Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• When a terrorist dies, is it OK to gloat? (AP)
• Bin Laden death prompts questions about legality (AP)
• Officials: SEALs thought bin Laden went for weapon (AP)
• AG Holder worries about revenge for bin Laden (AP)
• Avenging Bin Laden's Killing: Terrorists Will Need Time (Time.com)
• Obama reserves right to act again in Pakistan (AFP)
• Obama administration urged to raise threat level (Reuters)
• Arrests at UK's Sellafield nuclear plant raise concerns about security (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Suspects arrested at nuclear plant released (AFP)
• Indonesia: Terror suspect went to meet bin Laden (AP)
• Russia kills top 'Al-Qaeda militant' in Chechnya (AFP)
• Russia praises bin Laden operation, seeks greater counterterror cooperation with US (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Pakistani PM calls for world's help against terrorism (AFP)

When a terrorist dies, is it OK to gloat? (AP) Posted: 04 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT AP - When Hyojin Jenny Hwang wrote on Facebook that she was saddened by the sight of young Americans like herself jubilantly cheering Osama bin Laden's death, the angry response was swift, even from friends.

Bin Laden death prompts questions about legality (AP) Posted: 04 May 2011 03:42 PM PDT AP - The legality of U.S. forces shooting an unarmed Osama bin Laden hinges on a highly contentious and long-debated question: Is anti-terrorism part of a military campaign or a law-enforcement effort?

Officials: SEALs thought bin Laden went for weapon (AP) Posted: 04 May 2011 04:41 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama ordered grisly photographs of Osama bin Laden in death sealed from public view on Wednesday, declaring, "We don't need to spike the football" in triumph after this week's daring middle-of-the-night raid. The terrorist leader was killed by American commandos who burst into his room and feared he was reaching for a nearby weapon, U.S. officials said.

AG Holder worries about revenge for bin Laden (AP) Posted: 04 May 2011 02:07 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder expressed serious concern Wednesday about the possibility of attacks on Americans as revenge for Osama bin Laden's death. He also predicted the terrorist watch list will be expanded based on evidence collected in the al-Qaida leader's home.

Avenging Bin Laden's Killing: Terrorists Will Need Time (Time.com) Posted: 04 May 2011 01:40 PM PDT Time.com - As yesterday's story following Osama Bin Laden's death indicated, security officials in Europe don't foresee the demise of the al Qaeda leader sparking an immediate flurry of retaliation terror strikes by his followers

Obama reserves right to act again in Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2011 12:53 PM PDT AFP - The White House said Wednesday that US President Barack Obama reserves the right to act again against top terror suspects inside Pakistan, following the raid which killed Osama bin Laden.

Obama administration urged to raise threat level (Reuters) Posted: 04 May 2011 12:22 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration on Wednesday came under fire for its decision to leave the national threat level unchanged after the killing of Osama bin Laden, despite warnings that al Qaeda was likely to retaliate.

Arrests at UK's Sellafield nuclear plant raise concerns about security (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 May 2011 11:41 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The arrest of five men whose actions aroused suspicion outside Britain’s Sellafield nuclear plant on Monday has increased fears of terrorist reprisals in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden.

Suspects arrested at nuclear plant released (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2011 10:13 AM PDT AFP - British police said Wednesday they had released five men arrested under anti-terrorism legislation near a nuclear plant earlier this week, adding that they had not been charged.

Indonesia: Terror suspect went to meet bin Laden (AP) Posted: 04 May 2011 10:05 AM PDT AP - Officials here say a top Indonesian terror suspect arrested this year in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed this week was intending to meet the al-Qaida chief, although a senior American counterterrorism official said the two never met and Umar Patek's arrest in Abbottabad "appears to have been pure coincidence."

Russia kills top 'Al-Qaeda militant' in Chechnya (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2011 09:10 AM PDT AFP - Russian security forces have killed a top Al-Qaeda militant in Chechnya who coordinated foreign rebels in the North Caucasus, the national anti-terror committee said on Wednesday.

Russia praises bin Laden operation, seeks greater counterterror cooperation with US (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 May 2011 09:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Kremlin has warmly welcomed the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden â€" who got his start killing Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan â€" and urged Washington to use the occasion to explore joint efforts to fight terrorism.

Pakistani PM calls for world's help against terrorism (AFP) Posted: 04 May 2011 02:42 AM PDT AFP - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday called for the world's help in fighting "terrorism and extremism" after the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden near Islamabad.

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