2009年12月3日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Pakistan: We need more clarity on US plan (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:31 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani, right, attend a joint press conference at Downing Street, London, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Gilani said Pakistan was looking into the implications of the troop surge announced by U.S. President Barack Obama in a major speech Tuesday, including the suggestion that more CIA resources would be deployed to Pakistan. (AP Photo/Andy Rain, Pool)AP - Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday defended his country's efforts in fighting terrorism, saying he didn't believe Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan and that Pakistani security forces had been successful in tackling terrorism within the country's borders.


Four added to FBI most wanted list for 1989 hijacking (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:48 PM PST

A poster of the FBI's most wanted terrorist is seen at a press conference. The FBI on Thursday updated its AFP - The FBI on Thursday updated its "Most Wanted Terrorist List" with the names of four Palestinians suspected of taking part in a 1989 hijacking of a Pan Am airliner that left 20 dead in Pakistan.


Congress worries about Obama's plan for Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:59 PM PST

US Marines return to base in Helmand Province. Senior officials in President Barack Obama's administration have told US legislators that a July 2011 target date to begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan was not set in stone.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AP - Facing the prospect of more American deaths in Afghanistan as the war escalates, lawmakers lashed out at neighboring Pakistan on Thursday as an unreliable ally that could spare the U.S. its bruising fight with al-Qaida if it wanted.


Terror Trials a Risky Move for Obama (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:12 PM PST

U.S. News & World Report - It's one of the most explosive decisions of the Obama administration so far--prosecuting Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other suspected 9/11 terrorists in a civilian court in New York instead of a military tribunal. And it's a risky move both substantively and in political terms.

More charges expected in NYC terror plot (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST

AP - Federal authorities expect to file more charges in an alleged plot by an al-Qaida associate to attack New York City with homemade bombs, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Iraq violence kills eight, including senior anti-terror cop (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 10:22 AM PST

Iraqi police man a checkpoint set-up in the center of Tikrit, 180 kms north of the capital Baghdad, in September 2009. Attacks in northern Iraq on Thursday killed eight people, including a senior anti-terror officer who led a key fightback against Al-Qaeda in his province, police said.(AFP/File/Mahmud Saleh)AFP - Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed eight people, including a senior anti-terror officer who led a key fightback against Al-Qaeda in his province, police said.


Court overturns terrorism convictions of 3 Greeks (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:26 AM PST

AP - An appeals court on Thursday overturned the convictions of three Greeks who had been found guilty of belonging to a far-left terrorist group that was blamed for dozens of attacks on American targets.

FBI adds 4 hijackers to wanted terrorists list (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:07 AM PST

AP - Four men wanted for the 1986 hijacking of a Pan Am plane have been added to the FBI's most wanted terrorist list — with a $5 million reward for each.

Syria bus blast kills 3, terrorism ruled out (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 08:46 AM PST

Syrians gather around a damaged bus following a blast near a Shiite shrine in the Sayyeda Zeinab area of Damascus.(AFP/Louai Beshara)AFP - A powerful blast wrecked an Iranian pilgrim bus near a Shiite shrine in Damascus on Thursday, killing three people in an incident Syria said was caused by a tyre blow-out and not a terrorist attack.


Secret Service Director Takes Full Blame for White House Breach (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 08:33 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - Secret Service Director Mark J. Sullivan wouldn't take anything less the full brunt of the blame for the case of White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday.

Secret Service benches 3 over gatecrashing (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:37 PM PST

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on a White House security breach. A placard for Michaele Salahi sits in front of an empty seat during the hearing.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Three Secret Service officers have been put on administrative leave after the security breach at last week's White House dinner, an episode President Barack Obama said hasn't shaken his confidence in his protectors.


US Congress may subpoena White House gatecrashers (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 07:26 AM PST

State dinner gate-crashers Tareq (R) and Michaele Salahi. The US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee is prepared to subpoena a couple who showed up uninvited to a White House state dinner reception, a lawmaker said.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee is prepared to subpoena a couple who showed up uninvited to a White House state dinner reception, a lawmaker said.


Putin says no plans to leave power (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:45 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov in Yalta, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Alexei Nikolsky/PoolReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in power for over 10 years, ruled out a departure from politics on Thursday, telling a questioner: "Don't hold your breath."


Putin talks of possible return to presidency (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:49 PM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a question-and-answer session broadcast live by Russia's state television in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The show sent another strong signal that Putin remains the dominant force in Russian politics, overshadowing his designated successor, President Dmitry Medvedev.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Wagging his pen and gazing directly into the camera, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his strongest signal yet Thursday that he plans to return to Russia's presidency, telling millions of TV viewers that he will consider running in 2012.


Syria blast was 'not terrorist act': minister (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 02:58 AM PST

Syrians gather around a damaged bus following a blast near a Shiite shrine in the Sayyeda Zeinab area of Damascus.(AFP/Louai Beshara)AFP - An explosion that wrecked an Iranian bus in Damascus on Thursday and killed three people was not a terrorist act but a tyre exploding as it was being repaired, Interior Minister Saeed Sammur said.


(AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 02:22 AM PST

AP - Syrian interior minister says bus explosion not a terrorist attack, 3 dead.

Putin demands tough measures for Russian train bombers (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:33 AM PST

Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for tough measures to be taken against those responsible for last week's train bombing that killed 26 people and said "the threat from terrorism is very high."

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