2009年1月28日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Gaza has 'set back' Britain's anti-terror fight: minister (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:23 AM CST

Protestors opposed to Israeli military action in Gaza pray after a demonstration outside the Egyptian embassy in London on January 2. Security and counter-terrorism minister, Alan West, has warned that the conflict in Gaza has set back the government's attempts to tackle radicalism in Muslim communities in Britain.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Security and counter-terrorism minister, Alan West, has warned that the conflict in Gaza has set back the government's attempts to tackle radicalism in Muslim communities in Britain.

New Met boss to take charge (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:07 AM CST

Paul Stephenson, seen here in 2008, currently acting commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, will be appointed to head the force which has responsibility for fighting terrorism and securing the 2012 Olympic Games.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Paul Stephenson, currently acting commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, will be appointed on Wednesday to head the force which has responsibility for fighting terrorism and securing the 2012 Olympic Games.

2 Sri Lankans plead guilty in NY terrorism case (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 10:07 PM CST

AP - Two men pleaded guilty Tuesday on the eve of a trial on charges they tried to supply missiles and assault weapons to militants involved in the civil war in Sri Lanka.

Sept. 11 memorial is taking shape at ground zero (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 09:11 PM CST

Cranes work above the north pool of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center site Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in New York. When finished, waterfalls will cascade down the four sides into a reflecting pool, finally draining into the square void, center. The pool marks the site of 1 World Trade Center, which was destroyed Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - A Sept. 11 memorial is taking shape at ground zero, with a nearly completed reflecting pool the size of the World Trade Center's north tower footprint.

Military seeks better use of finger, eye scans (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 05:43 PM CST

AP - On the front lines in Iraq, U.S. troops can scan someone's eye or finger to try to determine if he is a potential enemy or has been connected to a terror attack.

Gates: Missile strikes in Pakistan to continue (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 04:34 PM CST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial weapon left over from the Bush administration's war on terror: Predator missile strikes on Pakistan.

Sept. 11 a factor in Fla. terror retrial (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 04:28 PM CST

AP - Finding lingering emotions from the Sept. 11 terror attacks emerged as central to questioning prospective jurors Tuesday in the third trial of a group accused of plotting with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and blow up FBI offices.

Inauguration terror threat debunked (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:37 PM CST

In the photo, Mike Greene, BAE Systems' Director of Homeland Security Solutions, describes the capabilities of the First InterComm radio interoperability technology. A $282,200 Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) provided Connecticut Region 4 first responders with 48 First InterComm System units. (From left to right) Congressman Joe Courtney; Frank Rowe, Aide to Sen. Joe Lieberman; Ben Lathrop, Norwich Mayor; Frank Blanchard, Yantic Fire Chief; and CT State Representative Melissa Olson. (Photo: Business Wire)AP - A potential terror threat just before last week's presidential inauguration turned out to be a ruse, a top military commander said Tuesday.

Gates: closing Guantanamo won't release terrorists (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:25 PM CST

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is downplaying suggestions that the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison would risk the release of terrorists. Gates says the vast majority of detainees can easily be tried by the U.S. or sent to other countries for conviction.

US-Mexico border fence almost complete (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:46 PM CST

In this Nov. 17, 2008 file photo, a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle stands guard along the border fence with its concertino wire topping it, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)AP - The fence along the U.S.-Mexico border is mostly finished.

Bahrain Shiite activists accused of aiding terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:48 PM CST

A Bahraini Shiite cleric attends a demonstration organized by the Haq Group in the Bahraini capital Manama in 2006. Three Shiite opposition activists in Bahrain were arrested on Monday and accused of training and financing a terror group, trying to overthrow the regime and inciting opposition, a lawyer told AFP.(AFP/File/Adam Jan)AFP - Three Shiite opposition activists in Bahrain who were arrested on Monday were accused on Tuesday of training and financing a terror group, trying to overthrow the regime and inciting opposition, a lawyer told AFP.

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