2009年2月27日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Gov't asks Supreme Court to dismiss Al-Marri case (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 08:15 PM PST

AP - Suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Al-Marri is now facing criminal charges, but the Obama administration is refusing to rule out the future use of indefinite detention for terrorism suspects picked up in the United States.

Pakistan opposition chief warns of dangerous chaos (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 07:40 PM PST

Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif gestures during an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Sharif warned in an interview Friday that political chaos could embolden Islamist militants threatening nuclear-armed Pakistan, as his supporters battled police following a court ruling barring him from elected office. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - With his supporters rioting for a third day, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif blamed Pakistan's government Friday for the political turmoil set off by a court order barring him from elected office — unrest that he warned could be exploited by Islamic extremists.

Chiquita seeks dismissal of Colombia death lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:06 PM PST

AP - Chiquita Brands International asked a judge Friday to dismiss lawsuits claiming the banana company paid Colombian paramilitary groups that killed hundreds or even thousands of people.

Senate panel to probe interrogations, in secret (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:45 PM PST

Reuters - Responding to calls for an accounting of prisoner abuses in the war on terrorism, the head of the Senate intelligence committee said on Friday her panel would investigate the CIA's treatment of suspects.

US Senate panel to review CIA anti-terror tactics (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:02 PM PST

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, seen here on January 20, 2009, speaks during Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America in Washington, DC.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - The US Senate intelligence committee is to review the CIA's handling of terror suspects, including the use of waterboarding and other controversial interrogation tactics, a leading senator said Friday.

Suspected al Qaeda operative charged in U.S. court (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:24 PM PST

This undated file photo received in June 2003 shows Qatari national Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri. The Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to dismiss a case brought by the last Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday ordered suspected al Qaeda operative Ali al-Marri transferred to the U.S. court system to face newly filed criminal charges after 5-1/2 years in a military prison in South Carolina.

Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners urge release (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 08:00 AM PST

A US Army soldier on a guard tower at maximum security prison Camp Delta, at Guantanamo Naval Base in 2004. Lawyers representing 20 men held at the US AFP - Lawyers representing 20 men held at the US "war on terror" prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba despite being cleared by US federal courts wrote to President Barack Obama to ask that they be freed.

India says prepared for threats, ramps up security (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 07:50 AM PST

Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram addresses a press conference in New Delhi on February 27. India said it was highly prepared to deal with any terrorist threat and had enacted new security measures as a response to the deadly Islamist militant attack on Mumbai last November.(AFP/Prakash Singh)AFP - India said Friday it was ready to deal with any terrorist threat and announced new security measures in response to the deadly Islamist militant attacks on Mumbai last November.

Report: More agents needed to secure mass transit (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:16 AM PST

AP - The agency responsible for transportation security has too few inspectors to make sure rail and mass transit employees are doing enough to guard against terrorists, a government report says.

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