2009年8月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

AP source: CIA hired contractor to kill al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:04 PM PDT

File photo shows members of the US Blackwater private security company flying a helicopter over the Tigris river in Baghdad. The CIA hired the security firm Blackwater in 2004 as part of its secret program to find and kill Al Qaeda leaders, US media said, citing current and former intelligence officials.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)AP - The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, but a spokesman says it never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorist suspects.

Ex-DHS chief links politics to terror alerts (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:03 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo, Tom Ridge, former secretary of Homeland Security and former Pennsylvania governor speaks to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge claims in a new book that he was pressured by other members of President George W. Bush's Cabinet to raise the nation's terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election.

Mich. residents voice opposition to Gitmo inmates (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 04:03 PM PDT

A view of the Guantanamo detention center in January 2009. Six detainees at the US war on terror camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba were due to leave in coming days, the White House said Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)AP - Opponents dominated a public meeting Thursday on moving terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in this small town, many accusing President Barack Obama of making Michigan a target for killer jihadists.

Kin of victims: Release of terrorist 'sickening' (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:43 PM PDT

Susan Cohen sits with Archie, one of her cats, in her home in Cape May Court House, N.J. on Thursday, August 20, 2009. Her daughter Theodora was one of the passengers killed in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988. More than two decades after a terrorist bomb blew a Pan Am jetliner out of the sky, victims' relatives watched in anger as the only man ever convicted in the attack boarded another flight to his freedom in Libya. It's appalling, disgusting and so sickening I can hardly find words to describe it,' said Cohen.' Lockerbie looks like it never happened now — there isn't anybody in prison for it.' (AP Photo/Curt Hudson)AP - Some stared at their televisions in disbelief. Others were too furious to process the news.

CIA hired Blackwater for assassin program: reports (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 02:22 PM PDT

File photo shows contractors of the US private security firm Blackwater in Baghdad in 2005. The CIA hired the security firm Blackwater in 2004 as part of its secret program to find and kill Al Qaeda leaders, US media said Thursday, citing current and former intelligence officials.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The CIA hired the notorious Blackwater private security firm in 2004 as part of a failed program to find and kill top Al-Qaeda terrorists, US media said Thursday, citing intelligence officials.

Former Bush aide says politics colored US 'terror alert' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Former US homeland security chief Tom Ridge, seen here in February 2009, charges in a new book that top aides to then-president George W. Bush pressured him to raise the AFP - Former US homeland security chief Tom Ridge charges in a new book that top aides to then-president George W. Bush pressured him to raise the "terror alert" level to sway the November 2004 US election.

Six Guantanamo detainees set to leave soon: White House (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 10:45 AM PDT

A view of the Guantanamo detention center in January 2009. Six detainees at the US war on terror camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba were due to leave in coming days, the White House said Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - Six detainees at the US war on terror camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba were due to leave in coming days, the White House said Thursday.

Reports: CIA hired Blackwater to help assassinate terrorists (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

发贴者：iwvck4 时间 17:36 0 条评论

bnzv