2008年10月28日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

China condemns Sudan killings as terrorist crime (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:04 AM CDT

Reuters - China Tuesday condemned the killing of five of its citizens in Sudan as a terrorist crime but said it would continue investing in the volatile, oil-producing African country.

Four terror suspects to appear in court (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT

Police stand guard after a raid in Birmingham, 2005. Four men charged under anti-terrorism laws after a series of raids in Birmingham will appear in court.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Four men charged under anti-terrorism laws after a series of raids in Birmingham will appear in court on Tuesday.


US crossing more borders in terror war? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In the name of protecting its forces in Afghanistan and now Iraq, the United States appears to have begun to step up a bold gamble: conducting raids in countries it believes are not doing enough to fight extremist militants.

U.S. officials say Syria raid killed terrorist leader (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:29 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A CIA-led raid on a compound in eastern Syria killed an al Qaida in Iraq commander who oversaw the smuggling into Iraq of foreign fighters whose attacks claimed thousands of Iraqi and American lives, three U.S. officials said Monday.

Analysis: Syria raid suggests new US stance (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 05:52 PM CDT

Families view the bodies of their relatives who died a day before when U.S. military helicopters launched an attack on Syrian territory, before a funeral procession in the Sukkariyeh Farm near the town of Abu Kamal in an area of farms and brick factories about five miles (eight kilometers) inside the Syrian border, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Blood stained the dusty earth Monday as anguished villagers on the outskirts of farming town near Iraq buried loved ones they say were killed by an American helicopter raid inside Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Bold U.S. raids into Pakistan and Syria show the stark choice the Bush administration is putting to both friends and adversaries in its final weeks: Clamp down on militants and terrorists or we'll do it for you.


US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:52 PM CDT

A damaged vehicle is seen in the area where a day before U.S. military helicopters launched an attack on Syrian territory killing eight people in the Sukkariyeh Farm near the town of Abu Kamal in an area of farms and brick factories about five miles (eight kilometers) inside the Syrian border, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Four U.S. military helicopters flying along the Euphrates River struck an area along Syria's border with Iraq Sunday, killing eight people, the Syrian government said, condemning what it called 'serious aggression.' (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, an American counterterrorism official said Monday. Blood stained the earth in this border village as anguished Syrians buried relatives they said were killed in the U.S. helicopter attack Sunday. Some shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading "Down with Bush and the American enemy."


Icelanders to Britain: we are not terrorists (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:43 AM CDT

Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde talks during a press conference in Reykjavik on October. More than 56,300 Icelanders have signed a petition against London's use of anti-terror laws to freeze the assets of failing Icelandic bank branches in Britain in a bid to protect deposits.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - More than 56,300 Icelanders had by Monday signed a petition against London's use of anti-terror laws to freeze the assets of failing Icelandic bank branches in Britain in a bid to protect deposits.


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