2010年1月31日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Egypt arrests 26 suspected of plotting terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:52 PM PST

Reuters - Egypt has arrested 26 suspects who the prosecutor said belonged to a cell of militant group Islamic Jihad and were plotting "terrorist acts" against tourists and state installations, the official news agency MENA reported on Sunday.

US to consider local views on 9/11 trial location (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:53 AM PST

This 2003 handout photo shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described chief organizer of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Closing Guantanamo is emerging as a never-ending nightmare for President Barack Obama after he bowed to pressure and backed down from plans to try the accused 9/11 plotters in the heart of New York City.(AFP/HO/File)AP - The Obama administration said Sunday it would consider local opposition when deciding where to hold Sept. 11 trials and pledged to seek swift justice for the professed mastermind of the attacks.


Egypt questions suspects of new militant group (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 05:51 AM PST

AP - Egyptian prosecutors are questioning 25 people suspected of forming a new Islamic militant group to carry out attacks inside the country, a security official and a lawyer said Sunday.

Many obstacles to choosing a site for 9/11 trials (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:36 PM PST

Pedestrians are framed by Manhattan Federal court in the background as they walk on Canal Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in New York. Facing growing opposition to its plans to hold the Sept. 11 terrorist trial in New York City, the Obama administration is considering moving the proceedings elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Now that President Barack Obama's administration is considering moving the Sept. 11 trial away from a courthouse in Manhattan, the question is: Where to?


Report: No sanctions for lawyers who OK'd torture (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2002 file photo, Jay Bybee testifies before a congressional committee in Washington. A forthcoming government ethics report initially concluded the two key authors of the so-called torture memos, Bybee and John Yoo, who were officials in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration, had violated their professional obligations as lawyers when they crafted the memos that allowed the use of harsh interrogation tactics. (AP Photo, Evan Vucci, File)AP - Bush administration lawyers who drafted legal theories that led to waterboarding and other harsh treatment of terrorism suspects showed poor judgment but won't face sanctions for professional misconduct, according to a published report.


Obama’s NYC terror trial switch: Pragmatism or indecisiveness? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 06:52 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The positive symbolism of American-style justice â€Â" bringing 9/11 terror suspects back to the scene of the crime â€Â" marked the Obama administration’s bold decision last year to try the suspects in lower Manhattan, just five blocks from where the twin towers fell.
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