2009年12月16日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

DHS made improper intel report on Nation of Islam (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:34 PM PST

AP - Homeland security officials improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim group, but government rules were "unintentionally and inadvertently violated" and only publicly available information was collected, according to documents made public Wednesday.

Pakistan's Supreme Court throws wrench into terror fight (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Supreme Court struck down a political amnesty law Wednesday and ordered corruption cases against the country's pro-Western President, Asif Ali Zardari, and thousands of other politicians reopened.

States Seek Deadline Extension for Driver's License Standards (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:05 AM PST

CQPolitics.com - As the deadline for compliance with rigorous federal driver's license standards looms and congressional action on alternative standards is nowhere in sight, states are asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for another temporary reprieve.

Swiss say they will accept 1 Guantanamo detainee (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:09 AM PST

AP - Switzerland will take in one detainee from the U.S. detention facility for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the hope of helping President Barack Obama to close down the prison, the government said Wednesday.

Guantanamo detainee finds refuge in Switzerland (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:40 AM PST

A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. Switzerland on Wednesday accepted to resettle an Uzbek detainee held at the controversial US military detention centre for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - Switzerland on Wednesday accepted to resettle an Uzbek detainee held at the controversial US military detention centre for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

FBI squad to assist NYC terror trial prosecutors (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 07:27 PM PST

AP - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is forming a squad to assist prosecutors in the upcoming New York trials of Sept. 11 suspects.

Chicago suspect in terror plot denied bail (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 06:10 PM PST

Indian policemen watch as smoke billows from The Taj Mahal hotel during an attack in Mumbai in November 2008. A Chicago businessman accused of helping plot an attack on a Danish newspaper and having such close ties to terrorists that he had advance knowledge of the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege was denied bail Tuesday.(AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - A Chicago businessman accused of helping plot an attack on a Danish newspaper and having such close ties to terrorists that he had advance knowledge of the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege was denied bail.

Guantanamo detainees on US soil: a legal minefield (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama’s decision to transfer as many as 100 terror suspects from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to a maximum security prison in rural Illinois potentially sets the stage for a new round of high-stakes legal battles over what additional rights, if any, Al Qaeda suspects are entitled to.

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