2009年11月12日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Bloomberg shakes hands with terrorism associate (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:07 PM PST

AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he would not have shaken the hand of a character witness for a convicted terrorist if he had known about his history.

Lawyer: FBI asked terror suspect to be informant (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 12:06 PM PST

FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, file booking photo released by the Sudbury, Mass., police department shows Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury after he was arrested and charged  with conspiring to plot terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and against U.S. military in Iraq. His lawyer said Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, that Mehanna was charged only after he refused three attempts by the FBI to recruit him as an informant against people in the Muslim community. (AP Photo/Sudbury Police Department, File)AP - A Massachusetts man accused of plotting to kill Americans was portrayed by federal prosecutors Thursday as a jihadist who is too dangerous to be released on bail, but the man's lawyer said he was charged only after he refused to become an FBI informant against Muslims.


Italy: 17 Algerians arrested in terrorism probe (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:45 AM PST

AP - Italy's top security official said Thursday that authorities have smashed an international terror cell with the arrest in Italy and elsewhere in Europe of 17 Algerians who were raising money to finance terrorism.

Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooter: Lone-Wolf Terrorism? (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 08:15 AM PST

Time.com - When an Army major turns mass murderer on America's largest military base, it fuels the worst fear of terrorism experts: Are lone wolves who don't need an al-Qaeda training camp the new threat to homeland security?

Spain tries 11 over alleged Islamic terror plot (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 06:49 AM PST

AP - Three men of Pakistani origin denied any wrongdoing Thursday as they went on trial over an alleged plot to stage suicide attacks in Barcelona on orders from the Pakistan Taliban.
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