2009年6月9日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism
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First Gitmo inmate in US court pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:07 PM PDT

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a guard stand outside the gate of Camp Iguana detention facility, which houses the Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees, who are cleared for release but with no country to go to, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Monday, June 1, 2009.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)AP - Under heavy guard, a Guantanamo Bay detainee walked into a civilian U.S. courtroom for the first time Tuesday, underscoring the Obama administration's determination to close the Cuban prison and hold trials here despite Republican alarms about bringing terror suspects to America.


CIA opposes publication of interrogation documents (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:24 PM PDT

CIA director Leon Panetta, pictured in February 2009, has written to a federal judge in New York arguing against the release of documents that describe controversial interrogation methods the spy agency used on AFP - CIA director Leon Panetta has written to a federal judge in New York arguing against the release of documents that describe controversial interrogation methods the spy agency used on "war on terror" suspects.


DHS eases deportation rules for widowed immigrants (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:33 PM PDT

AP - Surviving immigrant spouses of American citizens who die before they are married two years will get a break from deportation, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday.

First Guantanamo suspect moved to U.S. for trial (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:28 PM PDT

A screenshot shows the FBI webpage showing Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in a handout image. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The United States transferred the first detainee from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday to stand trial in a U.S. civilian court in a test case for President Barack Obama's plans to close the controversial prison for foreign terrorism suspects.


Verdict for terror suspect set for Wednesday (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:34 PM PDT

This image made from a video by Syed Haris Ahmed and a friend during a 2005 road trip to Washington, provided by the U.S. Attorney's office, shows Ehsanul Islam Sadequee posing in front of the U.S. Capitol. Dozens of videos are the centerpiece to a federal terrorism trial that began Monday, June 1, 2009 against a 24-year-old former Georgia Tech student. The clips, as well as Ahmed's attempts to connect with terrorists in Canada and Pakistan, are at the center of federal charges that he provided support for acts of terrorism in the U.S. and abroad. He could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office)AP - A federal judge will soon decide the fate of a former Georgia Tech student charged with plotting to aid a terrorist group.


Suspects in German terror plan to confess (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:30 PM PDT

AP - Four men accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terror cell that plotted to attack U.S. targets in Germany announced during their trial on Tuesday that they are prepared to confess to some or all of the charges against them.

Three more Guantanamo inmates await transfer (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:26 PM PDT

Razor wire rises to the sky at the Camp 5 maximum security facility on the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three Guantanamo inmates who have been cleared of terror charges will be transferred from the facility AFP - Three Guantanamo inmates who have been cleared of terror charges will be transferred from the facility "very soon," US sources told AFP Tuesday.


Lawyer: Gitmo detainee in US wants military lawyer (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 09:51 AM PDT

Undated FBI hand out pictures show Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian who had been held at Guantanamo Bay  since September 2006. Ghailani, an al Qaeda suspect accused in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa was transferred from Guantanamo Bay on June 9, 2009, for prosecution in a New York court, the Justice Department said.    REUTERS/HO/FBI JDP (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A Guantanamo detainee transferred to the U.S. for trial in the American embassy bombings in Africa wants to keep his military defense team, one of the attorneys said Tuesday.


CIA urges judge to keep detainee papers secret (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 09:15 PM PDT

Leon Panetta, director of Central Intelligence Agency, listens at a luncheon at the Pacific Council On International Policy in Los Angeles, California. Panetta defended the use of unmanned aircraft to target Al-Qaeda militants on Monday and said President Barack Obama's policies had severely disrupted the network's leadership.(AFP/Getty Images/Kevork Djansezian)AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta told a federal judge Monday that releasing documents about the agency's terror interrogations would gravely damage national security.


Fitzgerald threatens to sue publisher over book (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 06:20 PM PDT

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald listens to a question after announcing the indictment of Chicago Alderman Isaac Carothers on federal fraud and bribery charges during a news conference in Chicago, Thursday, May 28, 2009.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - The top federal prosecutor in Chicago is threatening to sue publisher HarperCollins, calling a book about the war on terrorism that focuses in part on cases he handled "a deliberate lie masquerading as the truth."


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