2009年11月17日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Ill congressman defends 'savage religion' comment (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:32 PM PST

AP - An Illinois congressman says his comment that suspected terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay follow a "savage religion" has been misinterpreted.

US Senate defeats Guantanamo trial restriction (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:05 PM PST

US Sen. James Inhofe (2nd L) speaks as Sen. John Cornyn (L) and Sen. John Thune (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill June 2009 in Washington, DC. The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure seen as hampering US President Barack Obama's administration plans to try suspected terrorists in civilian courts in New York.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure seen as hampering US President Barack Obama's administration plans to try suspected terrorists in civilian courts in New York.

First US trial of 9/11 case was full of surprises (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:51 PM PST

FILE - In this August 2001 file photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, Zacarias Moussaoui is seen. Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks, never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York. (AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office, HO)AP - Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks — never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades that some fear Mohammed will create at his trial in New York.

NY ex-lawyer ordered to prison in terror case (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:38 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 16, 2006 file photo shows Lynne Stewart speaking to the media and her supporters outside Manhattan federal court following her sentencing in New York. A federal appeals court on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 upheld the conviction of the disbarred civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case, forcing her to surrender immediately and requiring a judge to consider whether her prison sentence of a little over two years was too lenient. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, file)AP - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a disbarred civil rights lawyer and ordered her to begin serving her sentence while a judge reconsiders whether he was too lenient in giving her more than two years in prison for passing information between suspected terrorists.

Lawyer in terrorism case ordered to prison (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:29 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Tuesday a disbarred New York lawyer's conviction on charges of supporting terrorism by helping an imprisoned blind Egyptian cleric smuggle messages to militant followers, ordered her to prison and told a judge to consider a longer sentence.

US urges 30-70 years for Sears Tower bomb plotters (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:39 PM PST

Commuters walk past the former Sears Tower on July 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. US federal prosecutors have asked for prison sentences of between 30 and 70 years for five members of a homegrown terrorist group accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago, court documents showed Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - US federal prosecutors have asked for prison sentences of between 30 and 70 years for five members of a homegrown terrorist group accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago, court documents showed Tuesday.

Lawmaker: What if terrorists took NYC mayor's kid (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:34 PM PST

AP - An Arizona congressman who believes it's a security risk to prosecute suspected Sept. 11 terrorists in Manhattan apologized Tuesday for suggesting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's family could be in danger with such a high-profile case in town.

Al Qaeda Africa wing less a threat to Europe: official (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:23 PM PST

Reuters - Al Qaeda's North African wing is less likely now to carry out attacks in Europe, mainly because of pressure on the group from Algerian security forces, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday.

Pakistan army shows off gains near Afghan border (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 11:38 AM PST

Pakistani troops walk through the damaged market in Sararogha, a town of the troubled Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan along the Afghan border, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Pakistan army took a group of foreign and local journalists to view recently captures militants stronghold areas of battle zone in South Waziristan, where security forces are waging an offensive against Taliban fighters believed to be behind suicide bombings in the country. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - A school the army says churned out suicide bombers now lies in ruins. Soldiers patrol towns once ruled by militants who gave refuge to al-Qaida. Left behind are bundles of terror manuals, extremist propaganda and boxes of ammunition and explosives.

Candles lit at Jewish centre for Mumbai attacks victims (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 10:23 AM PST

Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz addresses a gathering at the Jewish cultural and religious centre Chabad House in Mumbai during a service of remembrance for victims of last year's militant attacks in the city. Faith leaders on Tuesday gathered at a Jewish religious and cultural centre in Mumbai to light candles to those who died in last year's deadly terror attacks on the city.(AFP/Pal Pillai)AFP - Faith leaders on Tuesday gathered at a Jewish religious and cultural centre in Mumbai to light candles to those who died in last year's deadly terror attacks on the city.

Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 10:00 AM PST

AP - A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France's army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa's al-Qaida branch before his arrest last month, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

US seeks max prison terms in Sears Tower plot (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 09:10 AM PST

AP - Federal prosecutors in Miami want the maximum prison sentences for five men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices.

51% Oppose Decision To Try Terrorists in New York City (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 07:56 AM PST

Rasmussen Reports - Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters oppose the Obama administration's decision to try the confessed chief planner of the 9/11 attacks and other suspected terrorists in a civilian court in New York City.

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