Miami men hit with "home-grown terrorism" charges MIAMI (Reuters) - Seven men were charged on Friday with conspiring to attack the landmark Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI building in Miami in a mission they hoped would be "just as good or greater" than September 11, U.S. officials said.
US general "very confident" on missile defense WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Air Force general responsible for building a U.S. anti-ballistic missile shield on Friday voiced high confidence it could shoot down any U.S.-bound missile from North Korea, despite critics' doubts.
Al Qaeda's Zawahri vows vengeance against US "Yes (George W.) Bush, there isn't a single person who'll be killed that we won't get vengeance for, God willing," Ayman al-Zawahri said in comments addressed to the U.S. president on a videotape aired by al Jazeera television on Friday.
Iraq murder cases may signal US military crackdown WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military charged 12 servicemen this week with murdering Iraqis, signaling to some a stepped-up Pentagon effort to investigate claims after an alleged cover-up of a civilian massacre at Haditha.
