2010年1月9日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


GOP lawmaker: WH sends mixed signals on terrorism (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 02:17 PM PST

An unmarked vehicle leaves federal court in Detroit, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 with a police escort. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian suspect who allegedly tried to set off an explosive device aboard Northwest 253, pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to ignite a chemical-laden explosive on the U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - A senior House Republican says the Christmas day attempt to attack a Northwest Airlines plane reinforces his party's stand that terrorists should be treated as war criminals and tried in military courts.


Bomb explodes outside Greek parliament (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 12:56 PM PST

A policeman stands by pieces from a bomb explosion placed near the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens. An explosive device went off outside the Greek parliament in Athens on Saturday, but no one was injured and no damage was immediately reported, police said.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - An explosive device went off outside the Greek parliament in Athens on Saturday, prompting Prime Minister George Papandreou to condemn the attack and vow that "democracy will not be terrorised".


Zazi associate charged in New York bomb plot (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 12:50 PM PST

Reuters - A former high school classmate of a man accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack in New York pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of murder conspiracy and receiving training by a terrorist organization.

Yemen: The Most Fragile Ally (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:40 AM PST

Time.com - Yemen is becoming an increasingly important base for terrorist attacks. Can it be helped? Not easily -- the place is in crisis

Is Al Qaeda’s new terrorist strategy making the US less secure? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama has been lauded for quickly and directly addressing the attempted Christmas Day bombing of the Northwest Airlines passenger jet headed for Detroit. Even most Republican comment has been muted in its criticism.

EU anti-terror chief favours airport body scanners (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 07:21 PM PST

A security officer views images from a body scanner at Manchester Airport, northwest England. The EU's anti-terror coordinator Gilles de Kerchove backs the use of full body scanners at airports, saying they would be AFP - The EU's anti-terror coordinator Gilles de Kerchove backs the use of full body scanners at airports, saying they would be "very effective" as long as privacy concerns can be overcome.


FBI arrests two possible accomplices to Zazi terror plot (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:34 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Two men who attended high school with a terrorism suspect accused of getting training in Pakistan were arrested Friday, months after federal authorities began investigating them as possible accomplices in a plot to bomb New York City.
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