2010年5月18日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Congress: US repeated 9/11 slips in Christmas plot (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:53 PM PDT

AP - Despite a top-to-bottom overhaul of the intelligence community after the 2001 terrorist attacks, the nation's security system showed some of the same failures when it allowed a would-be bomber to slip aboard an airliner, congressional investigators said Tuesday.

Times Square car bomb suspect appears in NY court (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT

A New York Police Department car is parked across from the Manhattan Federal Court house in New York, May 18, 2010. Suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad made his first court appearance since his arrest two weeks ago. Shahzad was ordered held without bail for parking a crude car bomb in New York's crowded Times Square on May 1. He was arrested two days later and faces charges including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and trying to kill and maim people.   REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)AP - The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.


U.S. pressure on Pakistan may risk terrorist backlash (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KARACHI, Pakistan — As the U.S. turns up the pressure on Pakistan to launch a new military offensive in the North Waziristan tribal area following the Times Square bombing attempt, analysts warn that a frontal assault could lead to a terrible terrorist backlash.

Sea lions, dolphin join terror exercises in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 03:29 PM PDT

AP - A Navy seal — actually a sea lion — took less than a minute to find a fake mine under a pier near AT&T Park.

Groups wary over US move to limit terror suspect rights (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT

US Attorney General Eric Holder, pictured on May 15. A coalition of US civil rights groups urged US Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday to refrain from attempting to restrict the rights of people detained on suspicion of engaging in terrorism.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - A coalition of US civil rights groups urged US Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday to refrain from attempting to restrict the rights of people detained on suspicion of engaging in terrorism.


UK can't deport men to Pakistan over torture risk (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:08 PM PDT

AP - The alleged ringleader of an al-Qaida bomb plot and another man regarded as a serious danger to national security can't be deported to their native Pakistan because they risk being tortured in their homeland, a British court ruled Tuesday.

Swedish man arrested for plotting Somalia attack (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 08:28 AM PDT

AP - Sweden's security service on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in Somalia, the latest in a string of Somali-linked terror cases in Scandinavia.

Affordable tickets, tight security for Indian GP (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:43 AM PDT

A Force India Formula One car is seen reflected in the goggles of a technician in Melbourne March 27, 2010. Indian Grand Prix organisers have promised affordable tickets and tight security to deal with anything from terror threats to stray dogs when the Formula One race makes its debut next year. REUTERS/Scott Wensley/FilesReuters - Indian Grand Prix organisers have promised affordable tickets and tight security to deal with anything from terror threats to stray dogs when the Formula One race makes its debut next year.


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