2010年2月2日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Officials: FBI cracked bomb suspect through family (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:29 PM PST

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown in this booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service December 28, 2009. REUTERS/US Marshals Service/Handout/FilesAP - The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day has been cooperating with investigators since last week and has provided fresh intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, officials said Tuesday.

(AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:26 PM PST

AP - Law enforcement official: Nigerian bomb suspect cooperating with FBI in terrorism case.

Court: Sentence for millennium plotter too lenient (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:18 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo, Algerian Ahmed Ressam is shown. A federal appeals court says the 22-year prison sentence is too lenient for Ressam, an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium. (AP Photo/ Le Journal de Montreal via The Canadian Press)AP - A federal appeals court said Tuesday a 22-year prison sentence was too lenient for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the end of the millennium.

Algeria wants to get off US air travel watch list (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 12:37 PM PST

AP - Algeria's interior minister is threatening to reply in kind if his country remains on U.S. and French special terrorism-related air travel watch lists.

Court: Sentence for millenium plotter too lenient (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:46 AM PST

AP - A federal appeals court says a 22-year prison sentence is too lenient for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.

Gates demurs on question of NY terrorism trial (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:22 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to say Tuesday whether he thinks it's appropriate to try self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York civilian court, not far from the site of the attack.

DC Metro police hold anti-terror drill (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 09:18 AM PST

An officer with the Metro Transit Special Response Team, left, who asked not to be named, and Officer William Burnette, patrol the Union Station metro stop during a terrorism drill in Washington, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Police conducted an anti-terrorism drill at one of the Washington subway system's busiest stations, launching a new initiative aimed at deterring terrorist activity.

Saudi Arabia wants Taliban to expel bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:17 AM PST

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Shows Jeddah Governor Prince Mishaal bin Majed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, right, welcomes Afghan President Hamid Karzai upon his arrival to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Saudi Arabia will not get involved in peacemaking in Afghanistan unless the Taliban stops providing shelter and severs all ties with Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida movement, officials said Tuesday. Karzai is visiting Saudi Arabia hoping for an active Saudi role in his plan to persuade Taliban militants to switch sides. (AP Photo)AP - Saudi Arabia said during a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai Tuesday that it will not get involved in peacemaking in Afghanistan unless the Taliban stops providing shelter and severs all ties with Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida movement.

Washington DC transit system holds anti-terror drills (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:58 AM PST

A policeman stands guard inside a Metro station in Washington, DC in January 2009. Dozens of police officers swarmed one of Washington DC's busiest stations with dogs and bomb technicians during the morning rush hour, to demonstrate that the capital city's transit system can thwart possible terror attacks.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Dozens of police officers swarmed one of Washington DC's busiest stations with dogs and bomb technicians during Tuesday's morning rush hour, to demonstrate that the US capital city's transit system can thwart possible terror attacks.

US terror suspects in Pakistan allege FBI torture (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:47 AM PST

Pakistani police officers escort detained American Muslims following their appearing at an anti terrorist court in Sargodha, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. The five American Muslims from the Washington area, were detained in December at a house in the Punjabi town of Sargodha not long after arriving in Pakistan. Police have publicly accused them of plotting terror attacks in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Five American terrorism suspects alleged Tuesday that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police, the latest wrinkle in a case that has added to sensitivities in U.S.-Pakistani relations.

Taliban: Terrorist or not? Not always easy to say (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:29 AM PST

Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia stand on a hillside at Maydan Shahr in Wardak province, west of Kabul, in 2008. Insurgent attacks killed four NATO soldiers in Afghanistan Monday, heralding a bloody new month and underlining the deadly battle facing a surge in US troops seeking to end the long war.(AFP/File)AP - Once considered so entwined that they were twin targets of a U.S. invasion, al-Qaida and elements of Afghanistan's Taliban are now being surgically separated â€" one careful stitch at a time.

Americans held in Pakistan complain of torture (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:10 AM PST

A journalist displays a note written on tissue paper, which was tossed out by one-of-five American men arrested in Pakistan held for having possible links to terrorism, as they arrived to make an court appearance in Sargodha, Punjab province, 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Islamabad February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Five Americans accused of contacting militants over the Internet and planning terrorist attacks told a court on Tuesday they were tortured by the FBI and Pakistani police attempting to frame them.

America's Business Law Protects International Crime (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:40 AM PST

Time.com - Lax state laws of incorporation allow shell companies to operate freely in the U.S., helping the Russian mafia, drug cartels, and still, even some terrorists.

1 injured in Russian railroad bombing (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:09 AM PST

AP - Russian officials say a bomb explosion on railroad tracks in St. Petersburg injured one worker and is being considered a terrorist attack.

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