Terrorism

ISLAMABAD - Intelligence officials say five American Muslims held in Pakistan on allegations of seeking to join militant groups have been taken to a facility for terror suspects in the eastern city of Lahore. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - A draft memo leaked to a conservative Web site is an encouraging sign the government intends to transfer Guantanamo terrorist suspects to Illinois, Sen. Richard Durbin and the state's governor said Friday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has focused on an Illinois prison as it searches for a facility to house terrorism suspects now at Guantanamo Bay, but has not made a final decision, Illinois officials said on Friday. Full Story »

NEW YORK - An imam charged with lying in the investigation of an alleged terrorism plot against New York says he's a loyal American who was framed. Full Story »

SARGODHA, Pakistan — Pakistani police arrested five American Muslims this week on suspicion of planning terrorist actions after Khalid Farooq, the father of one of them, turned them in, alarmed that they were determined to fight U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Pakistani officials and friends of the family said Friday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan is believed to have killed a senior al Qaeda leader responsible for plotting attacks beyond the Afghan-Pakistan region, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said on Friday. Full Story »

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The five young Americans detained in Pakistan as part of a terrorism investigation were wholesome kids who never exhibited any signs of religious extremism, according to the youth director at a mosque where they worshipped. Full Story »

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AFP) - The arrest of five US nationals in Pakistan for trying to join Islamist militant groups is a "wake up call" about Muslim radicalization in the United States, a local imam said Friday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Five US men arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting terror attacks used YouTube to praise and discuss strikes on US troops, ABC News said Friday, citing a Pakistani police report. Full Story »

AVONDALE, La. - A ceremony steeped in shipbuilding tradition kicked off major construction Friday on a U.S. Navy assault vessel named in honor of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Diane Sawyer exited ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday with an emotional moment that recalled the biggest story of her time on the show: meeting the children born after their fathers were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Full Story »

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government and causing alarm as far as Washington. Full Story »

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The case of five Muslim Americans who traveled to Pakistan, possibly to train to fight against the U.S., may represent part of a growing threat: homegrown Islamic extremists. Full Story »

ISLAMABAD - Five young Americans detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will most likely be deported, a local police chief said Friday. Full Story »

NEW YORK - New York City police are investigating suspicious white powder found in envelopes at American Express Co. headquarters, near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Full Story »

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The case of five Muslim Americans who traveled to Pakistan, possibly to train to fight against U.S. troops, may represent part of a growing threat: homegrown Islamic extremists. Full Story »

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Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The case of five Muslim Americans who traveled to Pakistan, possibly to train to fight against U.S. troops, may represent part of a growing threat: homegrown Islamic extremists. Full Story »