2008年11月25日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Holy Land retrial ends in sweeping guilty verdicts (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 04:29 AM CST

Three women who declined to be identified but said they were supporters of five Muslim men on trial, sit outside the federal courthouse after a guilty verdict was rendered against the men and a Muslim charity in Dallas, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. The Muslim charity and five of its former leaders were convicted Monday of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the retrial of the largest terrorism financing case since the attacks of Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)AP - After 15 years and two trials, the government has finally brought down the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, once the largest Muslim charity in the U.S.


US-based Muslim charity convicted of funding terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 10:46 PM CST

2001 file photo shows FBI agents guarding the entrance to the Holy Land Foundation in Richardson, Texas. The leaders of what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States were found guilty of acting as a front for Palestinian militants in the largest terrorism financing prosecution in American history(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ronald Martinez)AFP - The leaders of what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States were found guilty of acting as a front for Palestinian militants in the largest terrorism financing prosecution in American history.


US taps online youth groups to fight crime, terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 04:49 PM CST

An user checks a Google website in a cybercafe. The US State Department announced plans on Monday to promote online youth groups as a new and powerful way to fight crime, political oppression and terrorism.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - The US State Department announced plans on Monday to promote online youth groups as a new and powerful way to fight crime, political oppression and terrorism.


Napolitano PAC gave thousands to House candidates (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:53 PM CST

In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.    (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)AP - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, President-elect Barack Obama's top pick for Homeland Security secretary, heads a fundraising committee that collected thousands of dollars from special interests and gave money to Democratic House campaigns nationwide for the fall elections.


Napolitano Resignation Would Be Costly for Arizona Democrats (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:33 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - If Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano resigns to become Barack Obama's Homeland Security secretary, it would have far-reaching ramifications for politics in her state.

German court OKs release of ex-leftist terrorist (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:03 PM CST

AP - A former top member of the leftist Red Army Faction terrorist group can be released from prison in January after having served 26 years for multiple murders, a German court ruled Monday.

Freed Indian sailors recall hijack terror (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 10:35 AM CST

In this photo released by Indian Navy PRO, anti-piracy operations by Indian Navy's warship INS Tabar in the Gulf of Aden Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. An anti-piracy watchdog group on Thursday welcomed an Indian warship's destruction of a suspected pirate vessel in waters off Somalia, where hijackings have become increasingly violent and the hijackers increasingly bold. In a rare victory in the sea war against the Somali pirates, the Indian navy's INS Tabar sank a suspected pirate 'mother ship' in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Indian Navy PRO, HO)AP - Indian crew members released by Somali pirates said Monday they lived in fear of being killed by the marauders who kept guns pointed at them.


Syria rejects US claims it is aiding terrorists (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 10:21 AM CST

AP - Syria on Monday rejected U.S. allegations that it is allowing terrorist networks to use its territory to attack Iraq.

British-Pakistani terror suspect still alive: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 05:29 AM CST

British-Pakistani terror suspect Rashid Rauf, seen here in 2006, was still alive, his lawyer has said, denying reports that he had died in a US missile attack in Pakistan.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)AFP - British-Pakistani terror suspect Rashid Rauf is still alive, his lawyer told the BBC on Monday, saying reports that he had died in a US missile attack in Pakistan were "fake."


Many Arizona Implications if Napolitano Joins Obama Cabinet (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 04:45 AM CST

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano arrives at the Arizona Air Guard's 161st refueling Wing at Sky Harbor International Airport early Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 in Phoenix to greet members of the 996th Area Support Medical Company arriving home after serving one year in Iraq. Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to run the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Matt York)CQPolitics.com - If Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano resigns to become Barack Obama's Homeland Security secretary, it would have far-reaching ramifications for politics in her state.


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