2009年8月30日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Anti-Taliban ops claim high toll in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 02:37 PM PDT

Afghan men wait on a roadside for iftar, the time to break one's fast, during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul. As Afghans await results from a fraud-tainted election, major military operations and continued terrorist attacks reflected on Sunday the challenge faced by the next president and Western powers.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - As Afghans await results from a fraud-tainted election, major military operations and continued terrorist attacks reflected on Sunday the challenge faced by the next president and Western powers.


Justice Dept. again fielding charges of politics (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 01:06 PM PDT

A man walks across the the lobby of the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia. The US Justice Department's probe of alleged abusive interrogation techniques by CIA agents drew fire Tuesday from critics who said the probe is not wide enough, while others warn of a long and arduous process.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP - Besieged during the Bush administration for bending to the White House's will, the Justice Department is again accused of playing politics with cases — this time in investigating whether CIA interrogators illegally abused terror suspects.


Blackwater tapped foreigners on secret CIA program (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:04 AM PDT

FILE -  In this Oct. 2, 2007, file photo,  Blackwater USA founder, Erik Prince, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The private contractor had won the government's confidence by handling security and training operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the decision, revived by CIA in 2004, to use the private contractor as part ofits now-abandoned secret program to kill or capture terrorists in sensitive overseas operations, struck some former agency officials as highly unusual.  (AP Photos/Susan Walsh, File)AP - When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company then known as Blackwater USA.


McCain Denies Giving OK to a CIA Torture Tactic (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 10:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Senator McCain's spokesperson disputes a report that he raised no objection when told of the CIA's use of sleep deprivation in questioning suspected terrorists

Cheney says politics behind CIA probe at Justice (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:09 AM PDT

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney speaks about national security at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington in this file image from May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/FilesAP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says politics are driving the Justice Department's decision to investigate whether CIA interrogators abused terror suspects detained after the Sept. 11 attacks.


India defence drive attracts global suppliers (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 11:09 PM PDT

In this picture taken on July 31, a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) soldier mans a machine gun as he stands guard in Bangalore. India's drive to protect itself after last year's Mumbai attacks is attracting interest from some of the world's biggest companies who see opportunities in the push for improved homeland security.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - India's drive to protect itself after last year's Mumbai attacks is attracting interest from some of the world's biggest companies who see opportunities in the push for improved homeland security.


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