Western hotels and embassies.

8 phones in Nigeria terror suspect's S.Africa cell (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:18 AM PST AP - South African police say a raid on a Nigerian terror suspect's jail cell yielded eight mobile phones.

Muslim group sues FBI over surveillance at California mosques (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:26 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In a case that could test law enforcement's ability to identify and monitor potential terrorists inside the United States, an Islamic organization has sued the FBI for the actions of a paid spy who infiltrated several Orange County mosques in California in the mid-2000s.

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