Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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In complicating move, al-Qaida backs Syrian revolt (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:29 PM PST AP - Al-Qaida's leader has called for the ouster of Syria's "pernicious, cancerous regime," raising fears that Islamic extremists will try to exploit an uprising against President Bashar Assad that began with peaceful calls for democratic change but is morphing into a bloody, armed insurgency.

US seeks to mine social media to predict future (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST AP - The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests posted online by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

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