2009年7月17日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Mauritania police report shootout with Islamists (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:24 PM PDT

AP - Police in Mauritania's capital say they exchanged fire with suspected Islamic extremists, killing one and wounding another who was wearing explosives wrapped around his body.

Judge dismisses suit against feds for Kan. biolab (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 03:34 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Texas consortium protesting the Homeland Security Department's choice of Kansas for a multimillion-dollar biodefense lab.

House launches investigation into CIA program (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 03:24 PM PDT

Reuters - The House Intelligence Committee said on Friday it was launching a formal investigation into the concealment of a secret CIA program from Congress that one senator said was withheld on orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney.

US official: At least 8 from US wounded in Jakarta (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:58 PM PDT

Indonesian maids collect their employers' luggages from Ritz Carlton hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation.(AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)AP - The Obama administration on Friday said a pair of suicide bombings in luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital were proof of the need to remain vigilant against terror groups. But officials said they do not see the attacks as a sign that violent extremism is on the rise again in Indonesia.

Terror stalks Indonesia as hotel bombs kill nine (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 12:59 PM PDT

Indonesian policemen stand guard at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta. Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated high-explosive devices in two luxury Jakarta hotels popular with foreigners Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, officials said.(AFP/Adek Berry)AFP - Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated high-explosive devices in two luxury Jakarta hotels popular with foreigners Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, officials said.

Analysis: Jakarta blasts show hotel weaknesses (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 11:49 AM PDT

Smoke billows from J.W. Marriott hotel after an explosion went off in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Bombs exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the Indonesian capital on Friday, ripping the facade off the Ritz, police said. (AP Photo)AP - Twin hotel suicide bombings in Indonesia on Friday exposed new security weaknesses in an industry increasingly in the cross-hairs of terrorists — and pointed to evolving tactics by the militants.

Obama strongly condemns Jakarta bombings (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 08:40 AM PDT

Hotel employees evacuate guests at outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta after bombs tore through the hotel and the nearby JW Marriott. US President Barack Obama on Friday firmly condemned bombings in Jakarta that killed at least nine people and injured dozens more, including eight Americans.(AFP)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday firmly condemned bombings in Jakarta that killed at least nine people and injured dozens more, including eight Americans.

World stocks rise before US earnings (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 06:50 AM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, June 2009. World stock markets mainly climbed on Friday as investors awaited more key US earnings news and economic data but share prices slid in Jakarta, scene of twin fatal bomb blasts blamed on terrorism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - World stock markets mainly climbed on Friday as investors awaited more key US earnings news and economic data but share prices slid in Jakarta, scene of twin fatal bomb blasts blamed on terrorism.

UK man convicted over suicide bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 05:56 AM PDT

AP - A British Muslim convert was jailed Friday for plotting to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a shopping mall in southern England.

Alleged US missiles kill 5 in northwest Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 07:06 AM PDT

Firemen try to extinguish fire caused after an alleged attack by militants on oil tankers for NATO forces, in Khyber near Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, July 17, 2009. A government official said militants launched two attacks on oil tankers in northwest Pakistan carrying fuel supplies to NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan. One bystander has been killed.(AP Photo/Qazi Tariq)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least five alleged militants Friday, officials said, showing America's unwillingness to abandon the tactic even as Pakistani officials say it could interfere with army offensives in the northwest.

Suicide bombers kill 8 at Jakarta Marriott, Ritz (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:53 PM PDT

Police officers inspect the damage after an explosion went off at the Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Bombs exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the Indonesian capital on Friday, ripping the facade off the Ritz, police said. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - Two days ago, they checked into room 1808 at the swank J.W. Marriott Hotel — smuggling explosives past metal detectors and security guards. Behind the closed door, investigators say the suicide attackers then assembled the bombs set off Friday at the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton next door.

Pak court acquits former PM Sharif of hijacking (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:50 AM PDT

Supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif celebrate the Supreme Court decision, in Karachi. Pakistan's supreme court Friday overturned convictions against Sharif for plane hijacking and terrorism, two months after reversing a ban on the opposition leader's holding office.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - Pakistan's supreme court Friday overturned convictions against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for plane hijacking and terrorism, two months after reversing a ban on the opposition leader's holding office.

Clinton: US prepared to help Indonesians (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 12:49 PM PDT

In this July 10, 2009, photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton answers question during her town hall meeting at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemned Friday's hotel bombing in Jakarta and said the United States is prepared to provide assistance if requested by the Indonesian government.

Australian report predicted violence in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:12 AM PDT

AP - An Australian think tank predicted that Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah might launch new attacks just a day before Friday's deadly hotel bombings in Indonesia.

Twin hotel bombings break Indonesia's four-year calm (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Twin explosions rocked Jakarta's Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott Hotels on Friday in the first major terrorist attack in Indonesia since 2005.

Analysis: Jakarta attack may show evolution of Islamist terror group (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Twin bomb blasts at two luxury hotels popular with foreign businessmen in Indonesia's capital have renewed fears of terrorist attacks after a four-year lull in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.

US may seek more data on people flying in from EU (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:59 PM PDT

Port Authority police officers with a police dog stand guard at the British Airways terminal at JFK Airport in New York. US officials may seek to expand and widen agreements that demand that airlines supply sensitive data on passengers arriving from Europe, according to a senior Homeland Security official.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - US officials may seek to expand and widen agreements that demand that airlines supply sensitive data on passengers arriving from Europe, according to a senior Homeland Security official.

Gitmo closure angers families of Sept. 11 victims (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:39 PM PDT

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, Brian Long, who's parents died when Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack, chokes up during a press conference held by attack victims' family members, at Camp Justice, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Victims' family members observed hearings held Thursday in the case titled U.S. vs Mohammed, which includes five alleged co-conspirators in the 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)AP - Families of people killed in the Sept. 11 terror attack on the U.S. urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to reverse his order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.

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