2008年9月9日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Prosecutors mull retrial of transatlantic bombers (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 04:00 AM CDT

(Left-Right) Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain, seen here in undated handout photos from the Metropolitan Police. Prosecutors have been given until the end of the month to consider a retrial of men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006.(AFP/MP-HO/Files)AFP - Prosecutors have been given until the end of the month to consider a retrial of men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006.


Seven years on, Afghanistan again 'war on terror' frontline (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:56 AM CDT

Afghan Muslims offer prayers on a hill top overlooking Kabul on September 9. Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Afghanistan is again the frontline of the US-led AFP - Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Afghanistan is again the frontline of the US-led "war on terror" with extremist unrest intensifying and a new focus on Pakistan's tribal areas.


Obama: Kill terrorists, but give prisoners rights (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:19 AM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a town hall meeting at North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Mich., Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Barack Obama poked some fun at his Arabic-derived first name to explain the need for the constitutional right of prisoners to appeal their detention.


Bush: Pakistan has 'responsibility' to battle extremists (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:17 AM CDT

US President George W. Bush speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 8. Bush was to describe Pakistan Tuesday as a major war on terrorism battleground, like Afghanistan or Iraq, and urged Islamabad to shoulder its AFP - US President George W. Bush was to describe Pakistan Tuesday as a major war on terrorism battleground, like Afghanistan or Iraq, and urged Islamabad to shoulder its "responsibility" to fight extremists.


Bush challenges country to volunteer (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 06:26 PM CDT

President Bush delivers remarks on volunteerism, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Stirring faded memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush on Monday challenged people to help others in a nation where volunteerism has sagged after soaring in the wake of the attacks.


UK jury finds 3 men guilty in bombing plot (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 05:16 PM CDT

In this undated image taken from video and released by Britain's Metropolitan Police Monday Sept. 8, 2008, Tanvir Hussain, 27, is seen. A British jury has found three men, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain, guilty of conspiracy to murder thousands by plotting to down at least seven trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United States in the summer of 2006. The video footage was shown to the jury during the trial. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, HO)AP - Three British Muslims with ties to Pakistan were found guilty Monday of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing campaign but jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether they plotted to blow up multiple trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.


Civil rights group sues over NYC surveillance plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 02:13 PM CDT

AP - A civil rights group sued the New York Police Department on Monday seeking to learn more about a plan to use license plate readers and a network of 3,000 surveillance cameras to help protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats.

US finds clues in bakery to foil Iraqi terror plot (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:45 PM CDT

In this photo released by the U.S. Army, a tunnel dug from a bakery across from Iraqi government buildings is seen after being discovered by U.S. Army troops in Mosul, Iraq on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The U.S. military believes insurgents planned to tunnel underneath the compound's blast walls and blow up the headquarters building. The casualties from such a blast would have been catastrophic. (AP Photo/Lt. Chris Hanes, US Army)AP - Lt. Christopher Hanes knew something was wrong as soon as he stepped into the Friends bakery. The oven was unused, the water tank was empty and a large concrete bin was full of dirt that the two employees claimed was used to cool cakes.


Al-Qaida new tape blasts Iran for working with US (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 01:33 PM CDT

Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri speaks in a grab from a video released September 20, 2007. REUTERS/via InternetAP - Al-Qaida marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an hour and a half video message Monday summarizing the state of jihad, or holy war, around the world and slamming Iran for collaborating with the United States.


Memorial to 9/11 victims set to open at Pentagon (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 12:31 PM CDT

Thomas Heidenberger, right, and his son Thomas visit the bench in remembrance of their wife and mother Michele M. Heidenberger, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at the September 11 Memorial at the Pentagon.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - For tourists, the new memorial to 184 people who died at the Pentagon in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is not especially convenient. Nor is it ideal from a security perspective to have 24-hour public access right outside the U.S. military's nerve center.


9/11 health company slow to start treating workers (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:32 AM CDT

The 'Tribute in Lights' shines over the site of the former World Trade Center in New York September 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson  (UNITED STATES)AP - A company run by an ex-Bush administration official and hired by the government to provide medical care to Sept. 11 recovery workers has been slow to take up the job, workers and advocates say.


Guilty verdicts in transatlantic bombing trial (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 11:16 AM CDT

A passenger plane prepares to land at London's Heathrow airport in 2006. Three members of an Islamist cell accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006 have been found guilty by a court in London.(AFP/FIle/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Three members of an Islamist cell accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006 were found guilty by a court in London on Monday.


Three Britons found guilty in liquid bomb plot (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2008 12:43 PM CDT

A combination image showing (L-R) Tanvir Hussain, Abdullah Ahmed Ali and Assad Sarwar. (Metropolitan Police/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Three Britons were found guilty on Monday of conspiracy to kill using homemade liquid bombs, but a jury failed to agree that they intended to blow up transatlantic airliners in an al Qaeda-style attack.


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