2009年12月12日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Motorbike assassins kill Afghan counter-terror official (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:45 AM PST

A US Army convoy patrols in Kandahar on November 2009. Taliban gunmen riding motorbikes assassinated an Afghan counter-terror officer Saturday in Kandahar, the birth place of the hardline Islamist militia in southern Afghanistan, police said.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)AFP - Taliban gunmen riding motorbikes assassinated an Afghan counter-terror officer Saturday in Kandahar, the birth place of the hardline Islamist militia in southern Afghanistan, police said.


Police: Americans in Pakistan had Taliban contact (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 07:31 AM PST

An unidentified man arrives at the Islamic Circle of North America Mosque in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Five young American men under investigation in Pakistan for alleged terror links had established contact with a Taliban recruiter and have told FBI officials they were on a mission to be martyred, a Pakistani police official said.


What Was David Headley's Role in the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks? (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 06:50 AM PST

Time.com - The alleged activities of David Headley may provide critical clues as to how a radical Pakistani Islamist group plans to go global with terrorism

US men held in Pakistan 'had contacted Al-Qaeda' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:54 AM PST

This undated handout picture released by Pakistan Police shows mugshot photos of arrested US nationals in Sargodha. The five US men arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting AFP - Five US men arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting "big" terror attacks had contacted someone linked to Al-Qaeda and were arrested before a scheduled meeting, police said Saturday.


Mumbai attack suspects challenge Pakistan indictment (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:09 AM PST

Reuters - Seven Pakistanis suspected of involvement in last year's attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai raised legal objections against their indictment on terrorism charges on Saturday, a defense lawyer said.

Pakistan officials: US suspects shifted to Lahore (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 10:26 PM PST

AP - Intelligence officials say five American Muslims held in Pakistan on allegations of seeking to join militant groups have been taken to a facility for terror suspects in the eastern city of Lahore.
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