2009年9月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


NY businessman pleads guilty to terror financing (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT

AP - A New York businessman accused of trying to funnel money to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to charges of terrorism financing and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Alleged Terrorist Najibullah Zazi's Life in Colorado (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - The accused terrorist was an outlier in the close-knit Muslim community of Denver. Where, then, was he indoctrinated?

More Saudi help needed on terror finance: U.S. report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Saudi Arabia's drive to disrupt al Qaeda financing networks should be more strictly enforced while Yemen is emerging as a new base for terror groups plotting against U.S. and Saudi interests, a U.S. government watchdog report said on Tuesday.

GAO: Saudi individuals, groups backing extremists (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:18 PM PDT

AP - Shortcomings in enforcement are allowing Saudi individuals and charitable organizations to steer financial support to Islamic extremists in Afghanistan and elsewhere, congressional investigators say.

Judge: No 9/11 mention at ex-commissioner's trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 12:59 PM PDT

AP - The terror attack on the World Trade Center, which made New York City's police commissioner a national figure, cannot be brought up by the defense at his corruption trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Hoyer cool to repealing wiretap immunity (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:31 AM PDT

AP - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made clear Tuesday that he would be cool to a Senate proposal to take away the retroactive immunity now given to telecommunications companies that participated in warrantless wiretapping during the George W. Bush administration.

New York bomb plot suspect pleads not guilty (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:12 AM PDT

Reuters - An Afghan-born man at the center of a U.S. anti-terrorism probe pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to plotting a bombing attack in the United States, and a federal judge ordered him held without bail.

Alleged NY bomb plot conspirator pleads not guilty (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:04 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch shows Najibullah Zazi (L) during the hearing in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Zazi pleaded not guilty in a New York court Tuesday to a charge of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction as part of an alleged bomb plot. Judge Raymond Dearie (R) ordered Zazi, 24, to be held without bail after prosecutors argued he was a flight risk.(AFP/Christine Cornell)AFP - An Afghan immigrant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiring in a large-scale bombing plot meant to target New York around the anniversary of 9/11.


Video shows Jakarta bombers before hotel attacks (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:14 AM PDT

In this image made off video footage released by Indonesian National  Police on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia, suicide bombers Nana Maulana, left, and Dani Permana stretch on a grass field near Ritz-Carlton hotel, background, weeks before they attacked it and J.W. Marriott hotel nearby. Two young Indonesian suicide bombers stretched and casually snacked in the field near the luxury hotels, the videos pulled from a laptop found in a backpack on slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top showed. (AP Photo/Indonesian National Police)AP - Two Indonesian suicide bombers lounged and casually snacked in a grass field near luxury Jakarta hotels weeks before they attacked them, videos released by police Tuesday showed.


Noordin laptop videos 'show bomb attack planning' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:29 AM PDT

Indonesian police in Jakarta watch a video taken from the laptop of slain terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top showing JW Marriott hotel suicide bomber Dani Dwi Permana (screen). Indonesian police have released a series of files from Noordin's laptop showing detailed and chillingly nonchalant planning behind the July bombings in Jakarta.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Indonesian police released Tuesday a series of files from slain terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top's laptop showing detailed and chillingly nonchalant planning behind the July bombings in Jakarta.


Ex-Bush officials face lawsuits over their actions (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 26, 2008 file photo, John Yoo testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and Yoo face the rare prospect of being held personally liable for alleged violations of individuals' rights in the aggressive aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - High-ranking government officials are usually protected from claims that they violated a person's civil rights. In lawsuits stemming from law enforcement and intelligence efforts after the Sept. 11 attacks, three federal courts have left open the possibility that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and a lieutenant may be held personally liable.


Chavez, Gaddafi seek a new definition of terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 08:54 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) presents Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi with a replica of national hero Simon Bolivar's sword, in Margarita Island September 28, 2009. Paying his first visit to the Americas, Gaddafi, in power for four decades, has been holding court in a tent at the summit hotel and gave a fiery speech on Saturday saying a small club of major powers were still trying to run the world on their terms. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsReuters - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi called on Monday for a new global definition of terrorism.


Gadhafi and Chavez sign anti-terrorism declaration (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 07:41 PM PDT

Libya's President Moammar Gadhafi, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wave upon their arrival to the old port in Porlamar, on Margarita Island, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi signed a declaration Monday night decrying what they call attempts by powerful Western countries to equate struggles against colonialism with terrorism.


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