2010年6月21日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Times Square bomber pleads guilty (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:54 PM PDT

This undated image, obtained from orkut.com on May 4, 2010, shows Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American who is suspected as the driver of a bomb-laden SUV into New York's Time Square on May 1. REUTERS/Courtesy of Orkut.com/Handout/FilesReuters - A Pakistani-born American citizen defiantly pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square, saying that Islamist extremists would continue to attack the United States.


US Supreme Court upholds 'material support' law (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:49 PM PDT

A view of the US Supreme Court building in 2009 in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court upheld Monday a law criminalizing AFP - The US Supreme Court upheld Monday a law criminalizing "material support" to terrorism, even in cases of training in peacemaking, despite criticism that the law targets legitimate free speech.


NYC car bomb suspect pleads guilty, calls it 'war' (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:34 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, a U.S. Marshall removes Faisal Shahzad's handcuffs in the courtroom Monday, June 21, 2010, in New York. Shahzad pleaded guilty to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carry mandatory life prison sentences. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)AP - Calling himself a Muslim soldier, a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing and left a sinister warning that unless the U.S. leaves Muslim lands alone, "we will be attacking U.S."


High court upholds anti-terror law prized by Obama (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:14 PM PDT

The U.S. Supreme Court building seen in March 2010 in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court Monday refused to hear an appeal brought by a Canadian-Syrian who was wrongly arrested in the US in 2002 and expelled to Syria where he was held and tortured for a year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AP - The Supreme Court upheld the government's authority Monday to ban aid to designated terrorist groups, even when that support is intended to steer the groups toward peaceful and legal activities.


Times Square bomber enters guilty plea (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:06 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch shows Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad (L) standing before US District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum (R) in New York, where Shahzad pleaded guilty 2010 to the Times Square car bomb bid last month, and warned of more attacks on the United States because of its occupation of Muslim lands.(AFP/Shirley Shepard)AFP - Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad on Monday pleaded guilty to all 10 charges arising out of last month's botched attack including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and terrorism.


Supreme Court boosts federal prosecutors in terror cases (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:19 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday bolstered law enforcement in national security cases, permitting prosecution of U.S. organizations that provide nonviolent legal training or advice to designated terrorist groups.

Unrepentant Times Square bomber pleads guilty '100 times' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:24 PM PDT

This courtroom sketch shows Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad (L) standing before US District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum (R) in New York, where Shahzad pleaded guilty 2010 to the Times Square car bomb bid last month, and warned of more attacks on the United States because of its occupation of Muslim lands.(AFP/Shirley Shepard)AFP - Pakistani-born American Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty Monday to the Times Square car bomb bid "100 times", defiantly warning of more attacks on the United States until it leaves Muslim lands.


Supreme Court upholds terrorism support law (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 09:31 AM PDT

Reuters - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a law that bars Americans from providing support to foreign terrorist groups, rejecting arguments that it violated constitutional rights of free speech and association.

(AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:16 AM PDT

AP - Supreme Court upholds anti-terror law that was challenged on free speech grounds.

SAfrica arrests 6 in attempt on exiled Rwandan (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:48 AM PDT

AP - Police have arrested six suspects after an exiled Rwandan general accused of grenade attacks in his homeland was shot in South Africa over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
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