2010年5月10日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Axelrod: Obama is open to reviewing Miranda issue (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:49 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is open to the idea of reviewing Miranda warnings for terrorist suspects, Senior White House adviser David Axelrod said Monday.

Karzai seeking license for wider Taliban talks (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, front left, accompanied by US and NATO forces in Afghanistan Commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, right, walks in a tarmac upon arrival at Bagram Air Field, Saturday, May 8, 2010. 'We have traveled far together, but the international effort in Afghanistan still has miles to go,' said Karzai, who heads to Washington on Monday after months of rocky relations with the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, Pool)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is asking for something he isn't likely to get during a bells-and-whistles state visit that began Monday: U.S. backing for faster negotiations with Taliban leaders who were in power during the Sept. 11 attacks but whose support for a peace deal is considered essential to ending the war.


NY Judge: Torture no grounds to dismiss indictment (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 01:37 PM PDT

A sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin of defendant Omar Khadr during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at Guantanamo Bay, January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/PoolAP - A Guantanamo Bay detainee brought to the United States for trial on charges he helped the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa while he was an aide to Osama bin Laden cannot use allegations of torture by the CIA to dismiss the indictment, a judge said Monday.


Will terrorism acquittal of MDC's Roy Bennett salvage Zimbabwe unity government? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 May 2010 09:10 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Roy Bennett, a top figure in Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was acquitted Monday of terrorism charges and of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.

60% Give Positive Ratings to Government’s Response To Times Square Attempt (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 10 May 2010 07:50 AM PDT

Rasmussen Reports - Though most voters nationwide are concerned about impending terrorist attacks on the United States, the majority (60%) says the government did a good or excellent job responding to the attempted terrorist car bombing in New York's Times Square earlier this month.

Belgian woman sentenced on terrorism charges (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 07:27 AM PDT

AP - A Belgian court has convicted a 50-year-old Belgian woman of setting up, directing and financing a terrorist group and sentenced her eight years in prison.

The assimilated terrorist: An outsider no longer (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:21 AM PDT

FILE -An undated file photo from the social networking site Orkut.com, shows a man who was identified by neighbors in Connecticut as Faisal Shahzad. (AP Photo/Orkut.com, File) NO SALESAP - He was an American citizen with a three-bedroom suburban home, a wife and two kids. He shopped at Macy's and ate Oreos. His picture was on Facebook. He had an MBA and a job as a financial analyst. His wife liked to watch "Friends." And then, authorities contend, Faisal Shahzad tried to set off a bomb in Times Square.


Times Square bombing: Sign of desperation from Pakistan Taliban? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 May 2010 11:38 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration confirmed the speculation that alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad is linked to the Pakistan Taliban, with two officials saying Sunday that the terrorist group was behind the attack.
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