Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Charges refiled against accused 9/11 mastermind (AP)
• Defense: Mumbai attacks witness lied to FBI, judge (AP)
• 2 Iraqis charged in Ky. with terrorism plotting (AP)
• UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon movie (AP)
• Sri Lanka seeks new international laws to fight terrorism (Reuters)
• Germany's Merkel on high-profile visit to India (AP)
• Denmark hotel bomber sentenced to 12 years (AP)
• Terrorism Trial's Unreliable Narrator (The Daily Beast)
• Memorial Day marked by parades, flyovers, flags (AP)

Charges refiled against accused 9/11 mastermind (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 03:50 PM PDT AP - Military prosecutors have refiled terrorism and murder charges against the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and four other men under a revamped trial process at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Defense: Mumbai attacks witness lied to FBI, judge (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 03:42 PM PDT AP - An admitted American terrorist who is the government's top witness in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks repeatedly lied to the FBI, a judge and even his wife as he cooperated in a plea deal to save his own life, defense attorneys said Tuesday.

2 Iraqis charged in Ky. with terrorism plotting (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT AP - Two Iraqi men living as refugees in Kentucky tried to send sniper rifles, Stinger missiles and money to al-Qaida operatives in their home country, and both boasted of using improvised explosives against American troops there before moving to the U.S., according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon movie (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 08:14 AM PDT AP - A British government-funded cartoon tackling the issue of Islamic extremism has been delayed after it was criticized in the country's tabloid press.

Sri Lanka seeks new international laws to fight terrorism (Reuters) Posted: 31 May 2011 05:39 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka on Tuesday argued that the spread of terrorist groups worldwide requires a revamping of the international laws of war, which put governments at a disadvantage against foes that do not have to follow them.

Germany's Merkel on high-profile visit to India (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 04:02 AM PDT AP - Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday reviewed regional security and pledged to work together against terrorism and promote stability in South Asia.

Denmark hotel bomber sentenced to 12 years (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 03:24 AM PDT AP - A Chechen-born man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for preparing a letter bomb that exploded in a Copenhagen hotel last September.

Terrorism Trial's Unreliable Narrator (The Daily Beast) Posted: 30 May 2011 09:37 PM PDT The Daily Beast - David Headley is the key figure in the Chicago trial threatening to further strain U.S. relations with Pakistan. Sebastian Rotella reports on Headley’s credibility woes—and the revelations ahead.

Memorial Day marked by parades, flyovers, flags (AP) Posted: 30 May 2011 08:13 PM PDT AP - Americans from the nation's capital to Alaska marked Memorial Day with parades, somber reflection and even a climbing expedition in a holiday infused with fresh meaning by the approaching 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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