2010年3月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:57 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by Christine Mott, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, is shown. Paulin-Ramirez was the second American arrested in a plot to kill the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks over a 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body. The new reality that there is a threat from violent Islamic extremism from within the U.S. It is difficult to say whether the uptick in cases is because law enforcement has gotten better at catching suspects or if there are simply more to catch.  (AP Photo/Courtesy of Christine Mott)  NO SALESAP - The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans.


Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with terrorism (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2010, file photo, Pakistani police officers with detained American Muslims leave a police station to send them into prison in Sargodha, Pakistan. A Pakistani court charged the five young Americans on Wednesday March 17, 2010, with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)AP - A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said.


FBI cautious on rules for terrorism questioning (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:20 PM PDT

FBI Director Robert Mueller listens to opening statements before testifying at a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this September 30, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Molly RileyReuters - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday urged Congress to be cautious about imposing strict rules on how and whether law enforcement officials can interrogate terrorism suspects they detain.


FBI Director defends handling of Christmas case (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:27 PM PDT

AP - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday defended his bureau's handling of the Christmas airline bombing attempt, insisting agents in Detroit moved quickly to protect lives. The suspect, he added, has been cooperating after his arrest.

Five American students arrested in Pakistan charged, allege abuse (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:18 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SARGODHA, Pakistan — Five American students caught in Pakistan last year were charged Wednesday with terrorism-related offenses, and they'll face a full trial and the prospect of a jail sentence. The men alleged that Pakistani police had tortured them.

Five Americans arrested in Pakistan plead 'not-guilty' to terrorism charges (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:37 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Five US jihadis pleaded "not guilty" before a Pakistani court Wednesday to charges of plotting terrorist attacks inside the country and neighboring Afghanistan, in a case that's been overshadowed by the so-called "Jihad Jane" and "Jihad Jamie" stories.

Millennium plotter appealing sentence decision (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:22 AM PDT

AP - An al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted in an attempted bombing on the millennium is appealing a federal court's ruling that his 22-year sentence was too lenient.

Pakistan court indicts five Americans with terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 07:56 AM PDT

US Muslim militant suspects arrive at a Pakistani anti-terrorist court for a hearing in Sargodha on March 2. A Pakistani court has charged five Americans with funnelling money to outlaws and plotting a terror attack that could see them jailed for life if found guilty, lawyers said.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - A Pakistani court on Wednesday charged five Americans with funnelling money to outlaws and plotting a terror attack that could see them jailed for life if found guilty, lawyers said.


Five Americans charged with terrorism in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:38 AM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistani court formally charged Wednesday five young Americans of plotting terrorism in the country, their lawyer said, in a case that has raised alarm over the danger posed by militants using the Internet.

Spain blames ETA for death of French policeman (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:21 AM PDT

**CORRECTS LOCATION**French police officers  guard  the entrance to the scene where a  French police officer was killed late Tuesday, by suspected members of the Basque militant group ETA after they had stolen a car in Dammarie les Lys, 60 kms (38 mls) south west of Paris, Wednesday, March 17, 2010..(AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - The Basque separatist group ETA was blamed Wednesday for the shooting death of a French policeman outside Paris, as authorities interrogated one suspect and hunted for at least five other assailants who fled the scene.


Indonesia seeks 10 years for terror suspect (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:04 AM PDT

Indonesian terror suspect Syaifudin Zuhri listens to a prosecutor during his trial in Jakarta. Indonesian prosecutors have sought 10 years' jail for a man accused of sheltering late terror mastermind Noordin Mohammad Top.(AFP/Adek Berry)AFP - Indonesian prosecutors sought 10 years' jail Wednesday for a man accused of sheltering late terror mastermind Noordin Mohammad Top.


Spanish PM blames ETA for death of French policeman (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:07 AM PDT

This video grab from March 16 shows a police officer standing near his car in Dammarie-les-Lys, a southeastern suburb of Paris, at the site where a policeman was killed in a shoot-out. The Basque separatist group ETA has been accused of killing a French policeman, the first deadly attack by the armed group on a French officer in its 40-year campaign.(AFP/Guillaume Bonnet)AFP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Wednesday that the fatal shooting of a French policeman near Paris was "a criminal action" carried out by Basque separatist group ETA.


Americans suspected of terror-related activities (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 5, 2009, file photo, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad is seen in court in Little Rock, Ark.  The new reality that there is a threat from violent Islamic extremism from within the U.S. It is difficult to say whether the uptick in cases is because law enforcement has gotten better at catching suspects or if there are simply more to catch. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - Americans who have been charged or suspected of terror-related activities over the past year include:


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