2009年8月28日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


DHS: Senators did not influence stimulus decisions (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 05:24 PM PDT

FILE - This March 30, 2007, file photo provided by the Daniels County Leader shows the Whitetail, Mont., border checkpoint at left.  At right is the Canadian border crossing station. The small checkpoint along Montana's border with Canada, which serves about three travelers every day, will receive $15 million for repairs under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. Until recently, the project was not considered a high priority for the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Daniels County Leader, Mike Stebleton, File)AP - The Obama administration said Friday that two Democratic senators falsely took credit for steering millions of dollars to projects in their home state, even as officials acknowledged that the Homeland Security secretary met with the lawmakers and discussed financing the projects.


Saudi prince vows to fight terrorism after attack (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 08:16 AM PDT

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, left, meets Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, at the Red Sea city of Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. A suicide bomber lightly wounded  bin Nayef, a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign when he blew himself up just before going into a gathering of well-wishers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the state news agency said Friday.The militant who attacked the assistant interior minister, Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, late Thursday at the Ramadan gathering in Jiddah had previously expressed his intention to give himself up to the official, the Saudi Press Agency quoted the royal court as saying. (AP Photo/HO)AP - Hours after being lightly wounded by a suicide bomber, a senior Saudi prince largely credited with the kingdom's aggressive anti-terrorism efforts said Friday he was more determined than ever to fight militants in the country.


Saudi anti-terror chief escapes Qaeda suicide bomb (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 07:55 AM PDT

A handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows Saudi deputy Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef recovering in hospital after he was injured in a bomb attack in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.(AFP/SPA)AFP - Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a Saudi royal family member who heads the kingdom's anti-terror fight, escaped little harmed from a suicide bomb attack in Jeddah, official news agency SPA said on Friday.


Pakistan urges govt to step up terror fight (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 07:07 AM PDT

A Pakistani mans a checkpost in the Khyber tribal region near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in 2008. A Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has pressed the government to do more to help the fight against violent Islamic extremism, as the two countries' leaders held talks in London.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday pressed the government to do more to help the fight against violent Islamic extremism, as the two countries' leaders held talks Friday in London.


German authorities arrest former leftist terrorist (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 06:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 7, 1977 file photo, German police officers cover the body of federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback, after he was assassinated by members of the Red Army Faction, in Karlsruhe, Germany. German authorities said Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 they have arrested a former leftist terrorist suspected of involvement in the 1977 slaying of then West German federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback. Federal prosecutors said Friday that 57-year-old Verena Becker was detained Thursday at her Berlin home. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf, File)AP - Using new DNA evidence, police have arrested a former German leftist terrorist on suspicion of involvement in the 1977 slaying of West Germany's federal prosecutor and two other people, authorities said Friday.


Saudi royal survives attack claimed by Qaeda (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 06:20 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Nayef is seen in Jeddah August 28, 2009. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/HandoutReuters - A suicide bomber failed in his attempt to kill the prince who heads Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign, the first attack on a member of the royal family since the start of a wave of violence by al Qaeda six years ago.


Germany arrests suspect linked to US targets plot (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:12 AM PDT

AP - German authorities have arrested another suspect allegedly linked to a radical Islamic terror cell that plotted to attack U.S. targets in Germany, prosecutors said Friday.
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