2009年6月18日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Senate approves spending for Iraq and Afghan wars (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:14 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a $105.9 billion emergency war-spending bill Thursday after the White House assured lawmakers that it would bar the release of photos of detained terrorism suspects by an executive order if necessary. The vote was 91-5.

Somali security minister killed in explosion (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:56 PM PDT

Nurses at Medina hospital assist a man wounded during mortar shelling, Wednesday, June 17, 2009 as Somali government forces and Islamic fighters fought each other in the capital, Mogadishu. Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least 11 people, including the capital's police chief, witnesses and officials said.(AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility.


Militants, 'hacktivists' exploit Web, eye recruits (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:47 PM PDT

This undated web page image from the Mujahedeen Electronic Net. Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money through online fraud, U.S. officials say. A senior defense official said intelligence reports indicate extremist groups are seeking computer experts, including those capable of breaching government or other sensitive network systems.AP - Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money through online fraud, U.S. officials say.


US asks Hungary to accept Guantanamo inmates: Budapest (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:49 AM PDT

Detainees at the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base, in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. The United States officially asked Hungary Thursday to accept former inmates from its AFP - The United States officially asked Hungary Thursday to accept former inmates from its "war-on-terror" prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, a Hungarian foreign ministry spokeswoman said.


Journalist wins court fight over NIreland killers info (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:06 AM PDT

The coffin of British soldier Mark Quinsey leaves the Immanuel Church in Birmingham on March 18. A Northern Ireland judge ruled Thursday that a journalist could withhold information from police about the killing of two soldiers by a terror group as her life would be in danger if she revealed it.(AFP/File/Rui Vieira)AFP - A Northern Ireland judge ruled Thursday that a journalist could withhold information from police about the killing of two soldiers by a terror group as her life would be in danger if she revealed it.


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