2009年1月29日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Bond Says He Will Support Holder's Confirmation (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 04:15 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - The top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said he would support President Obama's nominee for attorney general after receiving assurances he had no interest in prosecuting anyone who waterboarded terrorism suspects.

Riots erupt after arrest of Bahraini Shiites (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 12:34 PM CST

Bahrain's security forces stand guard before clashing with demonstrators in Manama in 2006. Clashes erupted in a Bahrain village on Wednesday between local security forces and demonstrators protesting at the detention of Shiite opposition activists on terrorism charges, witnesses said.(AFP/Karim Sahib)AFP - Clashes erupted in a Bahrain village on Wednesday between local security forces and demonstrators protesting at the detention of Shiite opposition activists on terrorism charges, witnesses said.


Rights group in push for Bush team's legal justifications (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 12:04 PM CST

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday urged the Justice Department to swiftly release AFP - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday urged the Justice Department to swiftly release "secret memos that provided the legal basis" for many controversial anti-terror policies of the George W. Bush administration.


Tunisian court jails 22 on terrorism charges: lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:59 AM CST

Reuters - A Tunisian court jailed 22 men for up to 14 years for belonging to a terrorist cell, a defense lawyer said Wednesday.

Voters Give Mixed Reviews to Closing of Guantanamo Prison (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:28 AM CST

Rasmussen Reports - U.S. voters are closely divided over whether the government should close the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.

Video in German threatens Afghan coalition troops (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:41 AM CST

AP - A new Islamic extremist video with a German speaker threatening attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan represents a "new quality of threat" against Germany, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
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