2010年7月7日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

United States charges men in NY and Britain bomb plots (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States charged five men on Wednesday with plotting to bomb New York City's subway system and attack an unidentified target in Britain under orders from al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.

US reaches plea deal at Guantanamo military trial (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:59 PM PDT

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, defendant Ibrahim al-Qosi (L) sits with a member of his defense team inside the courthouse for the U.S. war crimes commission, at the Camp Justice compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/PoolAP - One of the first terrorism suspects taken to Guantanamo Bay reached a plea deal Wednesday with military prosecutors, giving President Barack Obama's administration its first conviction of a prisoner at the detention center in Cuba that it is struggling to close.

US: NYC subway bomb plot linked to British cell (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:14 PM PDT

Thus undated handout photo provided by the FBI shows Adnan Shukrijumah. Authorities believe that Shukrijumah met with one of the would-be suicide bombers in a plot to strike the New York subway system last year. Intelligence officials believe Shukrijumah, 34, is one of the top candidates to be al-Qaida's next head of external operations, the man in charge of planning attacks worldwide. The U.S. has offered up to $5 million for information leading to his capture. (AP Photo/FBI)AP - A failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway system last year was part of a larger al-Qaida terrorist conspiracy that included a similar attack planned in England, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday.

First guilty plea at Guantanamo under Obama presidency (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 11:17 AM PDT

This courtroom illustration shows Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi of Sudan appearing before a military commission August 27, 2004 in Guantanamo, Cuba. Qosi pleaded guilty on Wednesday to providing support to Al-Qaeda and conspiring to commit terrorism, officials said.(AFP/POOL/File/Art Lien)AFP - A Sudanese national being held at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay pleaded guilty on Wednesday to providing support to Al-Qaeda and conspiring to commit terrorism, officials said.

Venezuela extradites terror suspect to Cuba (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:58 AM PDT

Salvadoran Francisco Chavez Abarca, center, is escorted by Venezuelan secret police at Simon Bolivar airport as he is extradited to Cuba from Maiquetia on the outskirts of Caracas, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Cuba believes Chavez Abarca placed an explosive that damaged a hotel disco on April 2, 1997, and another bomb later that month that failed to explode on the 15th floor of the same hotel. Cuban officials also suspect him in a 1997 bombing of a Cuban government office. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuela extradited an alleged associate of Cuba's most-wanted man to Havana on Cuba on Wednesday so he can face trial for a series of bombings.

Alleged al-Qaida plotter held in UK on US warrant (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 09:20 AM PDT

AP - Police in Britain on Wednesday arrested the alleged ringleader of an al-Qaida bomb plot after the United States issued a warrant for his arrest on terrorism charges.

Police arrest Pakistani man on US terror charges (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 08:14 AM PDT

An armed police officer stands guard outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Police have arrested a Pakistani man suspected of being an Al-Qaeda operative in northeastern England after US authorities issued a warrant for his arrest.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Police on Wednesday arrested a Pakistani man suspected of being an Al-Qaeda operative in northeastern England after US authorities issued a warrant for his arrest.

Zimbabwe police play down terror suspicions (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 08:03 AM PDT

AP - Zimbabwe's national police spokesman says the media created reports of terror links to two Pakistani men arrested crossing into World Cup host South Africa from Zimbabwe.

Britain marks 5th anniversary of terror attack (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:42 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Thursday July 7, 2005, file photo of Paul Dadge, right, as helps injured tube passenger Davinia Turrell away from Edgware Road tube station in London following an explosion. Britain is marking the fifth anniversary of the suicide bombings that killed 52 commuters on London's transport network without a formal ceremony. (AP Photo/Jane Mingay, File)AP - Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 is tracking a number of terrorism plots against the U.K., despite successes in curbing the threat from extremists since deadly attacks on London's transit network five years ago, an official said Wednesday.

China, Pakistan vow to step up fight against terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:31 AM PDT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, seen here in January, 2010. China and Pakistan pledged to step up joint efforts against terrorism Wednesday as the presidents of the two neighboring nations vowed to expand trade and economic cooperation, state media said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - China and Pakistan pledged to step up joint efforts against terrorism Wednesday as the presidents of the two neighboring nations vowed to expand trade and economic cooperation, state media said.

Will British Torture Inquiry Strain Relations with U.S.? (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:15 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron stands on the steps of 10 Downing Street in central London in June 2010. Britain unveiled details Tuesday of an inquiry into claims its security services were complicit in the torture of suspected violent extremists on foreign soil after the September 11, 2001 attacks.(AFP/File/Carl Court)Time.com - Britain has launched an inquiry into whether its security services were involved in the torture of terrorism suspects. Will the search for the truth strain Britain's relationship with the U.S.?

Queen addresses UN, places wreath at ground zero (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:03 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives at the World Trade Center site to lay a wreath in remembrance of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Fred R. Conrad, Pool)AP - Queen Elizabeth II challenged the United Nations to fight global dangers by "waging" peace, then entered ground zero on Tuesday for the first time to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Salvadoran terrorist suspect sent to Cuba (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:32 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (pictured) has sent Salvadoran terrorist suspect Francisco Chavez Abarca to Cuba, where he is wanted in connection with several bombings in Havana in the 1990s. Chavez Abarca was arrested as he attempted to enter Venezuela.(AFP/File/Miguel Gutierrez)AFP - President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday he was sending Salvadoran terrorist suspect Francisco Chavez Abarca to Cuba, where he is wanted in connection with several bombings.

Venezuela to send terrorism suspect to Cuba-Chavez (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Reuters - Venezuela will hand over to Cuba a Salvadorean man wanted for allegedly carrying out bombings of Cuban tourist hotels in 1997, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.

How the Press Covers Torture (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:33 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - Pundits have spewed forth tens of thousands of words flaying journalists for failing to have been tough enough on government officials in the run-up to the Iraq War. But how about more broadly, the War on Terror? How have we done on that? Have we aided and abetted the terrorists, as many on the political right are convinced? Or have we made it easier for governments to infringe on civil liberties, as the left argues?

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