2010年3月8日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

CIA director: US efforts disrupting al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 03:39 PM PST

AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta said Monday the country's counterterrorism operations have placed al-Qaida's top leaders under extreme pressure and many are "on the run" but recent thwarted terror plots in the U.S. indicate the terror network is changing its tactics.

Obama still wants US trial for some Gitmo suspects (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 03:17 PM PST

FILE - This March 1, 2003 file picture shows Khalid Sheik Mohammed, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces charges, a senior administration official said Monday. (AP Photo, File)AP - White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday.

New poll spells potential trouble for Democrats (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 02:23 PM PST

Reuters - A new poll on Monday found signs of trouble ahead for President Barack Obama and his Democrats on national security issues such as the handling of terrorism suspects.

Obama taps ex-intel officer for aviation security (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 02:05 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday he will nominate a retired Army officer with intelligence community experience to lead aviation security efforts amid concerns about passenger planes being bombed or hijacked.

Man accused in NYC of helping African terror group (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 01:47 PM PST

AP - An African man provided money and was trained with weapons and explosives in a bid to help a terrorist organization seeking to destabilize Somalia and attack U.S. interests, prosecutors announced Monday.

American al-Qaida suspect is not group's spokesman (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 12:35 PM PST

This image from video released by IntelCenter Sunday, March 7, 2010, shows Adam Gadahn, featured in a video posted Sunday, coincidentally the day that his arrest by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi was announced. In the video the 31-year-old American al-Qaida spokesman called for Muslim violence, praising the U.S. Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas, as a role model for other Muslims. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)AP - Pakistani officials reversed course Monday on a recently captured American suspected of being a member of al-Qaida, saying the man is not the terror network's U.S.-born spokesman, as they initially believed.

Zimbabwe's Bennett wants terrorism charges dropped (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 10:32 AM PST

Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) treasurer Roy Bennett arrives at the high court in Harare, January 12, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Philimon BulawayoReuters - Lawyers for Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett asked the High Court Monday to drop terrorism charges against him in a trial which has raised tensions in Harare's fragile unity government.

US seeks to persuade EU deputies to back terror data deal (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 09:44 AM PST

Passengers are frisked by security personnel before boarding as part of increased security measures at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, North of Paris, in 2009. A senior US Homeland Security officer was travelling to Strasbourg Monday to urge the European parliament not to scupper an air passenger data deal which Washington says is vital in the fight against terror.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - A senior US Homeland Security officer was travelling to Strasbourg Monday to urge the European parliament not to scupper an air passenger data deal which Washington says is vital in the fight against terror.

Terror trial opens for 9 in Belgium (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 08:45 AM PST

AP - Nine people went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, including a 50-year-old woman accused of using an incendiary Islamic Web site to recruit jihadists for suicide bombing missions.

Indonesia says raids will not affect Obama visit (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 12:48 AM PST

File photo of Indonesia's national police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri (R) greeting a police officer. Indonesia said Monday that raids against militants in Aceh province would not affect US President Barack Obama's planned visit to the country this month as police rounded up more terror suspects.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Indonesia said Monday that raids against militants in Aceh province would not affect US President Barack Obama's planned visit to the country this month as police rounded up more terror suspects.

Belgian trial of Al-Qaeda cell suspects underway (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:21 PM PST

Two security guards are at a court in Brussels. Nine alleged members of an Al Qaeda terror cell, suspected of having recruited jihadists and prepared attacks, are set to go on trial in the belgian city.(AFP/BELGA/File/Herwig Vergult)AFP - Nine alleged members of an Al Qaeda terror cell, suspected of having recruited jihadists and prepared attacks, go on trial in Brussels Monday.

Obama to nominate retired Army general for TSA: source (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 07:35 PM PST

Transportation Security Administration employee John Carter demonstrates the stance in an advanced image technology unit as TSA supervisory officer Diana Hernandez operates the machine at Boston Logan International Airport, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to nominate retired Army Major Gen. Robert Harding to head the Transportation Security Administration after his first pick withdrew under political pressure, an administration official said Sunday.

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