Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Suicide blast at Islamabad police HQ wounds seven: officials (AFP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 04:03 AM CDT AFP - A suicide car bomber rammed an anti-terrorist squad building at Islamabad's police headquarters Thursday, partly demolishing the structure and wounding at least seven people, officials said.

Police say blast in Pakistan's capital wounds 9 (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 03:40 AM CDT AP - An explosives-laden vehicle blew up an anti-terrorist squad building and wounded at least nine people Thursday in a heavily guarded police complex in Pakistan's capital, officials and a witness said.

Police: Blast in Pakistan's capital wounds 9 (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:49 AM CDT AP - An explosives-laden vehicle rammed an anti-terrorist squad building Thursday in a part of Islamabad that houses several police facilities, wounding at least nine people, officials said.

Guantanamo techniques applied on US soil: civil rights groups (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 06:32 PM CDT AFP - Internal documents show the US military exported the "brutal interrogation techniques" from Guantanamo prison and applied them to three terror suspects in US jails, civil rights groups said Wednesday.

Report: Homeland Security network has problems (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 05:23 PM CDT AP - The replacement for the Homeland Security Department's computerized network for nationwide information sharing could be headed down the same path as its cumbersome original, said a government report released Wednesday.

US officials fear terrorist links with drug lords (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 02:29 PM CDT AP - There is real danger that Islamic extremist groups such as al-Qaida and Hezbollah could form alliances with wealthy and powerful Latin American drug lords to launch new terrorist attacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Two Guantanamo detainees transferred: Pentagon (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 12:41 PM CDT AFP - The United States has transferred two unidentified detainees from its "war on terror" detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to other countries, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

UK: 2 doctors face car-bomb terror trial in London (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 11:30 AM CDT AP - Two doctors charged with trying to bomb a Glasgow airport and London's West End will be portrayed by prosecutors as terrorists in thrall to a fundamental form of Islam, a jury in London heard Wednesday.

Betancourt makes emotional plea to EU parliament (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 11:29 AM CDT AP - Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt made an emotional appeal to EU lawmakers Wednesday to work for the release of other captives, saying nations must drop long-held taboos against talking with terror groups.

UN rights chief warning over tackling terrorism (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 08:36 AM CDT AP - The U.N.'s new human rights chief said Wednesday she would press governments worldwide to ensure they followed international rights standards while tackling threats from terrorism.

Pakistan parliament gets rare briefing on militant threat (AFP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 11:01 AM CDT AFP - Pakistan's parliament met Wednesday amid massive security for an unprecedented intelligence briefing on the threat posed to the country from Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, officials said.

Home searched in UK investigation of 7/7 bombings (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:26 AM CDT AP - Police say they are searching an apartment in the northern English city of Leeds as part of the investigation into the London bombings on July 7, 2005.

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