2010年6月2日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


UN criticism not likely to stop CIA drone strikes (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:27 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. government's covert program using unmanned drones to strike at terrorists inside Pakistan is not likely to stop or change, despite new criticism from a U.N. human rights expert.

AP INTERVIEW: Turkish aid group had terror ties (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 02:51 PM PDT

AP - The Turkish Islamic charity behind a flotilla of aid ships that was raided by Israeli forces on its way to Gaza had ties to terrorism networks, including a 1999 al-Qaida plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport, France's former top anti-terrorism judge said Wednesday.

UN expert: 'Targeted killings' may be war crimes (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:45 AM PDT

AP - Governments must come clean on their methods for killing suspected terrorists and insurgents — especially when using unmanned drones — because they may be committing war crimes, a U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday.

Spain, Pakistan pledge to fight against terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:02 AM PDT

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (L) and Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (R) at a press conference after their meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid. Pakistan and Spain expressed their joint commitment to fight terrorism as they signed a broad bilateral agreement Wednesday aimed at enhancing cooperation on security, trade and other issues.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - Pakistan and Spain expressed their joint commitment to fight terrorism as they signed a broad bilateral agreement Wednesday aimed at enhancing cooperation on security, trade and other issues.


Russia says terrorists seeking nuclear materials (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 07:45 AM PDT

A Russian serviceman passes by the opened SS-18 intercontinental ballistic multiple-warhead Satan missile launching silo in the town of Kartaly in the Russia's Chelyabinsky region, August 16, 2002. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The chief of Russia's state security service said on Wednesday that terrorists were seeking access to nuclear materials across the former Soviet Union, Russian news agencies reported.


US has few options for Pakistan-linked attack (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 12:01 AM PDT

AP - America's ability to respond to a successful terrorist attack linked to Pakistan is extremely limited, despite recent talk of severe consequences and even unilateral U.S. military action if one should occur.
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