2010年5月7日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Petraeus: Times Square bomber likely acted alone (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:31 PM PDT

This photo provided by the White House shows U.S. Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen. James Cartwright, gesturing while talking with President Barack Obama in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 6, 2010, during a meeting of the national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan. (AP Photo/Pete Souza, White House)AP - The Times Square bombing suspect apparently operated as a "lone wolf" who did not work with other terrorists, according to the general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But investigators believe he had some bomb-making training in Pakistan, a second senior military official said.

Clinton: US needs more help from Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Pakistani scavenger children who collect recyclable items from garbage to earn their living, wait for a garbage truck in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, May 7, 2010. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday the U.S. expects more cooperation from Pakistan's government in fighting terror and warned of repercussions if a future successful attack in the United States is linked to Pakistan.

Frequent terror scares have NYers wary, not scared (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Wesley Weddington, Sr., left, a U.S. Army veteran, sell 'I Love You NY' shirts from his vendor stand in Times Square, New York, Thursday May 6, 2010. He was among vendors who called attention to a suspicious SUV with a bomb which police defused Saturday. Weddington said his son 'was nervous. He didn't want me to go to work.' (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - New York police clear streets around Times Square and call in the bomb squad after someone spots an abandoned cooler.

Pakistanis pose as Indians after NY bomb scare (Reuters)

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:37 AM PDT

Pakistani-American Arshad Qureshi speaks during an interview with Agence France-Presse in front of a mosque in Silver Spring, Maryland, on May 5. For many Pakistani-Americans, the bomb plot in Time Square, New York, instilled not so much fear but embarrassment. The community has been proud of its prosperity in this nation of immigrants and has come under far less scrutiny than Pakistani British.(AFP/Jewel Samad)Reuters - Pakistani merchants and job seekers in the United States, still reeling from economic hardship since the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001, are posing as Indians to avoid discrimination in the wake of the Times Square bomb attempt.

Pressure on Pakistan amid fresh terror links (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 09:39 AM PDT

Police officers wait outside of the Federal Courthouse where Faisal Shahzad is expected to be arraigned in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing in New York May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiAP - Alleged links between the Times Square plot and extremist networks are adding to perceptions of Pakistan as a global exporter of terror and increasing pressure on its military to crack down on extremists along the Afghan border.

Five S.African extremists charged with terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 06:26 AM PDT

A South African policeman guards a riot van outside the Pretoria High Court in 2003. South African police said Friday five white extremists have been charged with terrorism over an alleged plot to bomb black townships, but insisted there was no threat to the football World Cup.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - South African investigators on Friday said five white extremists had been charged with terrorism in connection with a plot to blow up black townships ahead of the World Cup in June.

Faisal Shahzad Bomb Inquiry Looks at Pakistan Training (Time.com)

Posted: 07 May 2010 04:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo from the social networking site Orkut.com, a man who was identified by neighbors in Connecticut as Faisal Shahzad, is shown. Shahzad 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. A day before driving the SUV with a rigged homemade bomb into Times Square, Shahzad made a test drive into the heart of the city, dropped off a getaway car blocks from his target and took a train home to Connecticut, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate hearing Thursday, May 6, 2010, that Shahzad has continued to answer questions after being read his constitutional rights, rejecting criticism that reading Shahzad his Miranda rights hindered investigators. (AP Photo/Orkut.com, File) NO SALESTime.com - The man accused of the failed Times Square bombing attack is said to have received training after traveling to Pakistan -- perhaps the easiest place in the world to volunteer for a terror mission

Police: No criminal intent in NH bus bomb scare (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 03:57 PM PDT

A passenger exits a bus after a bomb threat aboard halted it in downtown Portsmouth, N.H. on Thursday May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - The words "bomb on the bus" heard from a cell phone set it all off: Downtown Portsmouth shut down, businesses and homes evacuated, sharpshooters and an armored vehicle rolling in.

Lone wolf or group plot? Feds say it'll take time (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 07:28 PM PDT

This undated photo from the social networking site Orkut.com, shows Faisal Shahzad, right, and his wife Huma Mian. Shahzad 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. Shahzad, was taken into custody by FBI agents and New York Police Department detectives at Kennedy Airport while trying to board a flight to Dubai, according to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials. (AP Photo/Orkut.com) NO SALESAP - The White House sidestepped questions about whether the attempted Times Square bomber was linked to foreign terror groups Thursday as the FBI sought to tamp down reports that it had either confirmed or disproved such connections.

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