2010年2月7日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Obama anti-terror adviser lashes out at lawmakers (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:11 PM PST

Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan briefs the media at the White House briefing room in Washington, January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser on Sunday lashed out at U.S. lawmakers, accusing them of using national security issues as a "political football" for their own gains.


Obama adviser: Stop criticizing anti-terror effort (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:38 PM PST

Graphic showing the route taken by Christmas Day terrorist attack suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The Nigerian -- accused of trying to blow up a passenger jet on Christmas Day -- has told investigators a radical US-born Yemeni cleric directed him to explode the bomb over US soil, CBS News has reported.(AFP/Graphic)AP - An exasperated White House newly committed to preaching partisan peace slammed Republicans for playing politics on national security and making ignorant allegations about the investigation into the Christmas airliner plot.


US faces 'serious' cyberspace threats: advisor (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:48 PM PST

US Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan is pictured in January 2010. The United States faces AFP - The United States faces "serious and significant" threats within cyberspace, the White House's top counter-terrorism advisor said Sunday, adding it was an issue of national security.


Bombing Suspect Criticism Comes ‘After the Fact,’ Brennan Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:39 AM PST

Bloomberg - Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, said he told Republican congressional leaders on Christmas night about the interrogation of terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, and called subsequent criticism “a bit of an outcry after the fact.”

India, Pakistan officials meet to decide talks agenda (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:51 AM PST

A Border Security Force (BSF) soldier opens a gate at the border with Pakistan in Suchetgarh, southwest of Jammu, January 12, 2010. Indian and Pakistani officials met on Friday to decide the agenda for high-level bilateral talks proposed by India over a year after the terror attacks on Mumbai. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Indian and Pakistani officials met on Friday to decide the agenda for high-level bilateral talks proposed by India over a year after the terror attacks on Mumbai.


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