2010年5月19日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Missouri man pleads guilty to helping al Qaeda (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - A used car dealer in Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to providing support to al Qaeda by sending about $23,500 to the militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Saudi Arabia religious leaders call terrorism financing un-Islamic (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 May 2010 12:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Saudi Arabia’s top religious leaders have condemned terrorism financing as forbidden by Islamic law, giving added religious weight and potentially larger punishments to existing civil statutes.

Singapore probes possible terror attack plot (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:07 AM PDT

Commuters baording a train at the Orchard subway station in Singapore. Singapore said Wednesday it had sent a security team to Jakarta to discuss Indonesian police findings that the city-state could have been the target of a terror attack plot.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Singapore said Wednesday it had sent a security team to Jakarta to discuss Indonesian police findings that the city-state could have been the target of a terror attack plot.

Pakistan-US security pledge after NY bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 07:09 AM PDT

A tourist watches the news screen on May 5 about the failed Times Square car bombing in New York. Pakistan and the United States vowed to step up efforts to prevent terror plots Wednesday as US officials briefed Islamabad on inquiries into a New York bomb plot blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Pakistan and the United States vowed to step up efforts to prevent terror plots Wednesday as US officials briefed Islamabad on inquiries into a New York bomb plot blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.

Official: NYC bomb suspect looked at other targets (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT

This undated booking mug released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Faisal Shahzad. The man accused of plotting a car bombing in New York's Times Square made his first appearance Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in a Manhattan courtroom where he was told by a magistrate judge that he had the right to remain silent. Authorities say Faisal Shahzad's willingness to talk kept him out of court for two weeks, speeding up the progress of an investigation into his May 1 plot to set off a homemade car bomb. The hearing lasted only 10 minutes. Shahzad, 30, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, confirmed with a 'yes' that his financial affidavit was accurate, permitting him to be appointed an assistant public defender, Julia Gatto, who declined to comment afterward. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)AP - While sequestered in a New York hotel room, the Times Square bomb suspect revealed he had thought about targeting other landmarks and asked investigators why the bomb he built failed to go off, people familiar with the probe said Wednesday.

Small terror attacks cause for concern: Obama adviser (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 09:46 PM PDT

A New York police bomb squad member investigates a gasoline found in a suspicious vehicle May 14 near Union Square in New York. President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser expressed concern over the growing threat of AFP - President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser expressed concern over the growing threat of "small-scale attacks," citing recent foiled plots aimed at New York City.

WH adviser: Interrogation team questions Shahzad (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2010 07:59 PM PDT

AP - White House terrorism adviser John Brennan said Tuesday a special team of investigators has begun interrogating high-value terrorist suspects in the U.S. and abroad, including the man accused in the failed Times Square bombing.

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

Posted: 18 May 2010 06:46 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.

After Times Square bombing, should New York get more anti-terrorism funding? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On Tuesday, two and a half weeks after the botched Times Square bombing attempt, Faisal Shahzad finally appeared in the Federal District Court in lower Manhattan to be formally charged with five felony counts, including two that could lead to life imprisonment.

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