Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Minn. woman facing Somalia terror case arrested (AP)
• Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty (AP)
• White House counterterrorism adviser Brennan "concerned" about Libyan weapon stockpiles (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Jury selection to begin in Christmas Day bombing trial (Reuters)
• Trial to begin for man accused in underwear attack (AP)
• Ground zero claimants can register with $2.8B fund (AP)
• Panetta: Al-Qaida deaths hurt plans for attacks (AP)

Minn. woman facing Somalia terror case arrested (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:04 PM PDT AP - A Minnesota woman on trial for allegedly funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia was found in contempt of court Monday when she refused to stand for the judge and jury, citing religious grounds.

Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:05 PM PDT AP - A Massachusetts man pleaded not guilty Monday to plotting to fly explosives-packed remote-controlled model planes into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.

White House counterterrorism adviser Brennan "concerned" about Libyan weapon stockpiles (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:35 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Presidential counterterrorism adviser John Brennan is assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. He previously served as an executive at the Central Intelligence Agency and director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He was the guest at the Sept. 8 Monitor breakfast in Washington.

Jury selection to begin in Christmas Day bombing trial (Reuters) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:47 PM PDT Reuters - Final jury selection begins on Tuesday in Detroit in the terror trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

Trial to begin for man accused in underwear attack (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:53 PM PDT AP - The trial of a young African accused of trying to bring down an airliner with a bomb in his underwear is no whodunit. Prosecutors have his hospital-bed confession, dozens of witnesses, remnants of the explosive and an al-Qaida video featuring the 24-year-old explaining his suicide mission.

Ground zero claimants can register with $2.8B fund (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:46 AM PDT AP - The Justice Department says a $2.78 billion compensation fund for ground zero workers and others experiencing long-term health effects from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is now open for claimants to register.

Panetta: Al-Qaida deaths hurt plans for attacks (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:13 PM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the deaths of several top al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan and Yemen in recent months will make it much more difficult for the terror group and its affiliates to plan and launch large-scale attacks abroad, including against the United States.

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