2009年2月25日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Pakistan wants drones on table in US-Afghan review (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 06:48 PM PST

A US 'Predator' drone passes overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar in early January. Pakistan has called for talks on ending controversial US drone attacks on its territory as it prepared for a three-way session with Afghanistan to chart a new AFP - Pakistan called for talks on ending controversial US drone attacks on its territory as it prepared for a three-way session Thursday with Afghanistan to chart a new "war on terror" strategy.

Some US forces will face combat after Iraq pullout (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 06:39 PM PST

In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 picture, U.S. soldiers stand guard after a road side bomb blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq. One person was killed and 18 were wounded in the blast, police said. President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Some of the U.S. forces likely to remain in Iraq after President Barack Obama fulfills his pledge to withdraw combat troops would still have a combat role fighting suspected terrorists, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Napolitano orders review of Wash. immigration raid (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 05:16 PM PST

AP - Immigration agents this week conducted their first work-site raid since President Barack Obama took office, but it was news to their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who on Wednesday ordered a review of the action.

Napolitano: Cargo screening deadline too soon (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 04:26 PM PST

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, before the House Homeland Security Committee. Napolitano told the committee that the government will not be able to meet the 2012 deadline to screen all cargo coming into the U.S. for radiological and nuclear materials. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency cannot meet its 2012 deadline for screening all cargo coming into the U.S. for radiological and nuclear materials.

New Homeland Security boss calls sweeping review (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 02:06 PM PST

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks at a press conference with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall February 18, 2009 in New York City. Napolitano told lawmakers on Wednesday she had launched a sweeping review of her department, under pressure to reform amid allegations of mismanagement.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - New US Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano told lawmakers on Wednesday she had launched a sweeping review of her department, under pressure to reform amid allegations of mismanagement.

Senate to mull Bush-era 'truth commission' (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 01:53 PM PST

US Senator Patrick Leahy talks with guests invited to attend the swearing in of US Attorney General Eric Holder on February 3, 2009. Leahy took a first step Wednesday toward forming a commission of inquiry to probe potential abuses committed under the secret counter-terrorism policies pursued by former president George W. Bush.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - The US Senate took a first step Wednesday toward setting up a probe into alleged abuses committed under the "war on terror" policies pursued by former president George W. Bush.

Mueller: FBI to Focus on Immigrant Outreach (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 01:07 PM PST

U.S. News & World Report - Domestic radicalization may be the newest front in the ongoing campaign against terrorism, a reality underscored last October when a man from Minnesota traveled to Somalia and blew himself up in a suicide bombing.

US must stop Mexican violence from spilling over: official (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 12:28 PM PST

A soldier guards the entrance of the forensic service headquarters in Cancun, Quintana Roo state, on February 3, 2009, where the bodies of three Mexican soldiers were taken. The US must work to stem a brutal wave of drug violence in Mexico to avoid lawlessness spilling across the border, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told lawmakers Wednesday.(AFP/File/Marte Rebollar)AFP - The US must work to stem a brutal wave of drug violence in Mexico to avoid lawlessness spilling across the border, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told lawmakers Wednesday.

Police: Miami music teacher kills family, self (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 02:53 PM PST

Medical examiners place one of four bodies inside a Medical Examiners van in Miami, after an early morning shooting Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. A 53-year-old man fatally shot his wife and two daughters Wednesday before turning the gun on himself, and a 16-year-old son who survived the attack managed to call police on a cordless phone as he fled, police said. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - A gifted musician and teacher whose piano students included his neighbors' kids fatally shot his wife and two daughters then himself in the family's Miami home, police say, leaving those who described him as friendly and helpful to wonder what happened.

Charges filed against Mumbai terror suspect (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 07:59 AM PST

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman -- also known as Kasab -- at an undisclosed location after his arrest in Mumbai. Indian police have laid charges of murder and AFP - Indian police laid charges of murder and "waging war against India" against the man accused of being the lone surviving gunman in the devastating Mumbai attacks that left 165 people dead.

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