Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Feds: Mass. man planned to blow up Pentagon (AP)
• Clinton says U.S. close to decision on Haqqanis (Reuters)
• Kelly: NYPD wouldn't decide on own to shoot plane (AP)
• US Embassy in Saudi Arabia warns of terror plot (AP)
• US hits 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders with sanctions (AP)
• U.S. blacklists two from Pakistan-based militant group (Reuters)
• German court convicts 3 of terrorism (AP)
• At UN, Libya's new leaders seek support to thwart terrorist threat (The Christian Science Monitor)

Feds: Mass. man planned to blow up Pentagon (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT AP - A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives — the latest of several terrorism cases to spring from federal sting operations.

Clinton says U.S. close to decision on Haqqanis (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:59 PM PDT Reuters - The United States is close to deciding on whether to label the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist group, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday amid calls for a tougher stance on militants accused of series of high-profile attacks.

Kelly: NYPD wouldn't decide on own to shoot plane (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:27 PM PDT AP - In his first remarks about an attention-grabbing claim that police had the means to shoot down a terrorist plane, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday that the department could arm helicopters with .50-caliber guns to fire at small aircraft, not a commercial airliner.

US Embassy in Saudi Arabia warns of terror plot (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:16 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia is warning American citizens that a terrorist group may be planning to kidnap Westerners in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.

US hits 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders with sanctions (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:44 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration designated two members of the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba as terrorists on Wednesday. The action bans Americans from doing business with the men and blocks any assets they have in the United States.

U.S. blacklists two from Pakistan-based militant group (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it was blacklisting two officials of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of the largest Islamic militant groups in South Asia.

German court convicts 3 of terrorism (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:28 AM PDT AP - A German court has convicted three men for supporting a terrorist organization by posting radical Islamic propaganda videos on the Internet, including one that gave details of how to prepare a suicide attack.

At UN, Libya's new leaders seek support to thwart terrorist threat (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Libya’s interim government may be this year’s darling of the international community, reaping praise from world leaders, including President Obama, at the United Nations’ annual gathering in New York.

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