2009年8月12日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


US youth convicted of supporting terror groups (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:58 PM PDT

This undated handout photo shows Ehsanul Islam Sadequee. The 23-year-old US man was found guilty Wednesday by a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia of supporting terror groups by sending videos of US landmarks abroad and plotting AFP - A 23-year-old US man was found guilty Wednesday by a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia of supporting terror groups by sending videos of US landmarks abroad and plotting "violent jihad" in Europe.


AP source: Obama officials to tour Michigan prison (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:05 PM PDT

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo guard stands inside a doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/PoolAP - Obama administration officials plan on Thursday to tour a soon-to-be-shuttered Michigan state prison considered an option to hold terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.


Georgia man convicted of aiding terror groups (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 02:12 PM PDT

Artist rendering of Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, left, and courtroom deputy Jessica Birnbaum, in federal court in Atlanta, Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009. Sadequee was convicted Wednesday on all four charges of aiding terrorist groups by sending videotapes of U.S. landmarks overseas. (AP Photo/Richard Miller)AP - A 23-year-old Georgia man was convicted Wednesday of aiding terrorist groups by sending videotapes of U.S. landmarks overseas and plotting to support "violent jihad" after a federal jury rejected his arguments that it was empty talk.


U.S. judge sets trial date for terrorism suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 01:27 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday set a trial date of November 30 for an American student who was the first person extradited to the United States from Britain on terrorism charges.

Jakarta hotel florist plotted deadly bombings (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 11:40 AM PDT

Indonesian National Police chief spokesman Maj. Gen. Nanan Sukarna shows a portrait of Ibrohim, a terrorist suspect who was killed in a police raid on a militant hide out in Central Java, during a press conference at the main police hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. The suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia's most-wanted militant Noordin Muhammad Top, police said Wednesday. Sukarna identified Ibrohim, who was a florist at the J.W. Marriott Hotel and Ritz-Carlton, as 'a planner and arranger of the hotel bombings.' (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)AP - When bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital where Andi Suhandi worked as a florist, he tried to phone a colleague to make sure he was safe.


American man convicted of supporting terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 09:44 AM PDT

Reuters - An American man was found guilty on Wednesday by a federal jury in Atlanta of supporting terrorism as part of a small militant cell based in the southern U.S. city.

FBI expert testifies at Mumbai terror attack trial (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 07:50 AM PDT

AP - The gunmen who laid siege to the Indian city of Mumbai carried GPS devices and a satellite phone that shows they traveled from Pakistan to India, an FBI expert testified Wednesday at the trial of the lone surviving suspect.

Terror mastermind Noordin still at large: Indonesia (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:23 AM PDT

A man walks past a large wanted poster showing mugshots of Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top in Malang, East Java on August 6. Noordin is still at large in Indonesia and was not killed in a raid on the weekend, police said after the latest near-miss in a six-year manhunt.(AFP/File)AFP - Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top is still at large in Indonesia and was not killed in a raid on the weekend, police said Wednesday after the latest near-miss in a six-year manhunt.


For China, far west is rife with terror plots (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A bomb threat that forced a civilian plane to turn back Sunday on a flight from Afghanistan to western China is the latest in a series of alleged terror plots in restless Xinjiang province.

Slain militant not Noordin Mohammed Top: Indonesia (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 08:23 PM PDT

Indonesian police guard a farmhouse in Beji village, Central Java after anti-terror commandos seeking Malaysian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top, raided the building. Noordin is still at large and was not killed in the raid on the weekend, Indonesian police said Wednesday after the latest near-miss in a six-year manhunt.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Indonesian police Wednesday said DNA tests showed that a militant killed in a police raid at the weekend was not Malaysian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top.


Napolitano on immigration: We're not Bush (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

In this March 2, 2007 file photo, Tennessee National Guard Sgt. Phillip Williams of Gatlinburg stands guard near the Mexican border in Yuma, Ariz.  Tennessee soldiers are currently deployed in Arizona as a part of Operation Jumpstart, working in support of Border Patrol efforts in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California. (AP Photo/John Partipilo, Pool, File)The Christian Science Monitor - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday pledged $30 million in grants to shore up security along America's increasingly violent Southwest border.


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