Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Jury begins deliberations in father's terror case (AP)
• AP Interview: Planes still top of terror wish list (AP)
• NY judge skeptical of defense claim in arms case (AP)
• War on Drugs in Afghanistan Complicates War on Terror (U.S. News & World Report)
• British man, woman detained in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)
• Terror site's Sydney Opera House pic prompts alert (AP)

Jury begins deliberations in father's terror case (AP) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:04 PM PDT AP - Jurors have begun deliberating the fate of a father of an admitted terrorist who is accused of trying to cover up his son's plan to bomb New York City subways.

AP Interview: Planes still top of terror wish list (AP) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 02:53 PM PDT AP - Ten years after al-Qaida used hijacked airliners as missiles to attack the United States, terrorists continue to target aviation more than any other potential U.S. vulnerability, Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said Thursday.

NY judge skeptical of defense claim in arms case (AP) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:13 PM PDT AP - A federal judge overseeing the case of a Russian businessman charged with conspiring to sell weapons to a South American terrorist group expressed skepticism Thursday about defense claims that he is the victim of malicious U.S. prosecution.

War on Drugs in Afghanistan Complicates War on Terror (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:06 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - The recent assassination of political strongman Ahmed Wali Karzai put in plain sight for Americans something in Afghanistan that has been off the radar for many: drug-related corruption. Half-brother to the president and head of the elected provincial council in Kandahar, the late Karzai was known in southern Afghanistan for his wealth and power--both of which, some allege, he derived in part from his influence in the illicit drug trade.

British man, woman detained in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:27 AM PDT AFP - Two British nationals, a man and a woman, have been detained in Afghanistan, officials in London said Thursday, reportedly as part of a counter-terrorism operation to stop a possible attack back home.

Terror site's Sydney Opera House pic prompts alert (AP) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:47 AM PDT AP - Police on Thursday cautioned Australians to be vigilant after an al-Qaida-linked online magazine published a picture of Sydney's iconic Opera House, and expressed concern about its influence on the local Islamic community.

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