2010年1月6日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

CIA attack a blow but won't stop anti-terror hunt (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:16 PM PST

This undated image provided by ABC News purports to show Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, the suspected Jordanian double agent who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan on Dec. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/ABC News) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. NO SALESAP - The deaths of seven CIA employees in Afghanistan probably will not be the last. The U.S. isn't pulling back on covert operations to hunt terrorists there and in Pakistan and will go on taking chances on human tipsters to help.

Pentagon: More return to fight after leaving Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST

This image taken from an undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Said Ali al-Shihri. A U.S. counterterror official confirmed Friday that Said Ali al-Shihri, who was jailed in Guantanamo for six years after his capture in Pakistan, and released by the U.S. in 2007 to the Saudi government for rehabilitation, has resurfaced as a leader of a Yemeni branch of al-Qaida. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)AP - One in five terror suspects released from the Guantanamo Bay prison has returned to the fight, according to a classified Pentagon report expected to stoke an already fierce debate over President Barack Obama's plan to close the military prison.

No immediate firings expected over intel failures (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The White House is not expected to announce the firing of any officials over intelligence failures — for now anyway — as President Barack Obama prepares to tell the nation more about a botched terrorist attack over Detroit and what else he will do to beef up security.

Development aid key to terrorism fight: Clinton (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:31 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an impassioned appeal Wednesday for greater US international development aid, saying it was vital to US and global security at a time of growing extremist threats.

Slovak miscue lands traveler in jail as terrorist (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:23 PM PST

Tibor Mako, head of the Slovak border and foreign police, talks to reporters in Poprad, Slovakia, on Wednesday, Jan 6, 2010. The Irish police arrested a Slovak man who unknowingly smuggled 90 grams of an explosive to Ireland, but released him soon after the incident as this was part of a Slovak police action. The explosive was planted in his luggage within a failed security experiment by Slovak security agents. Irish officials are outraged at the incident and the Irish government has asked Slovakia for explanation. Mako offered his resignation to the interior minister over the affair, he told journalists today. (AP Photo/CTK, Kamil Pisko)AP - A 49-year-old electrician emerged Wednesday as an unlikely symbol of what can go wrong in the war on terror after authorities in Slovakia planted an explosive in his backpack to test security — then let it travel all the way to Ireland.

Lawyer: Only 1 9-11 family likely to go to trial (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:23 PM PST

AP - Nearly completed settlements of two of the remaining three lawsuits brought by families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks are likely to include language requiring evidence to be displayed at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, a lawyer said Wednesday.

Obama critics push for aid to Yemen military (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:11 PM PST

A picture taken in 2009 and provided by the Yemeni army's media office shows a soldier manning a tank during clashes with Shiite rebels in the flashpoint Saada province, 240 kms north of Sanaa. A group of top US lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ramp up aid to Yemen's military, saying they had lost trust in the country's ability to be a strong partner against terrorism.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A group of top US lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ramp up aid to Yemen's military, saying they had lost trust in the country's ability to be a strong partner against terrorism.

Three in al Qaeda drug case plead not guilty in NY (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:57 PM PST

Reuters - Three West African men accused by U.S. prosecutors of plotting to transport cocaine through Africa with the intent to support al Qaeda pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to drug trafficking and terrorism charges.

Big price tag for security at NYC terrorism trial (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST

AP - Stepped-up security measures for the upcoming detention and trial of the suspects in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are now expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars — a far heftier price tag than originally thought.

Abdulmutallab charged in Christmas Day terror attempt (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:29 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A federal grand jury in Michigan returned a six-count indictment on Wednesday charging alleged Christmas Day airline bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with attempting to use a “weapon of mass destruction” in a terror attack.

Bail request by Chicago terrorism suspect on hold (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:58 PM PST

In this courtroom artists drawing Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, center, appears before Judge Matthew Kennelly Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, in Chicago's federal court. Rana, accused of taking part in a terrorist plot to attack a Danish newspaper, came to court hoping to renew his long-running request for bail but immediately learned there will be no quick decision. Rana and two other men are accused of plotting to attack the newspaper in retaliation for 12 cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that outraged Muslims. (AP Photo/Verna Sadock)AP - A Chicago businessman accused of taking part in an alleged terrorist plot to attack a Danish newspaper over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad isn't likely to win his release on bond anytime soon.

More Ex-Detainees Resort to Terror, Officials Say (Bloomberg)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:36 PM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- As many as one in five former Guantanamo Bay detainees are suspected of or confirmed to have engaged in terrorist activity after their release, U.S. officials said, citing the latest government statistics.

Study: US terror suspects mostly young men (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST

Chart shows demographics of American Muslims accused of acts of terror since Sept. 11, 2001.AP - A new study on homegrown terror found that most American Muslims who planned violent attacks in since 2001 were young, male U.S. citizens who became radical as part of a group.

Nigerian charged in plane plot, faces life term (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:19 PM PST

This image released by the US Marshals Service on December 28, 2009, shows the booking photo of would-be bomber suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. A young Nigerian was Wednesday charged with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction aboard a US plane, as under-fire security chiefs vowed to revamp intelligence services.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A young Nigerian was Wednesday charged with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction aboard a US plane, as under-fire security chiefs vowed to revamp intelligence services.

White House to release watch list review Thursday (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:43 AM PST

A Transportation Security Administration official checks the identification of passengers prior to entering a security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The White House will on Thursday release an unclassified version of a report into intelligence failures relating to terrorist watch-lists, following the thwarted Christmas Day airliner attack.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - The White House will on Thursday release an unclassified version of a report into intelligence failures relating to terrorist watch-lists, following the thwarted Christmas Day airliner attack.

Obama Says U.S. Agencies Failed on Airline Plot (Bloomberg)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:24 AM PST

Interactive graphic on airport security as checks are tightened worldwide after a Nigerian was accused of trying to blow up an airliner over Detroit in a failed Christmas Day attack.(AFP iactiv)Bloomberg - Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said U.S. intelligence agencies had enough information to head off the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jetliner and “failed to connect those dots” that would have kept the would-be terrorist off the plane.

More Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Resorting to Terror, Officials Say (Bloomberg)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:17 AM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- As many as one in five former Guantanamo Bay detainees are suspected of or are confirmed to have engaged in terrorist activity after their release, U.S. officials said, citing the latest government statistics.

China's Xinjiang issues new anti-terror rules: state media (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:09 AM PST

Chinese paramilitary police prepare for tight security in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang region in September 2009. Authorities in China's troubled Xinjiang region will step up identity checks and monitor religious activities in a renewed bid to quash terrorism, separatism and extremism, state media said Wednesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Authorities in China's troubled Xinjiang region will step up identity checks and monitor religious activities in a renewed bid to quash terrorism, separatism and extremism, state media said Wednesday.

Germany investigating report on CIA hit team (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:19 AM PST

AP - German authorities are looking into allegations raised in an American magazine that a CIA hit team targeted an al-Qaida suspect in Hamburg in a post-Sept. 11 operation that was never carried out, officials said Wednesday.

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