2008年12月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Amnesty International slams Indian anti-terror law (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 01:31 AM CST

Faheem Ansari, face covered, who's suspected of aiding the Mumbai terror attacks is taken to a court in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec.18, 2008. Two Indian nationals suspected of aiding the attacks were ordered held in Mumbai police custody until Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - Amnesty International on Friday slammed India's new anti-terror legislation to beef up police powers in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, saying it violates international human rights treaties.

U.S. not ready for cyber attack (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 06:04 PM CST

Switzerland's team (R-L) Dimitri Kurt, Christian Kessler, Thomas Weber, and Martin Blaettler compete in the 'Counter-Strike' video game, at the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2004 in San Francisco, October 8, 2004. (Kimberly White/Reuters)Reuters - The United States is unprepared for a major hostile attack against vital computer networks, government and industry officials said on Thursday after participating in a two-day "cyberwar" simulation.

Gates orders development of plans to close Guantanamo (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 05:46 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is drawing up plans to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison in anticipation that one of President-elect Barack Obama's first acts will be ordering the closure of the detention center associated with the abuse of terror suspects.

Egyptian student gets 15 years in Fla. terror case (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 05:10 PM CST

AP - An Egyptian student attending a Florida university was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for making a YouTube video showing would-be terrorists how to turn a remote-control toy into a bomb detonator.

Egyptian gets prison term on U.S. terrorism charge (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 04:45 PM CST

Reuters - An Egyptian national received the maximum 15-year U.S. prison sentence on Thursday on a terrorism charge of making a video that showed how to use a remote-controlled toy to set off explosives.

Gates orders plan for closing Guantanamo (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:57 PM CST

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, pictured in October 2008, has ordered aides to prepare a plan for closing the Guantanamo prison, a declared priority for president-elect Barack Obama, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski)AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered aides to draw up plans for closing the "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo, a declared priority for President-elect Barack Obama, a spokesman said Thursday.

Moroccan sentenced for Madrid bombings (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:49 PM CST

AP - A criminal court in Morocco convicted a 31-year-old man Thursday of belonging to a terrorist group involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Texas student accused of graduation terror threat (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:07 PM CST

AP - A Lamar University doctoral student was charged with making a terroristic threat after allegedly sending an e-mail threatening to violently disrupt Saturday's commencement ceremony because he was upset he couldn't graduate.

Gates asks anew for plan to close Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:58 PM CST

In this image reviewed by the US military shows an unidentified detainee at the AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked for an updated proposal for closing the controversial prison holding terrorist suspects in Cuba in case President-elect Barack Obama asks for one soon after taking office.

U.S. embassies in Prague, Tokyo get white powder mail (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:35 PM CST

Reuters - The U.S. embassies in Prague and Tokyo received envelopes with white powder that is being tested for toxins, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, one day after it disclosed receiving similar letters at 16 missions in Europe that were later found to be harmless.

Govt seeks to soothe public with new terror law (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:01 PM CST

A frame grab from CCTV footage, released December 7, 2008, taken inside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai shows suspected militants (top right) walking along the corridor of the hotel in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. REUTERS/via REUTERS TVReuters - The government will rush a new law through parliament on Thursday that will allow police to hold suspects for up to 180 days, a move legal officials said is an attempt to allay public anger over the Mumbai attacks.

Former Gitmo prisoner says he was abused, insulted (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 11:43 AM CST

AP - A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who was released earlier this week claims he was abused and humiliated at the U.S. detention center for suspected terrorists, according to a TV interview released Thursday.

US military mobilizes troops for inauguration (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 10:39 AM CST

A worker applies a coat of primer on a stand at the construction site of the inaugural stand on the west side of the US Capitol on December 4, 2008 in Washington, DC. The US military plans to mobilize thousands of troops to protect Washington against potential terrorist attack during the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, a senior US military commander said Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The US military plans to mobilize thousands of troops to protect Washington against potential terrorist attack during the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, a senior US military commander said Wednesday.

Bahrain arrests two men suspected of planning attack (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 09:11 AM CST

A general view shows the Bahraini capital, Manama, in 2006. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of taking part in a plot to carry out a terrorist attack in Bahrain, their lawyer said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Two men have been arrested on suspicion of taking part in a plot to carry out a terrorist attack in Bahrain, their lawyer said on Thursday.

Only 46% Share Bush's Confidence in America's Safety (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 08:30 AM CST

Rasmussen Reports - President Bush in a speech on Wednesday trumpeted his national security record in the White House, but just 46% of U.S. voters say the nation is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Guantanamo man says U.S. never probed his "crime" (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 08:21 AM CST

Mustafa Ait Idir, one of three Algerians released this week from the U.S. detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, shows Reuters the documentation and letters that he had received from his family at his Sarajevo home on December 17, 2008. The trio returned to their adopted homeland of Bosnia the day before as the first prisoners released under court order from the U.S. military base, where they said they went through the worst kinds of torture. (Danilo Krstanovic/Reuters)Reuters - An Algerian man who spent nearly seven years in Guantanamo Bay says his U.S. interrogators never questioned him on the main terrorism allegation against him.

India seeks to soothe public with new terror law (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 06:04 AM CST

Indian policemen stand guard at a police complex believed to be housing the lone surviving gunman, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab from the recent attacks in Mumbai December 11, 2008. (Arko Datta/Reuters)Reuters - The Indian government will rush a new law through parliament on Thursday that will allow police to hold suspects for up to 180 days, a move legal officials said is an attempt to allay public anger over the Mumbai attacks.

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