2009年5月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

WTC emergency drill evokes memories of Sept. 11 (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Emergency responders push out simulated victims of a train explosion on a wheeled platform that follows the tracks during a drill in New York, Sunday, May 17, 2009.  The drill simulated an explosion on a commuter train in an underground tunnel and involved more than 800 first responders.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)AP - It was an emergency drill, yet the scene of hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other first responders hustling around the World Trade Center site Sunday evoked the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.


Pelosi Must Provide Proof or Apology on CIA Memo, Boehner Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 17 May 2009 10:14 AM PDT

Bloomberg - May 17 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should provide proof of her allegation that the Central Intelligence Agency misled her about terrorism-related interrogation tactics or apologize for her accusations, Republican leaders said.

Huge New York rehearsal for next terror strike (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:16 AM PDT

First responders arrive with their emergency gear for Operation Safe PATH 2009 at the PATH station at the World Trade Center.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Hundreds of firefighters and police swarmed Ground Zero Sunday, the site where the World Trade Center once stood, in the largest security exercise here since the September 11, 2001 attacks.


Republicans: Obama may have to wait to close Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:09 AM PDT

AP - Republican lawmakers said Sunday they expect President Barack Obama to extend his "arbitrary" January deadline for closing the Guantanamo military prison as he finds it difficult to relocate the suspected terrorists held there.

Democrats Keep Faith in Pelosi Amid CIA Memo Flap (Bloomberg)

Posted: 17 May 2009 08:08 AM PDT

Bloomberg - May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said he still has faith in U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has been in a dispute with the Central Intelligence Agency over briefings about the interrogation of suspected terrorists.

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