2010年2月15日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Spain can accept five Guantanamo detainees: minister (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:13 AM PST

A US sailor climbs down from a guard tower overlooking detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2009. Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Monday his country was ready to take in five detainees from the US prison camp for terror suspects at Guantanamo, Cuba.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AFP - Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Monday his country was ready to take in five detainees from the US prison camp for terror suspects at Guantanamo, Cuba.


Would-be bomber trained with English speakers in Yemen (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 07:25 AM PST

An undated handout photo of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a jet as it prepared to land in Detroit on Christmas Day has told the FBI he trained in Yemen with other English-speaking terrorists(AFP/HO/File/Mike Rimmer)AFP - The Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a jet as it prepared to land in Detroit on Christmas Day has told the FBI he trained in Yemen with other English-speaking terrorists, a report said on Monday.


Australian court sentences 5 men in terrorist plot (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 02:13 AM PST

Australian policemen stand next to the Sydney west trial courts in Parramata, near Sydney, February 15, 2010. Five Australian Muslim men convicted of plotting to commit violent jihad in Australia were sentenced by a Sydney court on Monday to jail terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.  REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)AP - Five Muslims were sentenced Monday to 23 to 28 years in prison in Australia for stockpiling explosive chemicals and firearms for terrorist attacks on unspecified targets.


Biden and Cheney spar over anti-terrorism policies (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:16 AM PST

This photo released by ABC former shows Vice President Dick Cheney during an interview on ABC's This Week in Washington Sunday Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. (AP Photo/ABC, Fred Watkins)AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says his successor, Joe Biden, is "dead wrong" about terrorist threats facing the United States. Biden says Cheney is "misinformed."


Australia's jihad attack plotters jailed up to 28 years (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:12 PM PST

Australian policemen stand next to the Sydney west trial courts in Parramata, near Sydney, February 15, 2010. Five Australian Muslim men convicted of plotting to commit violent jihad in Australia were sentenced by a Sydney court on Monday to jail terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.  REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)AFP - Five Muslims who plotted an attack using guns and explosives to protest against Australia's part in the "war on terror" were jailed for up to 28 years Monday, after the country's longest extremism trial.


Five Australians jailed for jihad plot (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:53 PM PST

Australian policemen stand next to the Sydney west trial courts in Parramata, near Sydney, February 15, 2010. Five Australian Muslim men convicted of plotting to commit violent jihad in Australia were sentenced by a Sydney court on Monday to jail terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.  REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)Reuters - Five Australian Muslims found with weapons and chemicals to make bombs and convicted of plotting a terror attack in Australia were jailed on Monday for terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.


Biden versus Cheney: vice presidents at war on terror (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 06:38 PM PST

US vice presidents past and present traded blows Sunday with Joe Biden accusing predecessor Dick Cheney, pictured in 2009, of trying to AFP - Vice presidents past and present traded blows with Joe Biden accusing his predecessor Dick Cheney of trying to "rewrite history" by painting the Obama administration as soft on terror.


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