http://www.mail.com/subjects/3066-terrorism.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3066-terrorism.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107724-afghan-taliban-attack-aid-group-2-guards-killed.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long street battle with police in the heart of Kabul . The attack, the second in the city in just over a week, also left four Inte... Fri, 24 May 2013 20:31:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107724-afghan-taliban-attack-aid-group-2-guards-killed.html 2013-05-24T20:31:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2108666-obamas-drone-rules-leave-unanswered-questions.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. National security experts say it's imperative to leave some room in the guidelines, given the evolvin... Fri, 24 May 2013 20:16:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2108666-obamas-drone-rules-leave-unanswered-questions.html 2013-05-24T20:16:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108612-hezbollah-eu-making-big-mistake.html BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's deputy chief says the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group "terrorist." Sheikh Naim Kassem told Al-Mayadeen TV Friday that such threats "do not concern" or worry the group. He did not elaborate. France this week joined an EU push to declare the group a terrorist organization a... Fri, 24 May 2013 19:47:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108612-hezbollah-eu-making-big-mistake.html 2013-05-24T19:47:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107466-soldiers-slaying-prompts-uk-security-review.html LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing. Still, counter-terrorism officials said they are review... Fri, 24 May 2013 19:24:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107466-soldiers-slaying-prompts-uk-security-review.html 2013-05-24T19:24:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107790-uk-bound-pakistan-plane-diverted-2-men-arrested.html LONDON (AP) — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane. A British security official said the situation involving the Paki... Fri, 24 May 2013 17:48:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107790-uk-bound-pakistan-plane-diverted-2-men-arrested.html 2013-05-24T17:48:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107674-french-help-niger-to-kill-jihadist-bombers.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a military garrison in the desert town of Agadez, and freed at least two soldiers who had been held hostage by the extremists, according to French and Nigerien officials. For hours there had be... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107674-french-help-niger-to-kill-jihadist-bombers.html 2013-05-24T15:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107618-attack-casts-spotlight-radical-preachers.html LONDON (AP) — The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train... Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107618-attack-casts-spotlight-radical-preachers.html 2013-05-24T13:02:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107594-suicide-bomber-kills-3-northwest-pakistan.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people. The leader, Haji Hayatullah, was not harmed in the attack in Peshawar city because he was in a nearby mosque attending Friday prayers. Police officer Riaz Ali Shah says ... Fri, 24 May 2013 10:15:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107594-suicide-bomber-kills-3-northwest-pakistan.html 2013-05-24T10:15:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2107386-obama-balances-threats-americans-rights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance protecting the nation from terror attacks while upholding Americans' rights. The Obama administration this w... Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2107386-obama-balances-threats-americans-rights.html 2013-05-24T07:40:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106242-milestones-guantanamo-bay-detention-center.html President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. A look the facility's history: — JANUARY 2002: U.S. transfers the first 20 prisoners from holding cells overseas to t... Fri, 24 May 2013 01:58:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106242-milestones-guantanamo-bay-detention-center.html 2013-05-24T01:58:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104648-obama-sees-narrower-terror-threat-defends-drones.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. In a lengthy address at the National Defense University, Obama defended his c... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:20:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104648-obama-sees-narrower-terror-threat-defends-drones.html 2013-05-23T23:20:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106460-obama-lifts-ban-guantanamo-transfers-to-yemen.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated a terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists. Lifting the ban is a step toward Obama's goal of closing the Navy-run prison in Cuba since nearl... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:05:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106460-obama-lifts-ban-guantanamo-transfers-to-yemen.html 2013-05-23T23:05:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104722-muslim-hard-liners-suspect-london-attack.html LONDON (AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday. Police raided houses in connection with the brazen slaying of the off-duty soldier, identi... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104722-muslim-hard-liners-suspect-london-attack.html 2013-05-23T21:57:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103812-4-americans-killed-2009-us-drone-strikes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy. ... Thu, 23 May 2013 02:45:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103812-4-americans-killed-2009-us-drone-strikes.html 2013-05-23T02:45:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2103232-brutal-attack-london-heightens-terror-fears.html LONDON (AP) — Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody. The brutal... Thu, 23 May 2013 01:18:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2103232-brutal-attack-london-heightens-terror-fears.html 2013-05-23T01:18:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2102462-vatican-releases-1st-report-financial-watchdog.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. The report from the Financial Intelligence Authority showed the agency received six internal reports on su... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:33:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2102462-vatican-releases-1st-report-financial-watchdog.html 2013-05-22T20:33:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102590-eu-bid-to-label-hezbollah-wing-terror-group.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied from despite pressure from the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The move is bolstered by Germany's change of heart on the issue after long resisting calls to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organ... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102590-eu-bid-to-label-hezbollah-wing-terror-group.html 2013-05-22T17:46:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102930-afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber on foot killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace Wednesday in central Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of assassinations and bombings. Habibullah Khan was killed along with two bodyguards and a civilian bystander in the afternoon attack in Ghazni province's Moqur... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102930-afghanistan-suicide-bomb-kills-anti-taliban-elder.html 2013-05-22T16:08:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102000-officials-benghazi-suspects-under-surveillance.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evidence to try them in a U.S. ... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:16:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102000-officials-benghazi-suspects-under-surveillance.html 2013-05-22T07:16:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101460-pentagon-wants-450m-guantanamo-prison.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request emerged on Tuesday and underscored the contradiction of the president waging a political fight to shutter the facility while the ... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:48:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101460-pentagon-wants-450m-guantanamo-prison.html 2013-05-21T23:48:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2101408-feds-halt-data-cull-dept-terror-report.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to come. As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a major speech on counter... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:45:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2101408-feds-halt-data-cull-dept-terror-report.html 2013-05-21T21:45:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098362-deadliest-attacks-iraq-us-troop-pullout.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: —May 21, 2013: Car bombing at a Sunni mosque kills at least 20 people. —May 20, 2013: A wave of attacks, some at markets and in rush hour crowds, kills 113 people in Shiite and Sunni areas. —May 18, 2013: Shootings and bombings kill at lea... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098362-deadliest-attacks-iraq-us-troop-pullout.html 2013-05-21T20:32:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098718-fbi-agents-fell-to-deaths-training-va-coast.html NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night. Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw were killed when they fell into the water Friday. Both were members of the burea... Tue, 21 May 2013 04:44:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098718-fbi-agents-fell-to-deaths-training-va-coast.html 2013-05-21T04:44:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098606-nypd-messages-to-muslim-informant-get-pictures.html NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he's seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise. And while the detective, Stephen Hoban, described the activities in ... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:03:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098606-nypd-messages-to-muslim-informant-get-pictures.html 2013-05-20T20:03:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098048-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow. A spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, known as NAK, said on state television that the militants were Russian citizens who had received training along the Afg... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098048-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html 2013-05-20T17:20:26Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2098170-cnns-peter-bergen-writing-book-terrorism-us.html NEW YORK (AP) — The author of best-sellers about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida is working on a book about terrorists in the U.S. Crown Publishers announced Monday that CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen has a deal for a definitive book on homegrown terrorism. The book will cover topics including the Boston Marathon bombings and the impact of govern... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:59:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2098170-cnns-peter-bergen-writing-book-terrorism-us.html 2013-05-20T16:59:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097310-suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility. Seeking to weaken the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents have been carrying ou... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097310-suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council.html 2013-05-20T15:10:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097602-spokesman-ansar-dine-arrested-mauritania.html NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official briefed on the matter confirmed on Monday. Sanda Ould Boumana, the Timbuktu-based spokesman for Ansar Dine, is being trans... Mon, 20 May 2013 12:21:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097602-spokesman-ansar-dine-arrested-mauritania.html 2013-05-20T12:21:38Z