2010年4月15日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

NY judge prefers open records in Sept. 11 cases (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:05 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge who rejected a Sept. 11 health settlement says he would prefer more open records in litigation stemming from the World Trade Center attack and might consider unsealing all records.

Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, Wednesday April 14, 2010, which has erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Volcanic ash drifting across the Atlantic forced the cancellation of flights in Britain and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, stranding thousands of passengers. Flights in and out of London Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, were halted, and the shutdowns and cancellations spread to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland. The volcano's smoke and ash poses a threat to aircraft because it can affect visibility, and microscopic debris can get sucked into airplane engines and can cause them to shut down.(AP Photo/Jon Gustafsson) ** ICELAND OUT **AP - An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused the biggest flight disruption since the 2001 terrorist attacks Thursday as it drifted over northern Europe and stranded travelers on six continents. Officials said it could take days for the skies to become safe again in one of aviation's most congested areas.

Defeat al Qaeda by removing its "cool" image (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The way to beat al Qaeda and stop Islamist groups gaining recruits to violent causes is to remove their "cool" image and make fun of terrorists instead, according to a major international study published on Friday.

No time behind bars for Imam in NYC subway-plot (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, Ahmad Afzali, speaks to reporters before entering his home in the Fresh Meadows neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, following his release from jail on terrorism charges. The Afghanistan-born imam linked to the suspects in an aborted New York City suicide bomb plot, has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and could get up to six months in prison. His sentencing is scheduled Thursday afternoon in New York. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman, File)AP - An Afghanistan-born imam who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into a suicide bomb plot against New York City subway stations will not go to prison but must leave the country within 90 days, a judge ruled Thursday.

US court orders expulsion of Afghan imam (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Ahmad Afzali emerges from Brooklyn federal court after sentencing in New York. Afzali, a Muslim cleric and New York police informant, avoided prison time for the charge of lying to authorities investigating an alleged plot to detonate bombs on New York subways. He was ordered to leave the United States within 90 days.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Hondros)AFP - An Afghanistan-born imam who admitted he lied to the FBI over an aborted terror plot against the New York subway system was freed Thursday but ordered to leave the country within three months, a court official said.

U.S. to buy more explosive detectors for airports (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:14 PM PDT

Reuters - The Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday it would buy more than 1,200 additional devices aimed at detecting traces of explosives to use at airports to help thwart terrorism plots.

Home-grown, solo terrorists as bad as Al-Qaeda: FBI chief (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 01:35 PM PDT

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee. Mueller warned US lawmakers Thursday that Al-Qaeda still aims to strike inside the United States but home-grown or unaffiliated extremists now AFP - Al-Qaeda still aims to strike inside the United States but home-grown or unaffiliated extremists now "pose an equally serious threat," FBI chief Robert Mueller warned US lawmakers Thursday.

Greece: Evidence found on US embassy attack (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Greek anti-terrorist police lead alleged far-left militant Sarantos Nikitopoulos past a line of riot police to the office of an examining magistrate at the main Athens court complex on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Nikitopoulos and another five people were charged Monday with membership of the Revolutionary Struggle terrorist group, which has carried out a string of bombings against symbols of wealth and state power and fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the U.S. embassy in Athens three years ago. A riot policeman was severely injured during a gunfire attack in central Athens last year.The group also shot and severely wounded a riot policeman last year.(AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)AP - Evidence links suspected members of a domestic terrorist group to a 2007 rocket-propelled grenade attack on the U.S. embassy in Athens, Greek police said Thursday.

(AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:21 PM PDT

AP - Emergency officials in Iceland evacuate hundreds as new flash flood danger hits volcano area.

Indonesian woman denies 'martyr' death wish (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:01 AM PDT

Putri Munawaroh -- the only survivor of a nine-hour shoot-out with Indonesian police in September 2009 -- listens to prosecutors during her trial at the South Jakarta courthouse on April 7. Putri is facing a possible death sentence for allegedly harbouring terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top, told the court she feared she would die during a police raid on her house last year.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - An Indonesian woman facing a possible death sentence for allegedly harbouring terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top said Thursday she feared she would die during a police raid on her house last year.

Powerful CIA deputy to step down: spy agency (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 08:01 PM PDT

The powerful deputy director of the CIA, alleged to have played a role in allowing brutal interrogations of terror suspect, plans to step down in May, the spy agency's chief said(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - The powerful deputy director of the CIA, alleged to have played a role in allowing brutal interrogations of terror suspect, plans to step down in May, the spy agency's chief said.

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