2009年1月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Homeland security pick didn't complete state plan (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:13 AM CST

In this May 18, 2006 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary-designate, Ariz. Gov. Janet Napolitano, second from left, walks with, from left, Ron Colburn, Yuma Sector chief; President Bush and Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar during a tour of the Yuma Sector Border along the U.S. Mexico International Border in San Luis, Ariz. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Six years after President-elect Barack Obama's choice for homeland security chief created a detailed security plan for her own state, most of it has been implemented, but key provisions remain incomplete.

Terror suspect says plotted to attack Singapore airport: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:06 AM CST

Travellers check in at Changi International Airport in Singapore in October. A Singaporean man on trial in Indonesia for plotting terror attacks has said he plotted to crash a plane into the island-state's Changi Airport, the Straits Times reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - A Singaporean man on trial in Indonesia for plotting terror attacks has said he plotted to crash a plane into the island-state's Changi Airport, the Straits Times reported Wednesday.

Saudi Sept 11 suspect tortured in Guantanamo: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:43 AM CST

Image reviewed by the US military shows a cell block converted into a classroom in the AFP - A Saudi suspected of involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks was tortured at the US detention site in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a US official.

U.S. official says Guantanamo detainee tortured: report (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:01 AM CST

A U.S. flag flies above a razorwire-topped fence at the 'Camp Six' detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - The Pentagon official overseeing the tribunals for Guantanamo Bay detainees has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

FBI shares threat-tips with local police agencies (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 06:23 PM CST

AP - The FBI has launched a system to share tips about possible terror threats with local police agencies just in time for the presidential inauguration.

Bush, Obama teams hold drill for terror attack scenario (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:58 PM CST

US President George W. Bush's White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten (R) speaks alongside President-elect Barack Obama's incoming Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel outside the West Wing of the White House regarding joint homeland security exercies in preparation of the transition in Washington, DC.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - Aides to President George W. Bush and his successor Barack Obama held a joint exercise Tuesday at the White House that simulated a terrorist attack on several American cities, officials said.

Pentagon: Gitmo detainees returning to battlefield (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:49 PM CST

The outside of the AP - Terror suspects who have been held but released from Guantanamo Bay are increasingly returning to the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Ex-Guantanamo detainees resume terror fight: Pentagon (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:31 PM CST

The outside of the AFP - The Pentagon said Tuesday that 61 former detainees are believed to have returned to terrorism since their release from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a big increase from its last count.

Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:32 PM CST

A U.S. flag flies above a razorwire-topped fence at the 'Camp Six' detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former detainees from its military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appear to have returned to terrorism since their release from custody.

Former Osama bin Laden courier goes on trial (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:29 PM CST

Mohammad Hasan, who had been previously identified by prosecutors by one of his aliases, Fajar Taslim, center, a 35-year-old Singaporean English teacher of Pakistani heritage, sits with other defendants in a jail cell as they await their trial on terrorism charges Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hasan and nine others, who are suspected to be members of the Southeast Asian terrorist network, Jemaah Islamiyah, went on trial Tuesday in an Indonesian court for allegedly killing a Christian schoolteacher and plotting to bomb a cafe. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)AP - A Singaporean who was a courier for Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks went on trial in Indonesia on Tuesday with nine other suspected Islamic militants.

Bush, Obama teams hold disaster drill (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:07 PM CST

Bush White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, left, and Obama White House Chief of Staff-designate Rahm Emanuel meet with reporters to discuss the transition, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Senior officials in the Bush administration and members of President-elect Barack Obama's staff teamed up at the White House Tuesday for a rehearsal of how to handle a hypothetical terrorist attack on an American city.

Obama unlikely to probe Bush counter-terror acts: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 10:35 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, pictured in 2008, is unlikely to probe President George W. Bush's counter-terror policies despite mounting calls by rights groups for independent investigation, analysts say.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to probe President George W. Bush's counter-terror policies despite mounting calls by rights groups for independent investigation, analysts say.

Bush Administration Hosts Terror-Attack Exercise for Obama Team (Bloomberg)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 09:19 AM CST

Bloomberg - Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration today held a first-of-its-kind table-top exercise for officials in the incoming Obama administration on how the U.S. government would respond in case of another terrorist attack.

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