2010年6月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


New Yorker in London gets prison for al-Qaida help (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT

AP - A New Yorker extradited from Great Britain was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for helping an al-Qaida operative supply equipment to militants in Afghanistan.

US seeks Afghan prison interrogation deal: report (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 11:43 AM PDT

A US officer silhouetted at the Bagram prison, north of Kabul, in 2009. The United States is seeking a deal with the Afghan authorities to retain the ability to hold and interrogate foreign terror suspects at the notorious prison in Afghanistan, a report said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The United States is seeking a deal with the Afghan authorities to retain the ability to hold and interrogate foreign terror suspects at a notorious prison in Afghanistan, a report said Wednesday.


House Acts to Boost Federal Power to Protect Electric Grid (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:15 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The House on Wednesday easily passed legislation that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) new power to protect the nation's electric grid from terror attacks or other threats.

2 NJ terror suspects had brushes with authority (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:08 AM PDT

This combo of two undated mugs provided by the U.S. Marshals on Wednesday June 9, 2010 shows Carlos Eduardo Almonte, left and Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, right.  Authorities say terrorism suspects, Almonte, 24, and  Alessa, 20 were arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport on Saturday June 5, 2010 in hopes of getting terrorism training in Somalia. The two made their first federal court appearance Monday in Newark, N.J. and both requested court-appointed attorneys. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals)AP - Two terrorism suspects arrested at an airport over the weekend ran afoul of school officials and law enforcement over the last several years, with one considered so disruptive that he was removed from school and taught privately with a security guard present.


Russian security chief says top rebel captured (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:01 AM PDT

AP - A top militant leader accused of staging several terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus has been captured by the government forces, Russia's security chief said Wednesday.

Euro official urges strong rendition flight probes (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:07 AM PDT

AP - Europe's human rights chief on Wednesday accused European countries of avoiding tough investigations into the treatment of suspected terrorists because they do not want to rock relations with the United States.
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