2009年11月6日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:40 PM PST

Jose Rodriguez holds a photo of his granddaughter Francheska Velez in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Velez, of Chicago, is one of the victims of a shooting rampage by an Army psychiatrist at Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/David Banks)AP - The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims.


Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 03:36 PM PST

Village of Mount Pleasant patrol near the home of Russell Seager, near Racine, Wis. He was one of the victims of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. Family members said through the police that they did not want to make any public statements. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)AP - A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam."


House votes to strengthen chem plant security (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:20 PM PST

AP - The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack.

US Homeland chief defends $10 travel fee (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 08:21 AM PST

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano gestures while speaking during a meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. Napolitano has defended U.S. government moves to impose a $10 dollar fee for tourists entering the United States. European Parliament lawmakers are deriding the new fee as a new visa restriction and warn they could call for EU countries to impose similar fees on visiting Americans. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - European Parliament lawmakers on Friday demanded that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ease restrictions for Europeans traveling to the United States, saying plans to impose a new $10 (euro6.73) entry fee are unfair.


Guantanamo became a recruiting tool for terrorism: Napolitano (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 06:54 AM PST

A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in 2004. Guantanamo Bay was used as a AFP - Guantanamo Bay was used as a "recruiting tool" for terrorism more than anything else, US homeland security chief Janet Napolitano said Friday, during a visit to the European parliament.


US warns five EU countries of fading visa-waiver hopes (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 06:39 AM PST

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano arrives for a joint press conference at the EU Parliament headquarters in Brussels. The United States will demand strict conditions before visa-free travel can be extended to five European Union countries waiting for approval, Napolitano said Friday.(AFP/John Thys)AFP - The United States will demand strict conditions before visa-free travel can be extended to five European Union countries waiting for approval, the US homeland security chief said Friday.


Former NYC Police Commissioner Kerik pleads guilty (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 06:38 AM PST

FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik stands outside the Federal Court in Washington, after pleading not guilty to charges of lying to the White House while being vetted to be Homeland Security secretary. Kerik is displaying worrisome, risky behavior in jail, a federal judge said Friday Oct. 30, 2009 after speaking with the jail's psychiatric director. Kerik has been jailed since Oct. 20 to await trial on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik admitted in court Thursday that he lied to the White House while being considered for chief of Homeland Security.


Mass. man faces new charges in alleged terror plot (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 07:01 PM PST

In this Feb. 11, 2009  image rendered from video and provided by WHDH-TV in Boston, Tarek Mehanna is seen outside the federal court in Boston. Federal authorities in Boston said Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, that Mehanna has been charged  with conspiring with others on terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and against U.S. military in Iraq. (AP Photo/WHDH-TV)AP - A pharmacy college graduate was indicted Thursday on new charges in an alleged terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and shoot people at American shopping malls.


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