2010年5月23日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Vt. senator wants US-Canada border crossing closed (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT

AP - Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to close the little-used Canadian border crossing at Morses Line.

Relatives: 3 Pakistanis innocent in Times Sq. case (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2010 11:24 AM PDT

Family members of Shahid Hassan, one of among six men, who have been detained in Pakistan for alleged links to the botched Times Square bombing, leaves after a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, May 23, 2010.  Relatives of three Pakistani men detained by the government for alleged links with the Times Square bomber protested the men's innocence Sunday, saying their fervent religious beliefs do not mean the are Islamic extremists. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Relatives of three Pakistanis detained for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing protested the men's innocence Sunday, saying their fervent religious beliefs do not mean they are Islamic extremists.


Jihadis make their way to Pakistan training areas (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2010 10:00 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file booking mug released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Faisal Shahzad. The path to terrorist training in Pakistan is well worn — developed and maintained by long established militant groups that have operated for decades. They are open to those — Americans included — with enough determination and savvy to navigate both the extremist networks and the dangerous borderlands. Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American charged in the failed Times Square bombing, is among those to make the journey, U.S. prosecutors allege. Five young American Muslims tried to link up with extremists with less success, officials say: They now face trial in Pakistan.  (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)AP - The path to terrorist training in Pakistan is well worn — developed and maintained by established militant groups that have operated for decades. They are open to those — Americans included — with enough determination and savvy to navigate both the extremist networks and the dangerous borderlands.


Israel holds defense drill amid regional tension (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2010 09:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2009 file photo, Israeli soldiers wearing gas masks carry a dummy on a stretcher as they take part in a home front command army drill simulating a chemical missile attack at an army base near Tel Aviv. Israel launched a dress rehearsal for disaster on Sunday, May 23, 2010, as it began a five-day civil defense drill to test the response of soldiers, emergency crews and civilians to simulated rocket and missile attacks, mega terror attacks and biological and chemical attacks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)AP - Israel held a dress rehearsal for disaster Sunday, beginning a defense drill to test the response of soldiers, emergency crews and civilians to simulated missile barrages, terrorist attacks and chemical strikes.


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