2010年5月17日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Obama names new transportation security chief (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:24 PM PDT

Deputy Director of the FBI John S. Pistole speaks at a press conference held by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L) at Department of Justice headquarters on May 4. US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated FBI counter-terrorism expert John Pistole to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which oversees airport security measures.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated FBI counter-terrorism expert John Pistole to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which oversees airport security measures.


Accountant held without bail in NYC in terror case (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:19 PM PDT

AP - A prosecutor on Monday accused an accountant charged with conspiring to modernize al-Qaida of using code words and encrypted software to speak with a co-defendant who bought digital watches that could be used as timing devices in explosives.

Germany: No clemency for leftist terrorist (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:35 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 5, 1996 file photo showing convicted leftist terrorist Birgit Hogefeld in a court in Frankfurt, Germany.  German President Horst Koehler said Monday, May 17, 2010, he decided not to grant Hogefeld early release, rejecting a request for clemency after speaking personally with her to hear her plea. Hogefeld is serving a life sentence for the 1985 murder of a U.S. soldier and the deadly bombing of an American base.(AP Photo, File)AP - Germany's president said Monday he had rejected a request for clemency from a leftist terrorist serving a life sentence for the murder of a U.S. soldier and the deadly bombing of an American base.


MMS drilling official retires in oil spill fallout (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT

BP America Chairman and President Lamar McKay, right, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 17, 2010, as U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to assess the nation's response to BP PLC's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The federal official overseeing offshore drilling announced his departure Monday in a fallout from the Gulf oil spill and criticism that federal regulators have been too cozy with industry.


Iraq vows to quickly eliminate new Qaeda leaders (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 06:49 AM PDT

A handout picture released by the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office on April 19 shows Nuri al-Maliki at a press conference in Baghdad holding up photos of Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Omar al-Baghdadi before and after his death. Iraq's security forces have vowed to quickly eliminate Al-Qaeda's new leadership, a day after the terror network named replacements for two senior commanders killed last month.(AFP/Iraqi PM Office/File)AFP - Iraq's security forces on Monday vowed to quickly eliminate Al-Qaeda's new leadership, a day after the terror network named replacements for two senior commanders who were killed last month.


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