2009年11月19日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Two more jailed for Sears Tower terror plot (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:43 PM PST

This photo released by the US Department of Justice shows Patrick Abraham, one of seven people arrested in Miami and charged with allegedly planning attacks on the Sears Tower in Chicago. A US judge handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A US judge on Thursday handed down prison terms of eight and nine years to two more men accused of swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the United States.


Gov't rewarding firms checking immigrant status (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

AP - The Homeland Security Department will give a seal of approval to businesses volunteering to use an electronic program to check workers' immigration status.

Govt wants speedy screening at more airports (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:49 PM PST

AP - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country.

4 men in Fla. terrorist plot sent to prison (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:40 PM PST

AP - Four men described as soldiers in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices have each been sentenced to less than a decade behind bars, far less than federal prosecutors sought.

Terrorists Inside U.S. Increase Attacks, Panel Hears (Bloomberg)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 10:20 AM PST

US Army Specialist Ryan Hill and his daughter pray together as they light a candle and lay flowers at the front gate to Fort Hood following a shooting rampage on the grounds November 7, in Killeen, Texas. US lawmakers Thursday sought to unravel how an army psychiatrist was allegedly able to unleash a shooting spree on a US army base, warning it was part of a larger pattern of home-grown terrorism.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)Bloomberg - Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, anti-terrorist experts said today.


Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit warns of new cells (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:14 AM PST

Reuters - Indonesia still faces a key risk of new militant attacks as Islamic radicals have set up new cells in recent years and some bomb experts remain at large, the head of the country's anti-terrorism unit said on Thursday.

Chicago terror suspects investigated in India (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 12:30 AM PST

A man walks past Tahawwur Hussain Rana's office, which says AP - Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible involvement in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, according to authorities in that country.


Holder: 'Failure not an option' in New York 9/11 terror trial (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that "failure is not an option" in the prosecution of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York City courtroom.

New York divided over 9/11 terror trials (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed 9/11 mastermind and his four alleged co-conspirators in New York, the city gets the dubious title of Terror Trial Capital of America.

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