2009年12月27日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST

AP - The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts.

Foiled plane attack puts Al-Qaeda threat in sharp focus (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:27 PM PST

Airline passengers walk into a security checkpoint inside Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, VA, near Washington, DC. Regardless of whether or not the Nigerian who tried to blow up a US-bound jet on Christmas Day was instructed in Yemen by Al-Qaeda, the White House insists it is not slacking in its anti-terror battle.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Regardless of whether or not the Nigerian who tried to blow up a US-bound jet on Christmas Day was instructed in Yemen by Al-Qaeda, the White House insists it is not slacking in its anti-terror battle.


Obama to probe security gaps that allowed terror suspect on plane (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:21 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON_ President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into possible U.S. security gaps that enabled a Nigerian man of known extremist leanings to keep his U.S. visa, smuggle explosives aboard a Christmas Day passenger flight and ignite them, the White House said Sunday.

Sounds of firecrackers mark failure of terror plot (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:11 PM PST

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the Detroit bound U.S. airliner on Christmas day, is shown in this undated photograph released to Reuters on December 26, 2009. U.S. authorities on Saturday charged Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, with trying to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253, a Delta-owned Airbus 330 , with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda.   REUTERS/saharareporters.com/Handout    (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW TRANSPORT) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A popping noise, an odor, then flames.


Alleged airline terrorist transferred to prison (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:47 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Web site saharareporters.com and verified by an Associated Press reporter present at the subject's arraignment, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown. Abdulmutallab, who claimed ties to al-Qaida, was charged Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs. (AP Photo/saharareporters.com) NO SALESAP - An attorney for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane near Detroit says he's been transferred to a federal prison.


FBI gives all-clear on second Detroit airport incident (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 01:26 PM PST

A Delta Airlines jet sits at a remote part of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport following an alleged incident with a Nigerian passenger in Romulus, Michigan. President Barack Obama ordered Sunday a review of US no-fly watch-lists and demanded to know how a Nigerian man managed to board a Detroit-bound airliner wearing an explosive device.(AFP/Getty Images/Bill Pugliano)AFP - The FBI said an incident Sunday aboard the same Northwest flight that a Nigerian terror suspect attempted to bomb on Christmas Day was a "non-serious incident."


Why did US let Abdulmutallab get on a plane to Detroit? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:39 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano insisted Sunday that there was no “specific and credible” information to put the alleged attempted bomber of Northwest Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, on the federal “no fly” list.

'Disturbance' on same flight as Christmas terror attempt (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:25 PM PST

A Delta Airlines jet sits at a remote part of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport following an alleged incident with a Nigerian passenger in Romulus, Michigan. President Barack Obama ordered Sunday a review of US no-fly watch-lists and demanded to know how a Nigerian man managed to board a Detroit-bound airliner wearing an explosive device.(AFP/Getty Images/Bill Pugliano)AFP - A Northwest Airlines flight crew sought emergency assistance Sunday for a disruptive passenger who was taken into custody as the plane landed in Detroit, an airline official said.


Airliner plot raises fears about al-Qaida in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST

Scott Studer takes his daughter Ella from his wife Jen as they prepare to return home to Boston at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport after visiting family in Detroit Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 in Romulas, Mich. The U.S. government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended to prevent attacks like his botched Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight from overseas.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A Nigerian man's claim that his attempt to blow up a U.S. plane originated with al-Qaida's network inside Yemen deepened concerns that instability in the Middle Eastern country is providing the terror group with a base to train and recruit militants for operations against the West and the U.S.


White House warns foes on terror politics (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:01 PM PST

Aircrafts from Delta-Northwest are being supplied and loaded before departure at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam on December 26. The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.(AFP/ANP/File/Marcel Antonisse)AFP - The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.


Security reviews under way after airliner attack (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST

Northwest Airlines flight 253 sits on the tarmac after requesting emergency help at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. A passenger onboard the same Northwest Airlines flight route that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody in Detroit on Sunday after becoming disruptive, officials said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment.


Ramped up US airport security deepens holiday travel misery (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:29 AM PST

Passengers have their luggage screened by the TSA in Terminal 4 of JFK airport in the Queens borough of New York City. Stressed travelers were greeted by heightened security Sunday on the holiday season's busiest travel day, following a botched attempt to blow up a US airliner.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Nagle)AFP - Beleaguered US air passengers faced a slew of new travel woes Sunday, as ramped up airport security following a thwarted Christmas Day terror attack compounded delays from back-to-back record-setting snowstorms.


Republicans Rip Administration Over Terrorist Scare (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - Congressional leaders switched gears from health care to national security on Sunday in the wake of a foiled Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight inbound to Detroit from overseas. While lawmakers from both parties called for enacting tougher security measures in response to the thwarted attack, Republicans accused President Barack Obama of not taking the risk of terrorist attacks more seriously.

Lawmakers blast Obama administration security handling (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:22 AM PST

Aircrafts from Delta-Northwest are being supplied and loaded before departure at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam on December 26. The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.(AFP/ANP/File/Marcel Antonisse)AFP - Conservative and independent US lawmakers blasted the White House Sunday for lax anti-terror oversight in the run-up to a Christmas Day attack on a US-bound flight by a man listed in a terrorism database.


U.S. probes al Qaeda involvement in jet incident (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:57 AM PST

Northwest Airlines and Delta passenger planes are seen at Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Michigan December 26, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - Al Qaeda involvement is a "subject of investigation" in Friday's incident in which a Nigerian man has been charged with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet bound from Amsterdam to Detroit, U.S. homeland security chief Janet Napolitano said on Sunday.


Detroit attack: terrorist once again confounds airport security (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:54 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The failed attempt to blow up a US airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day shows how terrorists are adapting in their attempts to evade upgraded airport security.

CQ Transcript: Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano on CNN's 'State of the Union' (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:07 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - CQ Transcriptwire

'No indication' attack part of larger plot: Napolitano (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:56 AM PST

A news vendor in Ibafo, Ogun State reads about 23-year-old fellow countryman, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US passenger jet. US President Barack Obama's top security official has said there was AFP - US President Barack Obama's top security official said Sunday there was "no indication" an accused Nigerian terrorist was acting as part of a larger plot when he tried to blow up a US-bound flight on Christmas Day.


Too early to say attack tied to Al-Qaeda: Napolitano (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:29 AM PST

A news vendor in Ibafo, Ogun State reads about 23-year-old fellow countryman, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US passenger jet. US President Barack Obama's top security official has said there was AFP - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Sunday it would be "inappropriate to speculate" that an accused Nigerian terrorist's attack on a US airliner was linked to Al-Qaeda.


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