2009年9月21日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Terror arrest sparks gov't warning on mass transit (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:47 PM PDT

Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Zazi, identified by law enforcement as having a possible link to al-Qaida, was questioned by agents for hours on Wednesday and returned Thursday afternoon for further questioning. The FBI searched Zazi's apartment and the home of his aunt and uncle, both in the east Denver suburb of Aurora.   (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Counterterrorism officials are warning mass transit systems around the nation to step up patrols because of fears an Afghanistan-born immigrant under arrest in Colorado may have been plotting with others to detonate backpack bombs aboard New York City trains.


CO terror suspect's lawyer faces marijuana charge (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:47 PM PDT

AP - The attorney for a Colorado man suspected of being involved in an alleged terror plot faces a marijuana possession charge in northern Colorado, but he says the drugs in question weren't his.

Another 60-day delay for Gitmo trials (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Three men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, seen here in an undated handout, refused Monday to appear at a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay.(AFP/Muslm.net-HO/File)AP - A military judge agreed Monday to another delay in the war crimes trial of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks to give U.S. officials more time to decide how to try them.


US terror plot suspects arraigned in court (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:20 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch shows Ahmad Wais Afzali (2nd L) standing with his attorney Ron Kuby (L) before Magistrate Cheryl Pollak (R) in New York City. US courts ordered the continued detention Monday of two Afghan-born men charged with lying to authorities about a plot to launch attacks in the United States, but a third accused man was ordered released on bail.(AFP/Christine Cornell)AFP - US courts ordered the continued detention Monday of two Afghan-born men charged with lying to authorities about a plot to launch attacks in the United States, but a third accused man was ordered released on bail.


Report: CIA interrogations informed by bad science (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:58 PM PDT

AP - Prolonged stress from the CIA's harsh interrogations could have impaired the memories of terrorist suspects, diminishing their ability to recall and provide the detailed information the spy agency sought, according to a scientific paper published Monday.

NYC imam held without bail in terrorism probe (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:16 PM PDT

AP - A New York City imam accused of lying to officials investigating a terrorism plot has been ordered held without bail.

Pakistan puts cleric under house arrest over attacks (AFP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 09:22 AM PDT

Pakistani police escort Hafiz Saeed (C) outside a court in Lahore in May, 2009. Pakistan police on Monday imposed restrictions on Saeed, the head of a banned charity that is blacklisted in the West as a terror group and linked by India to the Mumbai attacks.(AFP/File/Arif Ali)AFP - Pakistani police on Monday confined to his home a cleric accused by India of helping mastermind the Mumbai attacks and who heads a charity blacklisted in the West as a terrorist group.


Sources: US eyes more drone hits on terror havens (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT

U.S. Marine Cpl Kyle Campbell walks on a patrol in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - The White House is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.


Pakistan probes detained Swedes on al-Qaida ties (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:40 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan said Monday it was investigating a group of foreigners — including a Swedish man once held at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay — for ties to al-Qaida after they were detained on immigration offenses.

US terror plot suspects to appear in court (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

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Three men accused of US attack plot set for court (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:08 PM PDT

FBI agents conduct a search at the home of an Afghan-born man, Najibullah Zazi, 24 in in Aurora, September 16. Three men of Afghan origin, including one accused of receiving training at an Al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan, are due to appear in court Monday accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Marc Piscotty)AFP - Three men of Afghan origin, including one accused of receiving training at an Al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan, are due to appear in court Monday accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States.


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