2010年3月11日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Al-Qaida seen eyeing less complex attacks on US (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PST

FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich.  On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing.  (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Service)AP - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike.


9/11 Trials: Can Graham Help Forge a White House Deal? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PST

Time.com - Caught short on civilian trials for terrorism suspects and closing GuantÁnamo, the Obama Administration is negotiating with GOP Senator Lindsey Graham. But it's not clear he can deliver

Jihad Jane: Terrorism Charge Boosts Patriot Act Support (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PST

This undated image courtesy of Fox News shows a photo from a website authorities say was maintained by terror suspect Colleen LaRose. The American woman known as Time.com - Growing evidence of an expanded terrorism threat from U.S. citizens, like that of Colleen LaRose, a.k.a. "Jihad Jane," may undermine efforts to trim the Patriot Act's powers


Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 03:46 PM PST

This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in   Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010 that the agency is looking into the case of 26-year-old son, Sharif Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital.


Behind Obama's wavering on terror trials, critics see politics (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 12:45 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As the White House reconsiders the decision to prosecute the five alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in civilian court, the likely change of course seems designed to protect vulnerable Democrats in Congress more than it is to improve the chances for conviction.

US Customs: Mexican cartels corrupt border agents (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 12:41 PM PST

AP - Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating federal law enforcement agencies along the southwest border and those charged with weeding them out say they don't have the money to catch all the corrupt agents, homeland security officials told a U.S. Senate panel Thursday.

BA employee in court on suicide bombing charge (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:56 AM PST

AP - A British Airways computer expert was charged Thursday with plotting suicide bombings — including one he allegedly planned to carry out himself.

Spain marks 6th anniversary of Madrid bombings (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:38 AM PST

A man looks at the monument to the victims of the Madrid 2004 terror bombings in Atocha train station, Madrid, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Thursday marks the sixth anniversary of Europe's worst terrorist attack claimed by Muslim militants which killed 191 people and injured 1,800. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - Hours after terrorist bombs ripped through Madrid commuter trains six years ago Thursday, an outpouring of grief engulfed the city, with people flocking to makeshift shrines to leave tokens of mourning.


"JihadJane" accused of terror plot in Sweden (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:28 PM PST

Reuters - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Internet aids terrorist recruiting, radicalization, Pentagon says (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:23 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Militant groups can radicalize individuals and train them to carry out terrorist acts much more quickly today, in part thanks to the Internet, according to military and counter terrorism experts testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
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