2009年8月23日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Proud Scots feel heat over Libyan bomber's release (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Scotland, unaccustomed to the hot spotlight of international diplomacy, fought to justify its release of the Lockerbie bomber on Sunday, after a U.S. official angrily accused the country of rewarding terrorism.

Lawyers can question 9/11 suspect in writing (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:22 AM PDT

FILE -- In this March 1, 2003 file photo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. (AP Photo/File)AP - Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay detainee will be allowed to question — in writing — accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a federal judge has ruled. The decision is a setback for government lawyers who had sought to limit the scope of detainee lawyers' challenges to the detention and prosecution of terror suspects.

Pakistan Taliban commander vows Afghan fight (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 10:40 AM PDT

Top Pakistani Taliban commander Waliur Rehman Talks to the Associated Press in Makeen situated in Pakistan's Tribal region along the Afghanistan border on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Pakistani Taliban fighters are committed to helping the fight in Afghanistan and consider Barack Obama their 'No 1 enemy,' the top commander said amid uncertainty Sunday on whether a new leader had been appointed to head the movement. Rehman made the remarks in an interview with the Associated Press at a time of intense speculation over the next leader of the al-Qaida allied group following a CIA missile strike on Aug. 5 that is believed to have killed former chief Baitullah Meshsud.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud)AP - Pakistani Taliban fighters are committed to helping the fight in Afghanistan and consider Barack Obama their "No 1 enemy," a top commander said amid uncertainty Sunday about whether a new leader has been appointed to head the movement.

FBI director outraged by Lockerbie bomber release (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 08:45 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, center, is helped down the airplane steps on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. Britain has condemned the 'upsetting' scenes of jubilation in Tripoli at the return of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and considered canceling a royal visit to Libya as a sign of displeasure. (AP Photo)AP - FBI Director Robert Mueller sharply criticized Scotland's justice minister for releasing the Lockerbie bomber, an act that "gives comfort to terrorists" all over the world.

Military: Red Cross should get early detainee info (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 06:51 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. military has quietly tightened its detention policy to require that the International Committee of the Red Cross be notified promptly of terror suspects held at a special camp in Iraq and another in Afghanistan, a senior military officer said Saturday.

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