2008年11月17日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Obama vows to shut down Guantanamo Bay camp (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 06:19 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, pictured in October 2008, said he would shut down the AFP - President-elect Barack Obama said he would shut down the "war on terror" internment camp at Guantanamo Bay and rebuild "America's moral stature in the world," in a major interview aired Sunday.


Security, economy are priorities, Obama tells CBS (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

In this Nov. 14, 2008 photo released by CBS, President-elect Barack Obama speaks with CBS' 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft in Chicago. (AP Photo/CBS)AP - President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday that since terrorists might try to attack the U.S. during the White House transition, selecting his national security team is one of his top priorities.


Obama's election bodes changes for Guantanamo prisoners (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 05:11 PM CST

In this image reviewed by the US Military, a guard tower is visible behind a razor-wire fence, at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, in Cuba, in July 2008. The 250 detainees at the US Guantanamo war-on-terror prison could see their living conditions improve under Barack Obama, but he has yet to say how he might change the controversial military tribunals created to try them.(AFP/Pool/File/Randall Mikkelsen)AFP - The 250 detainees at the US Guantanamo war-on-terror prison could see their living conditions improve under Barack Obama, but he has yet to say how he might change the controversial military tribunals created to try them.


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