2009年9月8日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

New program will teach students about 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:28 PM PDT

AP - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined Sept. 11 family members and college professors on Tuesday at a hotel blocks from the World Trade Center site to unveil a plan to teach middle and high school students about the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Defense Dep't. nixes request for Guantanamo tour (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:15 PM PDT

FILE-In this file image taken on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamat-e-Islami take part in an anti-American rally in Islamabad, Pakistan. American plans to expand its diplomatic presence in Pakistan, including possibly turning a recently bombed luxury hotel into a consulate close to the country's Taliban heartland, have spurred concern and rumor in a population rife with anti-U.S. sentiment. Among the tales being floated: That 1,000 U.S. Marines will land in the capital, that Americans will set up a Guantanamo-style prison and that private security contractors including the infamous company once called Blackwater will come in and cause havoc. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)AP - The Defense Department has turned down a Michigan congressman's request to let state and local officials tour a facility holding terrorism suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

US Senators move to guard against bio attack (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 12:05 PM PDT

Ranking Republican Senator Susan Collins (L) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joseph Lieberman participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Eight years after the September 11, 2001 strikes and subsequent anthrax attacks, US Senators pushed Tuesday to tighten safeguards meant to thwart terrorists seeking to use biological weapons.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - Eight years after the September 11, 2001 strikes and subsequent anthrax attacks, US Senators pushed Tuesday to tighten safeguards meant to thwart terrorists seeking to use biological weapons.

US Girl Scouts prepare for war, pestilence (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Girl scouts display various badges. The United States wants to enlist its 3.4 million Girl Scouts in the effort to combat hurricanes, pandemics, terror attacks and other disasters. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a campaign Tuesday to entice the blue, brown and green-clad multitudes to be even more prepared, with the promise of a new patch if they pitch in.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jason Merritt)AFP - The United States wants to enlist its 3.4 million Girl Scouts in the effort to combat hurricanes, pandemics, terror attacks and other disasters.

Neo-Nazi jailed over racist terror plot (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:59 AM PDT

AFP - A neo-Nazi who wanted to emulate Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was jailed for at least six years on Tuesday for plotting a racist terror campaign.

Airline bomb plot reveals links to Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 09:16 AM PDT

Signs at an airport indicating that no liquids are allowed in carry-on baggage. A plot to blow up at least seven transatlantic aircraft using liquid bombs was masterminded from Pakistan, intelligence services said as more details emerged of the complex planned attacks.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - A plot to blow up at least seven transatlantic aircraft using liquid bombs was masterminded from Pakistan, intelligence services said as more details emerged Tuesday of the complex planned attacks.

Management of DNA sample at issue in Wis. killings (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:03 PM PDT

An undated photo released by the Milwaukee County Jail shows Walter E. Ellis, 49, of Milwaukee. Ellis faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the killings of Joyce Mims, 41, and Ouithreaun Stokes, 28, who were strangled a decade apart. Authorities say he is suspected in the killings of at least eight women over 21 years in Milwaukee, and has been charged in connection with two of the homicides. (AP Photo/ Milwaukee County Jail via Journal Sentinal)AP - Police investigating a string of cold-case slayings identified their prime suspect after obtaining DNA from his toothbrush late last month, but investigators should have had a sample from him eight years earlier.

UK man sent to jail for planning racist attacks (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:46 AM PDT

AP - A judge has sentenced a racist who planned to attack people he considered "non-British" to at least six years in jail for terrorist offenses.

Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:22 PM PDT

Iraqis gather around a destroyed vehicle following a car bomb attack on a security checkpoint in the western town of Ramadi, 100 kms from Baghdad. Ten people have been killed in attacks across Iraq, eight of them in a suicide car bomb on a security checkpoint in the western city of Ramadi, a former Al-Qaeda stronghold, police have said.(AFP/Azhar Shallal)AP - Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled back from urban areas more than two months ago. The separate attacks in Baghdad and in northern Iraq showed the dangers still facing U.S. troops as they drastically scale back their presence and prepare for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.

Study: Terrorists shifting focus to 'soft' targets (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:00 AM PDT

AP - Terrorists are aiming for hotels and other easier-to-hit targets as security measures at military and government facilities continue to improve, says a global intelligence company.

Ex-UK prosecutor calls for intercept evidence (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 03:26 AM PDT

This is an undated Metropolitan Police of Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was convicted Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, of conspiring to kill thousands of civilians by blowing up trans-Atlantic flights in mid-air with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. A jury at a London courthouse found Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Assad Sarwar, 29, and Tanvir Hussain, 28, guilty of conspiracy to murder by detonating explosives on aircraft. The trial started in February. The jury found that they were the ringleaders of a conspiracy to carry out the biggest terrorist attack since 9/11. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police/PA)AP - The case against an al-Qaida gang that plotted to bring down trans-Atlantic aircraft proves that wiretaps and other intercept evidence should be allowed in British courts, Britain's former chief prosecutor said Tuesday.

Questions over US role in probe of airline bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:27 AM PDT

Signs at an airport indicating that no liquids are allowed in carry-on baggage. A plot to blow up at least seven transatlantic aircraft using liquid bombs was masterminded from Pakistan, intelligence services said as more details emerged of the complex planned attacks.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - Three men were found guilty in of plotting to blow up at least seven transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives, as questions were raised Tuesday about the US role in the probe.

Airline bomber convictions lead to pride and praise for British security (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Having secured the convictions this week of three homegrown terrorists who had plotted to blow transatlantic airliners out of the sky using bombs disguised as drinks, Britain's security service is enjoying its proudest antiterrorism moment in years.

Volunteer NY firefighter honored with 9/11 medal (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 09:15 PM PDT

AP - A volunteer firefighter who died helping to rescue people from the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been awarded the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor.

Indonesia's tough anti-terror plan under fire (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 06:41 PM PDT

File photo shows armed Indonesian policemen checking passengers at the airport in Bali. A push by Indonesian authorities to dramatically toughen anti-terror laws in the fight against Islamist militants has come under fire as a threat to human rights that could ultimately reverse gains in tackling extremists.(AFP/File/Choo Youn-Kong)AFP - A push by Indonesia to dramatically toughen its approach to fighting Islamist militants has come under fire as a threat to human rights that could ultimately reverse gains in tackling extremists.

US 'hampered' probe into airline bomb plot: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 06:08 PM PDT

Undated photos of Abdulla Ahmed Ali, (L) Assad Sarwar (C) and Tanvir Hussain (R). Three members of an Islamist cell accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006 were found guilty by a court in London. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, described as the leader of the eight-man group, was convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiring to murder hundreds of people(AFP/Metropolitan Police/File/Metropolitan Police)AFP - Jittery US authorities unintentionally hampered an investigation into a plot to blow up at least seven transatlantic airliners, a former British police commissioner said Tuesday.

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