2008年12月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

India moves to revamp security after Mumbai siege (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 04:09 AM CST

Indian police officers stand guard outside Mumbai police headquarters where the only surviving attacker, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, is held in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. Police in Mumbai backed off of plans to produce Kasab in court Thursday for a routine hearing, citing security concerns. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - India announced a massive overhaul of its security and intelligence agencies Thursday in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks that left 171 dead and provoked a public outcry over the government's response.

India cites 'storm of terror' as Mumbai gunman remanded (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:24 AM CST

Indian right-wing Hindu Shiv Sena activists shout anti-Pakistan slogans as they burn an effigy symbolising Pakistani-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba during a protest in Amritsar on December 8. India said Thursday that South Asia stood AFP - India said Thursday that South Asia stood "in the eye of the storm of terror" as the surviving attacker from the bloody Mumbai siege was remanded in custody accused of making war on the country.

Pakistani charity vows to fight UN sanctions (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:24 AM CST

Graphic fact file on Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group suspected of involvement in the Mumbai attacks. India said Thursday that South Asia stood AP - The head of the Pakistani charity accused of being a front for militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks says it will fight the U.N.'s decision to declare it a terrorist organization.

Mumbai attacks raise concerns about terror spread (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:03 AM CST

Passengers wait for their train connections at Chhatrapati Shivaji Teminus,in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Mumbai's cavernous main train station is crawling with well-armed police. At one entrance, police stand guard behind sand bag fortifications. At another, they pull suspicious characters out of the crowd and search their baggage. But come in a different door and there's almost no security at all. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - The commando-style siege in Mumbai last month, blamed on Lashkar-e-Taiba, is raising new concerns in the U.S. intelligence community, both about the tactics used and the unsettling possibility the operation was conducted independent of al-Qaida.

After Mumbai, govt unveils anti-terror measures (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:21 AM CST

A police officer stands guard on a road as members of a bomb detection and disposal squad examine an unidentified taxi beside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station, also known as Victoria Terminus, in Mumbai December 10, 2008. REUTERS/Jayanta ShawReuters - More spies and police, modern gadgets and a national investigation agency are among a slew of measures India is taking to prevent militant attacks like the one on Mumbai last month, the home minister said on Thursday.

After Mumbai, India unveils anti-terror measures (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:10 AM CST

Activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) hold placards during a protest rally against Mumbai's recent attacks, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad December 8, 2008. (Krishnendu Halder/Reuters)Reuters - More spies and police, modern gadgets and a national investigation agency are among a slew of measures India is taking to prevent militant attacks like the one on Mumbai last month, the home minister said on Thursday.

South Asia in 'eye of the storm of terror': Indian minister (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:01 AM CST

Indian soldiers take up positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 28. India has announced wide-reaching reform of its security laws and infrastructure following the Mumbai attacks, as the home minister said South Asia was AFP - India announced on Thursday wide-reaching reform of its security laws and infrastructure following the Mumbai attacks, as the home minister said South Asia was "in the eye of the storm of terror."

In Basilan, Philippines, a US counterterrorism model frays (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - Just a couple of years ago, the Philippines was hailed as a success story in the US-led war on terror.

UN says Pakistan charity front for terrorist group (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:11 PM CST

An alleged plotter of Mumbai attacks, Pakistani Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, center, prays with Syed Salahuddin, right, chief of Hezbul Mujahedeen, or United Jehad Council, at a rally on Saturday, June 28, 2008, in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir. Pakistan has detained Zarrar Shah, another alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, apparently making good on pledges to pursue the perpetrators. (AP Photo/Roshan Mughal)AP - A U.N. Security Council panel declared Wednesday that a Pakistan-based charity is a front group for the terrorist organization blamed in the attacks on Mumbai that killed 171 people.

9/11 families protest fairness of Gitmo trials (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:07 PM CST

In an image reviewed by the US military, razor wire topped fences line the Camp Six detention facility on the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)AP - Two dozen family members of Sept. 11 victims signed a letter Wednesday saying they don't believe in the fairness of the military trials of five men charged with orchestrating the terrorist attacks, and some suggested their opinions cost them attendance at the proceedings.

Bollywood mourns attacks, seeks to draw moviegoers (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:02 PM CST

AP - With Mumbai still mourning its recent terror attacks, Bollywood faces a balancing act of showing solidarity with the residents of India's entertainment heartland — while gently nudging locals back into movie theaters to boost an industry already hurt by the global economic downturn.

Group blamed for Mumbai attack also operating in Mideast (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 08:14 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A United Nations Security Council committee put three Pakistani leaders of the group Lashkar-e-Taiba and a Saudi operative on a terrorist watch list Wednesday as new evidence surfaced that the group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has expanded its activities and its fundraising well beyond South Asia.

Obama's homeland chief to tackle disaster housing (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 05:42 PM CST

AP - As homeland security head, Janet Napolitano wants to establish a long-term plan for housing disaster victims, said a senator who spoke with the Arizona governor.

(AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 05:40 PM CST

AP - U.N. sanctions panel designates four men linked to the Mumbai attacks as terrorists.

Executing Accused Terrorists May Be Left to Obama (Bloomberg)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 05:20 PM CST

A courtoom drawing shows Judge Army Colonel Stephen Henley (top right) presiding over a pre-trial session for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (top left) and fellow co-defendants in Guantanamo Bay. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- the alleged September 11 mastermind -- and four co-defendants have said they will plead guilty to terror charges that could bring the death penalty.(AFP/Pool/Janet Hamlin)Bloomberg - Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama may soon have to choose between executing five confessed plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks or trying them in courts that do more to protect their rights.

Mullen praises Pakistani raids on militants (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:27 PM CST

Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, speaks to the media during a news briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. Mullen said both India and Pakistan have shown admirable restraint following the deadly attack on the financial center of Mumbai, and that Pakistan has taken good first steps by arresting key militants who may have had a hand in planning the attack. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday he likes what he sees so far in Pakistan's response to last month's terror attacks in India, including the arrests of key militants, but said time will tell if Pakistan's crackdown is for real. "We measure by deeds," Adm. Mike Mullen said.

Case vs. FBI head, ex-AG gets high court review (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:12 PM CST

The US Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday on whether cabinet-level officials could be held accountable for controversial tactics President George W. Bush ordered as part of the US-led AP - Supreme Court justices voiced concern Wednesday about including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in a lawsuit that claims prisoners detained after the Sept. 11 attacks were abused because of their religion and ethnicity.

Botched Mumbai Arrest Highlights India's Intel Failures (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 12:50 PM CST

Time.com - A key militant arrested for aiding terror networks turns out to have been a police agent providing invaluable intelligence

Spanish judge asks to see memo on CIA flights (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:07 AM CST

AP - A Spanish judge asked Wednesday to see a top-secret government memo from 2002 that allegedly documents a U.S. request to use Spanish airports for stopovers of CIA flights carrying terror suspects.

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