Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Feds release new details about underwear bomber (AP)
• Dad of NYC subway bomb plotter gets 4 1/2 years (AP)
• Al-Shabab, al-Qaida: Linkup of groups in decline? (AP)

Feds release new details about underwear bomber (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:48 PM PST AP - A Nigerian who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane began his path to terrorism with a text message from a top al-Qaida figure in Yemen, the U.S. government said Friday in a court filing that discloses new details about their relationship.

Dad of NYC subway bomb plotter gets 4 1/2 years (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST AP - The father of an admitted terrorist was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Friday after he was convicted of destroying evidence and lying to investigators to cover up his son's plot to attack the New York City subways in 2009 as one of a trio of suicide bombers.

Al-Shabab, al-Qaida: Linkup of groups in decline? (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST AP - Al-Qaida's decision to formally extend its terror franchise to what once was a nationalist movement in Somalia may only be a desperate joining of hands to prop up two militant groups that are both losing popular support and facing increasingly deadly military attacks, analysts said Friday.

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