2009年7月15日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Somali man's family says he's not a terrorist (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:14 PM PDT

This undated photo provided Wednesday, July 15, 2009 by the Washington County Jail in Stillwater, Minn., shows Abdifatah Yusuf Isse. Isse is one of two men accused of supporting terrorism in a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday, the first charges in an investigation into the disappearances of several young Somali men who activists believe were recruited from the Minneapolis area by radical elements in Somalia. (AP Photo/Washington County Jail)AP - Prosecutors portray a 25-year-old Minneapolis man accused of waging jihad in Somalia as a would-be terrorist who went so far as to help build a training camp.

India, Pakistan attempt to revive dialogue ahead of Clinton visit (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:36 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Leaders of India and Pakistan meet Thursday in a major effort to thaw relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. If an accord can be reached, it would allow Pakistan to focus on the Islamist extremists on its western border who're a global terrorist menace and a threat to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Racist Briton who plotted tennis ball bombings convicted (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:08 PM PDT

A prison van arrives at the Old Bailey, London. A Briton who plotted a racist reign of fear with shrapnel bombs disguised as tennis balls was warned Wednesday he faces life in prison after being convicted him of terrorism offences.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)AFP - A Briton who plotted a racist reign of fear with shrapnel bombs disguised as tennis balls was warned Wednesday he faces life in prison after a court convicted him of terrorism offences.

Key senators open to revamping secure ID plans (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:54 PM PDT

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2009, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the Real ID Act. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Leading senators from both parties expressed a willingness Wednesday to revamp the nation's stalled plan to secure driver's licenses in an effort to thwart terrorists.

Canada neglected Guantanamo detainee's age: panel (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 08:15 AM PDT

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, a sketch of Canadian defendant Omar Khadr is pinned inside a hangar used by the media, following Omar Khadr's hearing in the U.S. war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/PoolReuters - Canada's spy agency failed to a pay enough attention to the age of a young Canadian terrorism suspect when it interviewed him at Guantanamo Bay, an oversight committee found on Wednesday.

India wants "terrorism infrastructure" dismantled (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 11:23 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves to the media as he arrives for a workshop meeting between the G8 and the G5 emerging countries on the Majors Economies and Trade global issues at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Dolega/Pool/FilesReuters - India's prime minister said on Wednesday "the infrastructure of terrorism" must be dismantled, remarks clearly directed at rival Pakistan.

French kidnapped for cash not politics: Somali minister (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:13 AM PDT

The Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu. Two French security agents kidnapped from their hotel in Mogadishu have been handed over to hardline Islamist insurgents.(AFP/Abdurashid Abikar)AFP - Two French security advisors were kidnapped in Somalia by criminals seeking profit rather than by terrorists looking to score political points, the Somali defence minister said.

US to review terror warning system (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 09:36 PM PDT

A Transit Police officer talks on her radio in the Metro system of Washington, DC. The United States announced a review of its often-criticized terror alert system created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski)AFP - The United States announced a review of its often-criticized terror alert system created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

Colors could disappear from terror alert system (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 10:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 12, 2002 file photo, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge unveils a color-coded terrorism warning system in Washington. The Obama administration will announce Tuesday, July 14, 2009, that it will review the nation's multicolored terror alert system that was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)AP - The Obama administration has begun a review that could spell the end of the color-coded terrorism advisories, long derided by late night TV comics and portrayed by some Democrats as a tool for Bush administration political manipulation.

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