2009年2月22日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Explosion in Cairo bazaar kills 1, injures 21 (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:59 PM CST

Egyptian police and other rescue workers gather outside the historic Hussein mosque, pictured in background, in the Khan el-Khalili market following a bomb blast there in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Egyptian police say the bomb blast in the crowded Cairo tourist bazaar killed a French woman and wounded 17 others, mostly foreigners. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - A homemade bomb exploded in a 650-year-old bazaar packed with tourists Sunday, killing a French woman and wounding at least 21 people, most of them foreigners.


Iraqi lawmaker faces charges as attack mastermind (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:30 PM CST

An Iraqi soldier keeps an eye on the bodyguards of Mohammed al-Dayni, a Sunni lawmaker, during a raid on his home in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Iraqi authorities issued an arrest warrant for a al-Dayni, who is accused of masterminding a series of high-profile attacks, including mortar strikes on the Green Zone and a 2007 suicide bombing inside the parliament building, a military official said Sunday. (AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra)AP - The confessions told of high-stakes terror and street-level thuggery: former bodyguards accused a combative Sunni lawmaker on Sunday of directing a wave of violence that ranged from a 2007 suicide blast inside the parliament building to kidnappings seeking just $30 ransoms.


Pakistan to arm village militias to fight terror (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:21 PM CST

Supporters of pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad offer noon prayers in Mingora, the capital of Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. A Pakistani official said Saturday that the Taliban and the Pakistani government had agreed to a 'permanent cease-fire' in the restive northwest Swat Valley. A Taliban spokesman would not directly confirm the arrangement. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)AP - Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and al-Qaida militants, an official said Sunday.


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