2010年5月4日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


53 hours, 20 minutes: From terror plot to arrest (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT

FBI agents remove evidence from a house in Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  Faisal Shahzad, a U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to cause a fireball in Times Square, federal authorities said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The license plate had been switched and the vehicle identification number stripped from the dashboard of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder holding a crude bomb in Times Square. Smoke from the faulty firecracker detonators might have ruined evidence.


Times Square Bomb Suspect Shahzad: The Pakistan Link (Time.com)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT

A pair of shoes hang from the phone lines in the foreground of the home of Faisal Shahzad in Bridgeport, CT. A leader of the Ahmadiya Islamic minority on Tuesday implored US Muslims who would attack the country to leave, after a Pakistani-American was charged in a car bomb plot.(AFP/Don Emmert)Time.com - Pakistani officials claim that Faisal Shahzad, arrested for the failed New York bomb plot, attended a training camp in Pakistan. But authorities have not yet revealed whether he acted as part of a terrorism network


NY bomber confesses in terrorism plot: officials (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:51 PM PDT

An image of terror suspect Faisal Shahzad is seen on a tv screen as US Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Deputy Director of the FBI John S. Pistole and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly hold a briefing regarding the investigation into the Times Square attempted bombing, in Washington, DC.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - A Pakistani-American man arrested as he tried to flee the country has confessed to the failed bomb in New York's Times Square and will be charged with international terrorism, US officials said Tuesday.


SEAL jury hears tape of alleged assault victim (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT

AP - A jury in the court-martial of a Navy SEAL accused of punching a suspected terrorist in Iraq heard the alleged victim testify Tuesday that he was blindfolded, handcuffed, beaten and kicked after his capture in September.

US takes early lumps in case against Mich. militia (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:18 PM PDT

FILE - This combo of eight file photos provided by the U.S. Marshals Service on Monday March 29, 2010 shows from top left, David Brian Stone Sr., 44, of Clayton, Mich,; David Brian Stone Jr. of Adrian, Mich,; Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio,; Tina Mae Stone and bottom row from left, Michael David Meeks,  40, of Manchester, Mich,; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; and Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshall, File)AP - Federal authorities touted the arrests of nine members of a Michigan militia as a pre-emptive strike against homegrown terrorists, declaring at an initial court hearing that the suspects with "dark hearts and evil intent" wanted to go to war against the government.


Times Square bomb suspect faces terror charges (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Police and pedestrians mix in New York's Times Square. Police have arrested a Pakistan-born suspect trying to board a plane to Dubai after the failed Times Square bomb plot that officials said was designed AP - Authorities have brought terrorism and mass destruction charges against the suspect in the failed Times Square car bombing, saying he has confessed to receiving explosives training in Pakistan.


AP sources: Bomber trained at Pakistan terror camp (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 12:26 PM PDT

This undated image, obtained from orkut.com on May 4, 2010, shows Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American who is suspected as the driver of a bomb-laden SUV into New York's Time Square on May 1. Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was arrested late on May 3 at John F. Kennedy International Airport by FBI agents in New York as he tried to take a flight to Dubai, local and federal officials said.   REUTERS/Courtesy of Orkut.com/Handout (CRIME LAW DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - The suspect in the failed Times Square bombing told authorities he trained at a terrorism camp in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday as they worked to unravel the events leading up to the nearly catastrophic attack.


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Posted: 04 May 2010 12:09 PM PDT

AP - Law enforcement officials: Times Square bomb suspect trained at terror camp in Pakistan

US senator: No US citizenship rights for terrorists (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 12:05 PM PDT

US Senator Joe Lieberman, pictured in February 2010, called Tuesday, in the wake of the failed New York car bombing plot, for Americans who target fellow citizens with terrorist violence to be stripped of their US citizenship rights.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - A US senator called Tuesday for some Americans who target fellow citizens with terrorist violence to be stripped of their citizenship rights in the wake of the failed New York car bombing plot.


NY bomb suspect said to admit plot, Pakistan training (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:47 PM PDT

Crime scene investigators examine a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle that was packed with bomb materials in New York's Times Square May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - A Pakistani-American admitted trying to detonate a bomb in New York's busy Times Square and receiving bomb-making training in a known Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.


New York car bomb suspect faces terrorism charges (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:35 AM PDT

An image of terror suspect Faisal Shahzad is seen on a tv screen as US Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Deputy Director of the FBI John S. Pistole and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly hold a briefing regarding the investigation into the Times Square attempted bombing, in Washington, DC.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - A Pakistani-American arrested for the New York car bomb plot will be charged with international terrorism and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, US officials said Tuesday.


Attempted Times Square Bombing Was Poorly Plotted, Experts Say (Time.com)

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:35 AM PDT

A police robot stands next to a vehicle containing a car bomb, discovered at New York's Time Square, NY, U.S.A., Sunday, May 2, 2010. Police cleared the streets around Times Square when the vehicle was seen to be smoking late Saturday evening, before recovering un-detonated bomb components of cans of gasoline, tanks of propane, fireworks and other electrical equipment from the sport utility vehicle.(AP Photo/APTV) ** TV OUT **Time.com - The authorities have done a remarkable job since 9/11 in protecting America from transnational professional terrorism. But unsophisticated local copycats are harder to spot


NY bomb suspect said to admit plot, Pakistan training (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:29 PM PDT

A pair of shoes hang from the phone lines in the foreground of the home of Faisal Shahzad in Bridgeport, CT. A leader of the Ahmadiya Islamic minority on Tuesday implored US Muslims who would attack the country to leave, after a Pakistani-American was charged in a car bomb plot.(AFP/Don Emmert)Reuters - A Pakistani-American admitted trying to detonate a bomb in New York's busy Times Square and receiving bomb-making training in a known Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.


The Times Square Suspect's Terror Ties (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:02 AM PDT

The Daily Beast - American intelligence officials in Pakistan and Dubai have begun a massive effort to reconstruct the movements of Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani American accused of attempting to set off a car bomb in Times Square, in hopes of finding others involved in the plot.

Security slip let suspect on plane, near takeoff (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder, right, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, center, and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, during a news conference to update the attempted bombing in Times Square, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The no-fly list failed to keep the Times Square suspect off the plane. Faisal Shahzad had boarded a jetliner bound for the United Arab Emirates Monday night before federal authorities pulled him back.


Two held in Pakistan over failed New York bomb attack (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:54 PM PDT

An image of terror suspect Faisal Shahzad is seen on a tv screen as US Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Deputy Director of the FBI John Pistole and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly hold a briefing regarding the investigation into the Times Square attempted bombing, in Washington, DC.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Pakistan detained Tuesday two people linked to a Pakistani-American arrested in New York for an attempted car bombing at Times Square, and pledged full co-operation with the US investigation.


NY Bomb Plot Revives Various Homeland Security Proposals (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The New York City car bomb plot has revived some proposals on homeland security that have languished in the past -- along with calls for increased federal funds to help the Big Apple deal with terror threats.

Failed terror attack plots leave NY residents wary (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 09:15 AM PDT

In this file photo from  Wednesday, March 31, 2010, heavily armed members of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Emergency Service Unit patrol Grand Central Station in New York during the morning rush hour in New York City.  There have been at least nine planned terror attacks here since Sept. 11, 2001. Those involved hoped variously to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge, to blow up financial institutions, to smuggle explosive materials into the city, to detonate explosives on the subway, to release cyanide into the subway system, to ignite an airport jet-fuel pipeline, and to collapse Path train tunnels at ground zero. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - Another failed terrorist plot. Another mass sigh of relief.


Obama: FBI looking for terror ties in attack (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT

A NYPD officer in an bomb suit examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle parked in New York's Times Square May 1, 2010. An apparent failed car bomb that was smoking and emitted a AP - The FBI is investigating the suspect in last weekend's failed Times Square car bombing for possible ties to terrorist groups, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.


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