2009年9月11日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


World honors 9/11 heroes, but divided over war (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT

U.S. service members take a moment of silence before starting a 9.11 kms (about 5.5 miles) race marking  the Sept. 11 2001, at the main U.S. base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009.   American troops in Afghanistan donned shorts and sneakers Friday to run in memory of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, as they fight a war that was born of that day but now faces waning public support.  (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - On the day to remember the terror of 9/11, the war it spawned in Afghanistan sowed fresh divisions. President Barack Obama, speaking under rainy skies after placing a wreath at the site of the attack on the Pentagon, called on the world to "renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and who plot against us still."


Obama marks 9/11 with memorial, call to service (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT

Standing in a steady rain, President Barack Obama bows his head as he lays a wreath at the Pentagon Memorial, marking the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - On his first 9/11 anniversary as president, Barack Obama urged Americans to come together in service just as they united after the terrorist attacks eight years ago.


River drill shakes up DC on 9/11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:27 PM PDT

With the Jefferson Memorial in the background, a U.S. Coast Guard boat is seen on the Potomac River in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The Coast Guard was conducting a training exercise in the Potomac River moments before President Barack Obama crossed a nearby bridge for a Sept. 11 commemoration. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - A morning of remembrance turned into one of flashbacks, fear and media missteps Friday when a Coast Guard exercise — unfolding near Pentagon ceremonies marking the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary — was mistaken as an attack. The false reports of gunfire on the river briefly spooked the capital, sending FBI agents to the scene and grounding flights.


Riot police quell clashes at 9/11 demo in London (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Police try to contain unrest in Harrow. Riot police intervened Friday to quell clashes between Muslims and anti-Islamic extremists protesting outside a London mosque on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, an AFP correspondent said. Eight people were arrested Friday as riot police intervened to quell clashes between Muslims and anti-Islamic protestors outside a London mosque.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Eight people were arrested Friday as riot police intervened to quell clashes between Muslims and anti-Islamic protestors outside a London mosque on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.


RESOURCE: Comparing the House and Senate Homeland Security Spending Bills (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:17 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The House and Senate have both passed their versions of the Homeland Security spending bill (HR 2892). While the top line figures in the measures are not that far apart, there are some significant differences in funding for specific programs. See this comparison chart, and read the full story for more information.

UK prosecutors want 3 bombing suspects retried (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:10 PM PDT

AP - British prosecutors said Friday night they would seek a retrial in the case of three British Muslims suspected of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners.

Eight years on, 9/11 reaps heavy toll (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:00 PM PDT

A hijacked commercial plane crashes into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 in New York. Eight years after Al-Qaeda brought carnage to the United States killing nearly 3,000 people, the AFP - Eight years after Al-Qaeda brought carnage to the United States killing nearly 3,000 people, the "war on terror" unleashed after the attacks has claimed tens of thousands of lives far from US shores.


Al-Qaida Web sites down ahead of 9/11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:36 PM PDT

AP - A U.S.-based group monitoring militant Web sites said Friday that jihadist forums have been experiencing technical problems on the eve of Sept. 11, finally going offline a day before the 8th anniversary of the al-Qaida attack on the U.S.

Nation marks 9/11 with acts of volunteerism (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

A New York City Police Dept. officer plays the trumpet over ground zero during the the eighth anniversary commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attack, in New York, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/G.N. Miller, Pool)AP - The selfless spirit that helped mend a stricken nation eight years ago was renewed. Volunteers marked 9/11 Friday by tilling gardens, writing letters to soldiers, setting out flags — and, at ground zero, by joining the somber ritual of reading the names of the lost.


Swede held in Pakistan over possible terror links (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 12:16 PM PDT

AP - A Swedish citizen with the same name as a Swede who was arrested in Pakistan in 2001 and held for two years at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp was detained in Pakistan last month on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, police said Friday.

This 9-11, Obama has the bullhorn on terrorism (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:58 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. Obama is to give a AP - On Sept. 11, 2001, Barack Obama was driving to a state legislative hearing in Chicago when he heard the first sketchy reports of a plane hitting the World Trade Center on his car radio. The 40-year-old state senator spent the afternoon in his law office watching "nightmare images" of destruction and grief unfold on TV.


Biden Honors NYC 9/11 Victims as Obama Hosts Memorial (Bloomberg)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joe Biden led past and present area governors and mayors of New York City as well as relatives and friends honoring 2,752 people who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Obama lays wreath at Pentagon to observe 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:48 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama take part in a moment of silence marking the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, September 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Echoing the words of his predecessor, President Barack Obama vowed the United States "will never falter" in the pursuit of al-Qaida as he marked the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by placing a wreath at the site of the attack on the Pentagon.


New York's Sept 11 museum to display hijacker perspective (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:25 AM PDT

Two men identified by authorities as Mohammed Atta (R) and Abdulaziz Alomari (C) pass through airport security on September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Portland Police Department/HandoutReuters - A museum dedicated to the September 11 attacks will display written quotations drawn from "martyrdom" videos made by the hijackers, along with witness testimonials that will be screened to prevent sympathizers from praising the perpetrators, museum officials said on Thursday.


White House defends Sept 11 training exercise (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 09:14 AM PDT

AP - The White House is defending the Coast Guard's decision to hold a training exercise in the Potomac River on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Obama leads US in tribute to victims of 9/11 (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:50 AM PDT

Relatives of the victims of 9/11 pay their respects at the Ground Zero reflecting pool. President Barack Obama has led a moment of silence at the start of eighth anniversary commemorations of the September 11 attacks in 2001 when 3,000 people died in the world's deadliest terror strike.(AFP/Chang W. Lee)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday led a moment of silence at the start of eighth anniversary commemorations of the September 11 attacks in 2001 when 3,000 people died in the world's deadliest terror strike.


Sept. 11 galvanizes US troops in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:06 PM PDT

U.S. service members run during a 9.11 kilometers (about 5.5 miles) race, marking the Sept. 11 2001, at the main U.S. base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Many of the troops at this sprawling U.S. air base were in their mid-teens when they watched the planes hit the World Trade Center's twin towers on television and vowed to join the military.


Biden Honors 9/11 Victims as Obama Hosts Memorial (Bloomberg)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:53 AM PDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joe Biden led past and present area governors and mayors of New York City as well as relatives and friends honoring 2,752 people who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Kyrgyzstan commits to continued Afghan role (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:22 AM PDT

AP - Kyrgyzstan's president visited a U.S. air base in this ex-Soviet nation Friday to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and pledged to bolster diplomatic ties with Washington to help fight international terrorism.

49% Say Impact of 9/11 Attacks Forgotten By Most Americans (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:19 AM PDT

Rasmussen Reports - Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans believe that most of their fellow countrymen have already forgotten the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in which 3,000 died.
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