2009年4月6日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Series of bombings in Baghdad Shiite areas kill 37 (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 01:25 PM PDT

A crowd gathers at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 6, 2009. A string of bombing attacks struck the capital Monday, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Anger boiled over in Baghdad streets at Iraqi soldiers and police after they failed to prevent a stunning series of coordinated bombings across the city Monday that left 37 dead and more than 100 wounded. Iraq's government blamed the attacks on supporters of Saddam Hussein "in cooperation with the al-Qaida terrorist organization" and suggested the blasts were timed for Tuesday's anniversary of the founding of the late dictator's Baath party.


US pushes Pakistan to boost fighting of militants (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 10:41 AM PDT

A Pakistani woman reacts following an explosion in a mosque, in Chakwal city in Punjab province, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 5, 2009. A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shiite mosque south of the Pakistani capital on Sunday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - The U.S. launched its latest effort Monday to get Pakistan to step up its fight against Islamic militants, sending special envoy Richard Holbrooke for talks with top officials, despite Taliban threats to boost terror attacks unless both nations back down.


Pakistani hero bus driver honored in Sri Lanka (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 06:49 AM PDT

Pakistani bus driver Mohammad Khalil, center, reacts as he arrives for a felicitation ceremony  at Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 6, 2009. Sri Lanka's cricketers and officials heaped praise on Khalil Monday and gave him cash rewards for having braved gunfire and driven the team to safety amid a terror attack in Lahore last month. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - Sri Lanka's cricket community on Monday honored a Pakistani bus driver as a hero for risking his life to get Sri Lankan cricketers to safety as bullets pierced their vehicle in last month's deadly terror attack in eastern Pakistan.


Obama talks of shared fight against terror (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:41 AM PDT

AP - They may be facing different enemies, but President Barack Obama says the United States and Turkey share a "common threat" from terrorism.

Obama tells Turks that US is not at war with Islam (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 09:16 AM PDT

President Barack Obama addresses the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, April 6, 2009. Obama paid tribute to the memory of modern Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on Monday as he reached out for for help to wind down the war in Iraq and bring stability to the Middle East. Prime minister Tayyip Erdogan, second right, listens with his ministers.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Barack Obama, making his first visit to a Muslim nation as president, declared Monday the United States "is not and will never be at war with Islam."


AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 10:25 PM PDT

ADVANCE FOR APRIL 6; timeline of the career of terrorist Abu IbrahimAP - As Pan Am Flight 830 descended toward Honolulu and passengers finished their breakfast, a blinding burst of light washed over them. And then, "BOOM!"


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