2010年1月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Backlash may move 9/11 terror trial from Manhattan (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 06:32 PM PST

FILE - In this May 21, 2009 photo shows the the Unites States Courthouse in White Plains, N.Y. The courthouse is a possible alternative to lower Manhattan for the Sept. 11 terrorist trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Pressured by a growing clamor from New York, the Obama administration appears likely to move the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan, where it had been scheduled to take place just blocks from the site of the twin towers attack. The city's top police official says he thinks the trial won't take place anywhere in the city.


Plane diverted to Fla. in terror scare (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:48 PM PST

AP - A Continental Airlines jet flying from Newark, N.J., to Bogota was diverted to Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday over concerns a passenger was on the government's watch list of suspected terrorists banned from commercial flights. It turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

(AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:09 PM PST

AP - Law enforcement official: Passenger on diverted flight not a match to terrorist watch list.

Obama Said to Consider Moving Terror Trial From NYC (Bloomberg)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:39 PM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration is considering new locations for the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects after lawmakers and New York officials objected to it being held in lower Manhattan, an administration official said.

Arrest on Colo. Amtrak train over alleged threat (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the New Jersey Department of Corrections shows Ojore Nuru Lutalo of Elizabeth, N.J. Lutalo was arrested Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010 on an Amtrak passage from Los Angeles to Chicago after fellow passengers heard him talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone. Police said in an affidavit that passengers overheard Lutalo saying he hadn't killed anyone yet and talking about going to jail. (AP Photo/New Jersey Department of Corrections)AP - An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers in Colorado by allegedly talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone was pulled from the train and faces a felony charge of endangering public transportation.


Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST

This image from APTN shows Former Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday Jan. 29, 2010 testifying to Britain's Iraq Inquiry. Blair told Britain's Iraq Inquiry that Saddam Hussein didn't become a bigger threat after Sept. 11, but said his perception of the risk posed by terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction was dramatically changed by the attacks. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - He was right and he'd do it again.


Upstate NY mayor bids to hold 9/11 terror trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:19 AM PST

AP - The mayor of a small upstate New York city says his community would be the perfect site for the Sept. 11 terrorist trial, if officials decide to move it out of Manhattan.

Clinton says it is up to Russia to cooperate (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:32 AM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, gestures as he shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the steps of the Elysee palace upon her arrival Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in Paris. Clinton flew to Paris on Friday for talks with French officials and to give a speech on European security in which she will underscore the Obama administration's commitment to the continent's security. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday challenged Russia to cooperate with the Obama administration and with NATO to ensure European security against new threats such as terrorism, cyber attacks or natural disasters.


Clinton to work with Russia on European security (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference after the Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday recommitted the United States to the defense of Europe and pledged to work with NATO allies and former foe Russia to boost security in the face of new threats.


38% Say U.S. and Allies Winning War on Terror (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 07:44 AM PST

Rasmussen Reports - Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters say the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror. That's the third time in four Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys that confidence has been below 40%. Numbers that bleak haven't been recorded in consecutive surveys since the middle of 2007.

Tony Blair Iraq inquiry: Hussein was risk worth trying to contain (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 07:17 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair invoked the terror of 9/11 as he defended his support for the invasion of Iraq during an appearance Friday at Britain's inquiry into the war. With his legacy overshadowed by the 2003 intervention, Mr. Blair argued that while the 2001 attacks on the US had not changed the threat from Iraq, they completely shifted his perception of the risk posed from terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction.

Defiant Blair says no regrets over Iraq war (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:14 AM PST

A video grab image shows Britain's former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, addressing the Iraq Inquiry, in central London January 28, 2010. REUTERS/UKBP Via Reuters TVReuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday he had no regrets about the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed.


Indonesian police arrest suspected terrorist (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:14 AM PST

AP - Counter-terrorist forces have arrested a suspected Islamist militant in central Indonesia.

Official: Malaysia holds 10 to stem radical Islam (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:30 AM PST

Muhamad Yunus Zainal Abidin, Malaysian student who was arrested at a Syrian private university class on Jan. 21 and released several hours later, speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Ten terror suspects arrested in Malaysia have alleged ties to a Nigerian suspected in last month's attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner, a news report said Thursday. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)AP - Malaysia's arrest of 10 terror suspects was part of a sweep targeting the hard-line Islamic sect often associated with al-Qaida, but any link to the Nigerian suspected in the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner remains unclear, a senior official said Friday.


Obama Considers Moving N.Y. Terror Trial If Blocked by Lawmakers (Bloomberg)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 09:05 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 8, 2008 file aerial photo shows Governors Island in New York harbor, with lower Manhattan in the background center. Manhattan community activists are pushing a host of alternative locales for the trial of admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four terror suspects in a bid to keep the spectacle out of their neighborhood. The suggestions include Governors Island, an air base in Newburgh and an old prison in upstate New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)Bloomberg - Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration has discussed contingency plans for moving the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects out of lower Manhattan if Congress or local governments require it, an administration official said.


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