2010年4月12日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Ohio terrorist ties to al-Qaida operative revealed (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:34 PM PDT

AP - A convicted Ohio terrorist had ties to a man convicted of plotting an attack on a French island as well as an al-Qaida suspect who met with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers and told them how to reach Afghanistan to train for jihad, according to a federal court ruling.

ANALYSIS - Pakistan, Russia, U.S. need more nuclear security (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:41 PM PDT

Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan (C) briefs the media as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (L) and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano look on at the White House briefing room in Washington, January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesReuters - Rich and poor countries around the world -- including Pakistan, Russia and the United States -- need to boost security at their nuclear sites if they want to keep atomic bombs out of the hands of terrorists.


6 charged with left-wing terrorism in Greece (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Greek Police, Nikolaos Maziotis, one of the arrested six people suspected of being members of the Revolutionary Struggle terrorist group in Athens on Sunday April 11, 2010. Revolutionary Struggle has claimed responsibility for several attacks, including the shooting of a riot policeman last year and an anti-tank rocket strike against the U.S. Embassy in 2007. Police spokesman Athanasios Kokalakis says, 'The six arrested individuals will appear before a prosecutor to be charged with membership in Revolutionary Struggle.' (AP Photo/Greek Police, HO)AP - A Greek prosecutor charged six people Monday with membership in the country's most active far-left terrorist group, which has claimed a string of bombings and a rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Athens.


World nuclear summit confronts 'growing' threat (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the Washington Convention Center during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC. Ukraine renounced its bomb-grade uranium on Monday in a boost for President Barack Obama's summit on securing the world's nuclear materials, as a US official warned of the AFP - Ukraine renounced its bomb-grade uranium on Monday in a boost for President Barack Obama's summit on securing the world's nuclear materials, as a US official warned of the "growing" risk of nuclear terrorism.


Thai FM blasts former PM as terrorist (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:33 PM PDT

AP - Thailand's foreign minister on Monday lashed out at former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing him of personally instigating the country's deadliest political clashes in nearly two decades.

Experts: Doubts on nuke terror may raise risk (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT

AP - Too many governments around the world don't believe terrorists can "go nuclear" and that complacency is slowing efforts to lock down the makings of atomic bombs, experts said Monday on the sidelines of President Barack Obama's nuclear security summit.

Indonesian police kill terror suspect in shootout (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:54 AM PDT

An Indonesian anti-terror policeman guards outside a shop in Banda Aceh. Indonesian police killed a suspected terrorist wanted for the AFP - Indonesian police killed a suspected terrorist wanted for the "mutilations" of students and arrested four others during two raids in Aceh province on Monday, a senior officer said.


Defense chief says nuke meeting a good first step (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:32 PM PDT

AP - The gathering of nearly 50 world leaders this week represents the first real concerted international effort to confront the threat of nuclear material falling into the hands of terrorists, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.

SPIN METER: US has own nuclear security issues (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:33 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is seen during his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit, at Blair House  in Washington, Sunday, April 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama, holding a summit to urge world leaders to secure their nuclear material, frequently calls the risk of terrorists getting a nuke "the single biggest threat to U.S. security." What he is less likely to talk about is the United States' own shortcomings in safeguarding its nuclear stockpile.


Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:37 AM PDT

In this April 1, 2010 photo, NYPD transit officer Robert McMillan patrols the tunnel while riding the 4 train from the Bowling Green station in Manhattan to the  Borough Hall station in the borough of Brooklyn in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The tidy, three-story brownstone looks like any other on the cobblestone block in Brooklyn, but it isn't. It's a fake, leading directly to the belly of the nation's largest subway system.


AP Sources: NYC terror probe nabs 4th in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:14 AM PDT

File - Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning on in this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo. FBI agents late Saturday Sept. 19, 2009 arrested Najibullah Zazi, and his father, Muhammad Zazi during a raid Zazi's home in the Denver suburb of Aurora according to a spokeswoman for Najibullah Zazi's defense team. 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/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - A fourth suspect in a disrupted plot to bomb New York City subways has been arrested in Pakistan, law enforcement officials said Monday.


Parcel bomb in New Delhi wounds one - police (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Reuters - At least one person was wounded by a parcel bomb in New Delhi but police said it did not appear to be a terrorist attack.

Indonesian police kill terrorist suspect in Aceh (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:41 AM PDT

Indonesia's police officers escort a terror suspect, center, upon arrival at the police headquarters in Aceh, Indonesia, Monday, April 12, 2010.  Indonesian police arrested six men Sunday with suspected ties to a new terror group based in the western province of Aceh, including one believed to be a key militant strategist involved in a 2004 bomb attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, police said.( AP Photo/Heri Juanda)AP - Indonesian police raided a home used by suspected terrorists Monday in the far western province of Aceh, fatally shooting a man allegedly involved in the beheadings of three Christian girls.


Obama summit's goal: keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:16 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The nuclear security summit President Obama holds in Washington this week will be the largest meeting of world leaders ever hosted in the US capital â€" suggesting just how important the president considers the global task of securing nuclear materials and keeping them out of the hands of extremists and terrorist organizations.

Indonesia police kill, capture terror suspects in Aceh (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:10 AM PDT

Plain clothes policemen escort four out of the six suspects wearing balaclavas after their arrest in Medan, north Sumatra April 11, 2010. REUTERS/Tarmizy HarvaReuters - Indonesia police said on Monday they had shot dead an Islamic militant involved in the beheading of three schoolgirls in 2005 and captured three other men in raids in Aceh province in Sumatra.


S.Korean arrested for hunting N.Korea refugees (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:21 AM PDT

File photo of North Korean soldiers looking south as they stand guard on the North's side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). Seoul prosecutors have arrested a South Korean accused of hunting North Korean refugees in China and sending them back to their communist homeland, a report said Monday.(AFP/File/Jo Yong-Hak)AFP - A South Korean has been arrested on suspicion of hunting down North Korean refugees in China and sending them back to their homeland in return for drugs and cash, a Seoul prosecutor said Monday.


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