2009年12月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Pakistani police arrest 5 Americans with alleged terror ties (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:29 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Police on Wednesday arrested five young American men from the Washington, D.C., area who flew to Pakistan last month with the alleged intent of enlisting with an Islamic militant group, Pakistani and U.S. officials said.

U.S. to investigate leak of airport security manual (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:23 PM PST

A sign explains the procedure for going through the whole body scan machine, or millimeter wave machine as passengers wait in line at a security check point at the Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 10, 2009. REUTERS/George FreyReuters - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has sought disciplinary action against people responsible for posting online a manual of security measures at U.S. airports, and has called for a probe into the leak.


US aiding Pakistan in alleged terror plot arrests (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:01 PM PST

Pakistani police secure an area outside the Faisal mosque in Islamabad in November 2009. US officials said Wednesday they were working with Islamabad after Pakistani police arrested five foreigners, including a Pakistani-American, on suspicion of plotting a militant attack.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - US officials said Wednesday they were working with Pakistani authorities who arrested five foreigners, including a Pakistani-American, on suspicion of plotting a militant attack.


AG Holder visits NY to inspect 9/11 trial security (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 02:05 PM PST

AP - Attorney General Eric Holder made an unannounced visit to a Manhattan courthouse Wednesday to inspect security for the pending trial of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Chicago man pleads not guilty in attacks (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:39 PM PST

In this courtroom drawing David Coleman Headley, left, pleads not guilty before U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, in Chicago to charges that accuse him of conspiring in the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai and of planning to launch an armed assault on a Danish newspaper. (AP Photo/Verna Sadock)AP - A Chicago man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he conspired in the November 2008 terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that left 166 people dead.


Three convicted over transatlantic bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:14 PM PST

A woman grabs a clear plastic bag at Gatwick airport, Sussex, after security was stepped up to the AFP - Three Islamic extremists were found guilty in London Wednesday of involvement in a foiled 2006 plot to blow up passenger airliners flying between Britain and North America.


US lawmakers denounce airport security breach (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:20 AM PST

Passengers wait in the TSA check-in line inside the American Airlines terminal at O'Hare International Airport, in November 2009. US senators called Wednesday for a swift probe into the release on the Internet of a highly sensitive airport security screening guide, which one lawmaker likened to a AFP - US senators called Wednesday for a swift probe into the release on the Internet of a highly sensitive airport security screening guide, which one lawmaker likened to a "textbook" for terrorists.


Man convicted of conspiring with UK bomb plotter (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:18 AM PST

AP - A Muslim man was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder for his role in a plan to blow up trans-Atlantic passenger jets using liquid explosives, a plot that sparked sweeping restrictions for passengers carrying on liquids and gels.

$100K reward for Moussaoui tipster; 2nd in case (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:07 AM PST

AP - A Minnesota man whose tip helped the FBI catch Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has finally received a $100,000 reward, while another man credited as a tipster still has received nothing.

NJ fugitive worked for Homeland Security in Ga. (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 05:50 AM PST

AP - Prosecutors don't understand how a fugitive wanted in New Jersey worked for the Homeland Security Department in Georgia despite a nationwide alert for her arrest.

Terror charges for man in Germany over US targets (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:55 AM PST

AP - Germany has filed terrorism charges against a Turkish-German dual citizen allegedly linked to a member of a cell that plotted to attack U.S. targets, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cheney: Trying 9/11 suspects in NYC 'huge mistake' (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 06:48 PM PST

AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) in New York City will make him "as important or more important than Osama bin Laden."

Pakistan attacks: Officials feed suspicion that India, US are to blame (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST

An Iranian Tondar missile is launched during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali ShayeganThe Christian Science Monitor - A fresh wave of terror attacks that has killed more than 100 people across Pakistan in the past few days is fueling conspiracy theories that the United States and India are behind the violence, and officials are stoking the popular perception.


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