2010年5月13日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Aging jet fighters concern retiring NORAD chief (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 03:23 PM PDT

AP - A four-star general who's retiring from the military's top homeland security position said Thursday the nation's radar system needs to be replaced and its jet fighter fleet is getting old.

US Senator: Label Pakistan Taliban, Haqqani, as terrorists (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Senator Dianne Feinstein speaks during a hearing on May 5 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senator Feinstein urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday to blacklist Pakistan's Taliban and the Haqqani network fighting US forces in Afghanistan as foreign terrorist organizations.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - A senior US senator urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday to blacklist Pakistan's Taliban and the Haqqani network fighting US forces in Afghanistan as foreign terrorist organizations.


Chile prosecutor: solid case against Pakistani suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Chilean officials believe they have a criminal case against a Pakistani man being held under an anti-terrorism law after he was arrested in the U.S. Embassy with traces of explosive on him.

Chile cops raid house of Embassy detainee's friend (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 12:51 PM PDT

Police officers escort Pakistan's Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, center, as he arrives to a hospital for a medical check-up in Santiago, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Traces of explosives were found on Khan, who was summoned to the U.S. Embassy because his U.S. visa had been revoked, State Department officials in Washington said. (AP Photo/ Aliosha Marquez)AP - Police spent hours Thursday searching the apartment of an Egyptian man who was friendly with a Pakistani national arrested at the U.S. Embassy as part of a terrorism investigation.


AP Exclusive: CIA tracks Al-Qaida moving from Iran (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2003, file photo, escorted by his bodyguard, then-Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, left, speaks with media as he leaves a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran. 'No,' was Khatami's brief reply when reporters asked if Iran would allow the United States access to al-Qaida operatives in Iranian custody. Al-Qaida operatives who have been detained for years in Iran have quietly been making their way in out of the country, raising the prospect that Iran is loosening its grip on the terror group so it can replenish its ranks, former and current U.S intelligence officials say. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - It's one of the enduring mysteries of the war on terrorism: What will become of the al-Qaida leaders and operatives who fled into Iran after 9/11 and have been detained there for years?


Pakistan court acquits nine terror suspects (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:42 AM PDT

Pakistani security officials examine a badly damaged vehicle after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi in February 2008. A Pakistani anti-terrorism court Thursday acquitted nine men accused of involvement in the killing of a senior military officer and a deadly attack on an army bus, state media reported.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - A Pakistani anti-terrorism court Thursday acquitted nine men accused of involvement in the killing of a senior military officer and a deadly attack on an army bus, state media reported.


On terrorism, AG counters Republican criticism (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:37 AM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the House Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing on the Department of Justice, Thursday, May 13, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Attorney General Eric Holder brought a newsy trump card Thursday to what has become a Capitol Hill ritual — facing criticism from Republicans for battling terrorism from within the criminal justice system.


Sale of 500-euro notes banned in criminal clampdown (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 06:47 AM PDT

A cashier counts out 500 Euro notes in London, 2001. Currency exchanges across Britain have stopped selling 500-euro notes because 90 percent of them were linked to serious crime, tax evasion and terrorism.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Currency exchanges across Britain have stopped selling 500-euro notes because 90 percent of them were linked to serious crime, tax evasion and terrorism, police said on Thursday.


U.S. airport security officers targeted in ID theft (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 05:25 AM PDT

Passengers walk under security notices in Terminal C at Boston's Logan International Airport September 11, 2006. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - A Massachusetts couple has been charged with stealing the identities of dozens of Transportation Security Administration officers, who screen passengers and baggage at U.S. airports.


Three terror suspects arrested in Indonesia: police (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 12:25 AM PDT

Indonesian police seal a raided house in Babakan Jati village in Cikampek, West Java province, on May 12, 2010 after a shootout with terror suspects. Three terror suspects were arrested in a police raid in Central Java on Thursday, police said, a day after five men were shot dead in the latest anti-terror operations in Indonesia.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Three terror suspects were arrested in a police raid in Central Java on Thursday, police said, a day after five men were shot dead in the latest anti-terror operations in Indonesia.


Libya plane crash kills 103, Libyan authorities rule out terrorism (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 May 2010 07:48 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A Libyan-operated Airbus 330-200 carrying 104 people from Johannesburg crashed on arrival at Tripoli’s airport this morning in what were described as foggy conditions.
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