2009年4月27日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

APNewsBreak: FBI to add bomb maker to wanted list (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 04:55 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file artist sketch, provided by the FBI, shows a likeness of master bomb maker Abu Ibrahim, whose real name is Husayn al-Umari. Ibrahim was indicted in Washington, D.C., more than two decades ago for a fatal airline bombing that tore apart a 16-year-old boy and injured more than a dozen others. An unnamed official at the FBI, which released this age-enhanced sketch of the 73-year-old Palestinian to the AP, said on Monday, April 27, 2009 that the agency will add Ibrahim to its list of most wanted terrorists. An investigation by The Associated Press had revealed the terrorist was still alive and had fled to Syria. (AP Photo/FBI, File)AP - An FBI official says a notorious terrorist suspected of aiding the insurgency in Iraq will be added to the agency's list of its most wanted terrorists.

Lawmakers to quiz Napolitano on swine flu (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 02:48 PM PDT

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano(L) speaks during a press briefing on the swine flu outbreak April 26, 2009 in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Napolitano will face lawmakers questions this week on the ongoing response to the outbreak of swine flu in several states, a key US Senate panel said Monday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will face lawmakers' questions this week on the ongoing response to the outbreak of swine flu in several states, a key US Senate panel said Monday.

Mounting Calls for Punishment in Firestorm Over CIA "Torture" Memos (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 01:14 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - The word torture has tripped awkwardly off tongues throughout Washington ever since the Obama administration's release of legal memos justifying the CIA's use of brutal interrogation measures. It isn't news, of course, that the CIA was playing tough with terrorist suspects. But the lengthy memos included vivid details that belied earlier Bush administration claims that so-called enhanced interrogation techniques were applied sparingly.

Homeland chief says US preparing for full pandemic (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT

Carlos Gonzalez wears a face mask to protect himself from the swine flu as he arrives at Los Angeles International Airport Monday, April 27, 2009. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a news conference Monday that flu experts have been deployed to Southern California and the state is communicating with public health officials in Mexico, where the situation is much worse. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - The head of the Homeland Security Department says the United States is preparing as if the swine flu outbreak is a full pandemic.

Homeland: Travel limited until flu abates (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:34 PM PDT

AP - The head of the Homeland Security Department says travel warnings to Mexico will remain in place as long as swine flu is detected.

Fla. jury deliberates in Sears Tower terror trial (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 07:30 AM PDT

AP - A federal jury in Miami is deliberating the fate of six men charged with plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices around the country.

Britain would consider taking Gitmo detainees (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 11:39 AM PDT

AP - British Justice Secretary Jack Straw said Monday his country would consider taking Guantanamo Bay detainees if the United States asks for such help to close the detention facility.

McCain differs with Cheney on interrogation memos (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 06:35 AM PDT

Senator John McCain speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo April 10, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Releasing classified memos showing whether harsh Bush-era interrogation methods yielded useful information from terrorism suspects is not necessary, Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday in a public disagreement with former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Taliban terrorise metropolis near tribal badlands (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:56 AM PDT

In this picture taken on April 22, Pakistani military police personnel search a vehicle on a street in Peshawar. To the Pakistani middle class of Peshawar, the city was until about a year ago a refuge of flowers and gardens, where families would pass balmy summer evenings with a BBQ and a glass of green tea at a riverside restaurant. Today, people go straight home soon after sunset.(AFP/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - Salar Jadoon was kidnapped on the school run, his sister was shot in the head and his driver was killed in the sort of attack that is increasingly common at the gateway to Pakistan's tribal badlands.

Report: Filipino radicals help Indonesia brethren (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 09:26 PM PDT

AP - Muslim Filipino rebels have helped Indonesian terror suspects evade capture by giving them refuge and access to weapons and funds in the southern Philippines, a government report says.

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