2010年10月30日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Yemeni arrested, al-Qaida bomber eyed in mail plot (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Dubai Police via the state Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, claims to show parts of a computer printer with explosives loaded into its toner cartridge found in a package onboard a cargo plane coming from Yemen, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai police say the bomb, discovered in the ink cartridge of a computer printer in a shipment of air cargo from Yemen bound for the United States, contained the powerful explosive PETN and bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Dubai Police via Emirates News Agency) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Yemeni police arrested a woman on suspicion of mailing a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down airplanes, officials said Saturday as details emerged about a terrorist plot aimed at the U.S. that exploited security gaps in the worldwide shipping system.


Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing? (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing?

US: Cargo terror plot bore 'hallmarks of Al-Qaeda' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 11:46 AM PDT

A UPS cargo plane rests on the tarmac after a suspicious package was found onboard at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 29. US officials said Saturday that all signs of a foiled plot to put explosives on US-bound planes point to the Al-Qaeda terror network.(AFP/Getty Images/File/William Thomas Cain)AFP - US officials said Saturday that all signs of a foiled plot to put explosives on US-bound planes point to the Al-Qaeda terror network.


Obama thanks Britain and Saudi, presses Yemen cooperation (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Yemeni security are seen outside a branch of the package delivery firm FedEx in Sanaa. US President Barack Obama thanked British Prime Minister David Cameron and Saudi King Abdullah Saturday for helping to disrupt a terror plot, but reiterated a call to Yemen for closer cooperation.(AFP/Mohammad Huwais)AFP - US President Barack Obama thanked British Prime Minister David Cameron and Saudi King Abdullah Saturday for helping to disrupt a terror plot, but reiterated a call to Yemen for closer cooperation.


Punish Canadian severely, Guantanamo court urged (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:25 PM PDT

A courtroom sketch shows defendant Omar Khadr, a native of Toronto, Canada, listening to testimony during his sentencing hearing at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/PoolReuters - A prosecutor urged a U.S. war crimes tribunal on Saturday to sentence a young Canadian and admitted al Qaeda murderer to 25 more years in prison and said anything less would give license to militants.


Parcel bombs have hallmarks of al Qaeda work: Janet Napolitano (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:08 AM PDT

Reuters - The parcel bombs sent from Yemen destined for the United States have hallmarks of the militant group al Qaeda or its affiliate al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Saturday.

Obama calls Yemeni packages 'credible terrorist threat' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:39 AM PDT

A UPS worker drives past a UPS plane at Liberty Airport in Newark, New Jersey. US law enforcement officials searched for suspicious packages aboard planes as President Barack Obama said that two parcels from Yemen apparently contained explosive material and were a AFP - US law enforcement officials searched for suspicious packages aboard planes Saturday as President Barack Obama said that two parcels from Yemen apparently contained explosive material and were a "credible terrorist threat."


Cargo screening has changed since 2001 attacks (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:02 AM PDT

In this frame grab taken from WABC-TV video, airport personnel wait for passangers to disembark near an Emirates airliner at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Friday Oct. 29, 2010, after the aircraft was escorted from the Canadian border to New York City by two military fighter jets. U.S. officials said there is no known threat associated with the plane, but it was being escorted to JFK as a precautionary move. Authorities on Friday were investigating whether suspicious packages shipped aboard cargo planes from Yemen to the U.S. were part of a terrorist plot. (AP Photo/WABC-TV) MANDATORY CREDITAP - The discovery of explosive devices being shipped to the U.S. this week raised fears that al-Qaida was plotting new terror attacks that would exploit weaknesses in screening air cargo.


Politics and Terror Collide (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:52 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - The discovery of U.S.-bound explosives prompted a terror alert and a presidential address. Did the election influence Obama's reaction? Louise Roug talks to security experts.

Global terror scare hits delivery firms UPS, FedEx (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:50 PM PDT

FedEx and UPS scrambled to react to an apparently coordinated global terror attack using their services Friday, shutting suspect routes and throwing their doors open to investigators.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)AFP - FedEx and UPS scrambled to react to an apparently coordinated global terror attack using their services Friday, shutting suspect routes and throwing their doors open to investigators.


Yemen packages: what is known so far about 'credible terrorist threat' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:53 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama confirmed in a White House appearance Friday afternoon that two packages bound from Yemen to the United States and examined in two separate overseas airports contained “explosive materials” and constituted a “credible terrorist threat.”

U.S. Searches for More Suspicious Cargo (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:27 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - Yemeni officials have arrested a woman for suspected involvement in a plot to send explosives to the U.S. They're also seeking a male accomplice. Meanwhile, the search is one for 26 more packages that may contain explosives sent by al Qaeda. Two mail bombs from Yemen destined for Chicago were intercepted on Friday. Britain's Home Secretary said the explosives found in England were viable and were meant to explode on the plane. Janet Napolitano, the U.S. homeland security secretary, said the plot showed "hallmarks of al Qaeda," telling ABC news Saturday morning that the intercepted packages contained PETN, the explosive used in the terror group's foiled Christmas Day bomb attack last year. A tip from Saudi Arabian intelligence helped officials thwart Friday's terror plot.

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