2008年9月16日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Australia's biggest terror trial ends, 7 found guilty (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 02:07 AM CDT

Reuters - Australia's biggest terrorism trial ended on Tuesday with a seventh Muslim man found guilty of terrorism, a day after a Muslim cleric and five followers were convicted of planning an attack in Melbourne in 2005.

Pakistan reportedly opens fire on U.S. forces in tribal area (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 04:35 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani troops opened fire Monday on U.S. forces who were trying to enter the country's lawless tribal area, local officials said, marking a dangerous further deterioration in relations between the allies in the war on terrorism.

Ambush by militants kills 12 Mauritania soldiers (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 01:25 PM CDT

AP - Suspected al-Qaida militants killed 12 Mauritanian soldiers Monday, two senior officials said. The attack, which came after the terror group promised to avenge the country's recent coup, was the worst suffered by the military in three years.

Reports: Pilot acted strangely in Russia jet crash (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 11:10 AM CDT

A fuselage piece of a Boeing-737-500 with the company's name Aeroflot, partly seen, lies at the crash site on the outskirts of the city of Perm in central Russia, few hours after the crash, early Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. The Boeing-737-500 passenger jet, which was operated by an Aeroflot subsidiary and traveling from Moscow, crashed as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Komsomolskaya Pravda-Perm)AP - The pilot of the Aeroflot jet that crashed killing all 88 people on board ignored commands from air traffic controllers, probably contributing to Russia's worst air disaster in two years, according to news reports Monday.


Raids into Pakistan: What U.S. authority? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Orders President Bush signed in July authorizing raids by special operations forces in the areas of Pakistan controlled by the Taliban and Al Qaeda and undertaking those raids without official Pakistani consent, have roots stretching back to the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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