2010年4月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


NY man sentenced in terrorism financing case (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:08 PM PDT

AP - A New York businessman was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in prison for trying to funnel money to a terrorism training camp in Afghanistan through an undercover agent posing as a wealthy Middle Easterner.

Oklahoma City marks 15 years since bombing (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:17 PM PDT

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary  Janet Napolitano speaks Monday, April 19, 2010, at the Oklahoma City National Memorial during the memorial ceremony for the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - It's been 15 years since a terrorist's bomb destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people and injuring more than 600 others.


US marks Oklahoma City bombing amid rising tensions (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:55 PM PDT

Flowers rest on the chair of Christi Yolanda Jenkins, killed in the Murrah Building bombing, at the Oklahoma City National Memorial before the 15th anniversary observance ceremony of the Murrah Building bombing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people.(AFP/Getty Images/Brett Deering)AFP - The United States marked the 15th anniversary of its deadliest domestic terror attack Monday amid rising political tensions and anti-government sentiment.


Oklahoma City bombing: Is 1995 repeating itself today? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It’s been 15 years since Timothy McVeigh blew up an Oklahoma City federal building with a truck bomb. One hundred and sixty eight people died, and more than 600 others were injured, in what remains America’s worst-ever case of home-grown terrorism.

Biden hails killing of 2 al-Qaida figures in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, April  19, 2010.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that the killings of the top two al-Qaida figures in Iraq are "potentially devastating" blows to the terror network there and proof that Iraqi security forces are gaining strength.


US urges 'vigilance' on anniversary of Oklahoma bombing (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:44 AM PDT

Mourners gather for a ceremony for the 168 killed in the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged AFP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged "vigilance" against violent extremists Monday as the United States marked the 15th anniversary of its deadliest domestic terror attack.


Correction: Pakistan-US Arrests-Mother story (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:39 AM PDT

AP - In a story April 16 about an interview with the mother of a terror suspect on trial in Pakistan, The Associated Press erroneously reported when the trial began. The trial began on March 31, not Saturday, April 17, which is when prosecutors continued presenting their case.

Afghan police arrest 9 in plot for Kabul attacks (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2010 file photo, U.S. soldiers arrive at the scene after a car bomb exploded outside a hotel in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The Taliban are moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan forces prepare for a summer showdown with insurgents, according to a Taliban commander with close ties to senior insurgent leaders. NATO and Afghan forces are stepping up operations to push Taliban fighters out of the city, which was the Islamist movement's headquarters during the years it ruled most of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)AP - Afghan security forces arrested nine members of a terrorist cell and seized nearly a quarter-ton of explosives, foiling a plot to stage suicide bombings and other attacks in Kabul, the country's intelligence service said Monday.


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