2009年6月12日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


U.S. sends 3 Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Three detainees from Guantanamo Bay were transferred to Saudi Arabia "under appropriate security measures," the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday, in another step toward President Barack Obama's goal of closing the prison for terrorism suspects.

Locations of high-risk coal ash sites kept secret (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:52 PM PDT

AP - Dozens of communities nationwide are at risk from a coal ash spill like the one that blanketed a Tennessee neighborhood last year, but the Obama administration has decided not to tell the public about it because of the danger of a terrorist attack.

Republicans hammer Democrats on Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 11:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Republican U.S. lawmakers are digging in their heels over President Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for foreign terrorism suspects, demanding details of his efforts, limits on detainee movements and thorough risk assessments.

Terror drill: 'New York, you have a problem' (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 05:52 AM PDT

This June 9, 2009  photo released by the New York City Police Department, shows an NYPD officer using a device to detect nuclear emissions as he inspects a vehicle believed to contain a mock nuclear device, in New York. This exercise was conducted by the NYPD and federal agencies to test New York City's ability to deal with a potential threat from a nuclear device smuggled into the city. Once the mock device, which was specially designed to emit safe levels of neutrons, was discovered aboard the vehicle, supervisors observed how the participants diffused and transported it. (AP Photo/NYPD)AP - The FBI was scrambling.


Pakistan attack targets moderate cleric (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The killing of an outspoken anti-Taliban cleric in a suicide-bomb attack in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday has raised the question of whether militants are attempting to stoke sectarian violence as they step up their campaign of terror in Pakistan's towns and cities.

Holocaust Memorial shooting renews concern about military vets' ties to extremist violence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Three of the attackers in the recent spate of extremist violence across the United States, including Wednesday's shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, had military experience, adding credence to a much-criticized Department of Homeland Security report earlier this year warning of radicalization and indoctrination of former US soldiers.
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