2009年3月4日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Pakistanis question how cricket ambush could occur (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:01 PM PST

A Pakistani police officer stands guard  at a check post near Gaddafi stadium  after Tuesday's attack in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, March. 4, 2009. Security is beefed up after Tuesday's attack on Sri Lankan cricket players which killed seven people and injured six members of Sri Lankan team. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - A day after the ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistanis asked Wednesday how terrorists managed to attack such a high-profile target and escape unscathed.


US lawmakers push trade as terrorism antidote (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:58 PM PST

Pakistani troops show weapons recovered from militants in the remote Mohmmand Agency in February 2009. With President Barack Obama's backing, US lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled legislation aimed at using trade-spurred jobs growth as an antidote to Islamist extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - With President Barack Obama's backing, US lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled legislation aimed at using trade-spurred jobs growth as an antidote to Islamist extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.


Terror conviction against ex-sailor partly tossed (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PST

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a conviction against a former Navy sailor accused of passing along information about ship movements, dealing a post-mortem blow to a Bush administration that had praised the case as a success.

Mystery terrorist in NYC plot deported to Sudan (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 12:51 PM PST

In this undated photo released by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Khalid Al-Jawary is shown. Al-Jawary, 63, the Black September terrorist who served about half his 30-year sentence for planting three car bombs in New York City in 1973 was deported Thursday Feb. 26, 2009, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.  (AP Photo/United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement)AP - A recently released Black September terrorist convicted of placing three powerful car bombs in New York City in 1973 has been deported to Sudan, an African nation that once sheltered Osama bin Laden and other terrorists.


Pakistan's Cricket Attack: A Blow to the National Psyche (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 11:35 AM PST

Time.com - Why the attack on Sri Lanka's cricketers may galvanize Pakistanis to act against terrorism

Broad vents anger at Pakistan security forces (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:24 AM PST

Cricket match referee Chris Broad, seen here, on Wednesday slammed the Pakistan security forces for providing insufficient protection after he and fellow officials came under fire during the terror attack in Lahore on Tuesday.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Cricket match referee Chris Broad on Wednesday slammed the Pakistan security forces for providing insufficient protection after he and fellow officials came under fire during the terror attack in Lahore on Tuesday.


1993 WTC bomb victim testifies about her ordeal (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 05:24 PM PST

AP - A woman seeking millions for injuries suffered in the 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center testified Tuesday that she almost lost her will to live while she lay trapped and bleeding in the rubble, heat and smoke.
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