Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Ky gov 'fine' with moving Iraqi terror suspects (AP)
• Al-Zawahri succeeds bin Laden as al-Qaida leader (AP)
• Nigeria's first suicide blast hits police HQ, two dead (AFP)
• British targets found near body of al-Qaida leader (AP)
• US declares al-Qaida fundraiser a global terrorist (AP)
• Court: Woman can challenge use of terrorism law (AP)
• Indonesia cleric gets 15 years for inciting terror (AP)
• Radical cleric Bashir jailed for terrorism (AFP)
• AP Exclusive: Philippines on alert over bomb plot (AP)
• Indonesia cleric linked to terror attacks gets 15 years (Reuters)
• 4 arrested on terrorism charges in Vienna (AP)
• Police charge man over terror offences (AFP)
• Indonesian court jails radical cleric for terrorism (AFP)
• Top charge gone from NYC terror plot case (AP)
• US covert attacks in Yemen: A better template for the war on terror? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Ky gov 'fine' with moving Iraqi terror suspects (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:49 PM PDT AP - Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says he supports having two Iraqis face terrorism-related charges at Guantanamo Bay rather than in his state's courts.

Al-Zawahri succeeds bin Laden as al-Qaida leader (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - Osama bin Laden's longtime second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has taken control of al-Qaida, the group declared Thursday, marking the ascendancy of a man driven by hatred of the United States who helped plan the 9/11 attacks.

Nigeria's first suicide blast hits police HQ, two dead (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:38 PM PDT AFP - A bomb attack on Nigeria's police headquarters killed two people including a policeman Thursday, officials said, in what is believed to the first suicide bombing by Islamist extremists in Africa's most populous nation.

British targets found near body of al-Qaida leader (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 10:58 AM PDT AP - The Ritz Hotel in London and the elite private school Eton were among a handful of possible British terror targets that a senior al-Qaida leader was considering before he was killed in Somalia last week, a British security official said Thursday.

US declares al-Qaida fundraiser a global terrorist (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:57 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration has designated as a terrorist an al-Qaida commander and fundraiser believed to be playing a key role in the group's powerful Yemen-based branch.

Court: Woman can challenge use of terrorism law (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:49 AM PDT AP - The Supreme Court said Thursday that a jilted woman can challenge the use of an anti-terrorism law to prosecute her for spreading deadly chemicals around the home of her husband's mistress.

Indonesia cleric gets 15 years for inciting terror (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:34 AM PDT AP - The Indonesian Muslim cleric known as spiritual leader of the militants who carried out the deadly 2002 Bali bombings was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for his support of a terror training camp uncovered last year.

Radical cleric Bashir jailed for terrorism (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT AFP - An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed radical Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for 15 years for funding a terrorist group that was planning attacks against Westerners and political leaders.

AP Exclusive: Philippines on alert over bomb plot (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:45 AM PDT AP - A top Asian terrorist suspect and the notorious Abu Sayyaf extremist group may have deployed militants to bomb targets in the Philippines' capital, according to a Philippine intelligence report seen by The Associated Press on Thursday.

Indonesia cleric linked to terror attacks gets 15 years (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:44 AM PDT Reuters - Indonesian militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was jailed for 15 years on Thursday for helping plan a paramilitary group that aimed to kill the country's president, a sentence that could inflame hardcore Islamists who had vowed revenge.

4 arrested on terrorism charges in Vienna (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:02 AM PDT AP - Austrian police have arrested four men suspected of involvement in a terrorist organization that is committed to founding a "religious fundamentalist society" in Afghanistan and responsible for attacks there.

Police charge man over terror offences (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:01 AM PDT AFP - Police have charged a man with four offences under the Terrorism Act, the Greater Manchester force confirmed.

Indonesian court jails radical cleric for terrorism (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:15 AM PDT AFP - An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed radical Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for 15 years for funding a terrorist group that was planning attacks against Westerners and political leaders.

Top charge gone from NYC terror plot case (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT AP - Two men accused of a synagogue bomb plot won't face the most serious charge initially brought against them in a rare state-level terror case that city officials trumpeted but federal terrorism authorities declined to pursue.

US covert attacks in Yemen: A better template for the war on terror? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:05 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Yemen’s political turmoil is stoking US concerns about a fortified Al Qaeda and prompting the Central Intelligence Agency to jump in with unmanned drones to target Islamist extremists.

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