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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

5 Americans convicted of terror charges in Pakistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — A Pakistani court convicted five young American Muslim men of terrorism charges Thursday and sentenced each to 10 years in jail, but the defendants said they'd been tortured and framed by local police.

Napolitano: Obama wants immigration overhaul (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:08 PM PDT

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks during a luncheon to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Denver on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The NALEO conference is the largest gathering of Latino elected and appointed officials in the United States. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano blamed a "bitterly divided Congress" for failing to create an immigration bill but assured Hispanic political leaders on Thursday that the president remains committed to overhauling the nation's immigration laws.

US boosts aid to Yemen, key ally in terror battle (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:56 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is boosting assistance to Yemen as it moves to strengthen ties with the key ally in the war on terrorism and promote democratic reform there.

Pakistani anti-terror court convicts 5 Americans (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:54 AM PDT

Pakistani police officers stand guard outside the district jail, where five young American Muslims from the Washington, D.C. area who were arrested in Pakistan in December, are being held in Sargodha, Pakistan, Thursday, June 24, 2010. The five American men were convicted Thursday on terror charges by a Pakistan court and sentenced to 15 years in prison each, a prosecutor said. The judge handed down two prison terms for each man, one for 10 years and the other for five, said deputy prosecutor Rana Bakhtiar. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - Five young American Muslims were convicted of plotting terrorist attacks and sentenced to 10 years in jail Thursday in a case that highlights concerns about Westerners traveling to Pakistan to link up with al-Qaida and other extremist groups.

Indonesia's deradicalization program under fire (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2006 file photo, suspected militant Abdulah Sunata waits for the start of his trial inside a holding cell at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia. Sunata was arrested Wednesday, June 23, 2010, for his alleged involvement in a plot to carry out a Mumbai-style attack targeting foreigners at luxury hotels and several high-profile assassinations. (AP Photo/Irwin Ferdiansyah, File)AP - Not long ago, Abdullah Sunata was a poster child for Indonesia's efforts to persuade jailed terrorists to give up their violent ways. He was given furloughs to attend lawn parties and police helped pay for mounting hospital bills when his wife gave birth.

Pakistani court sentences Americans for terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:54 AM PDT

Pakistani policemen escort hand-cuffed men identified as Umar Farooq, (3rd L), Aman Hassan Yemer, (C front) Ramy Zamzam, (C rear) and Waqar Hussain Khan, (R) who police say are four of five Americans arrested in Pakistan, leave after their court appearance in Sargodha, Punjab province, 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Islamabad, January 18, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Five American students were sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in jail for contacting militants online and plotting attacks by a court in Pakistan, fighting its own battle with Islamist radicals.

China says terror bust underscores enduring threat (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:46 AM PDT

A Chinese man talks on his mobile phone near a computer screen displaying photographic evidence of a gang of 'hardcore terrorists' which China said they have broken up during a press conference in Beijing, China Thursday, June 24, 2010. China said Thursday it had broken up the gang who plotted attacks in the western region of Xinjiang, where scores were killed in ethnic violence last year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China said Thursday its uncovering of a "terrorist" cell linked to a banned separatist movement in the country's far west underscored the enduring threat of attacks, a year after deadly ethnic riots rocked the traditionally Muslim Xinjiang region.

Kyrgyzstan "weak link" for extremists: security chief (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:33 AM PDT

An Uzbekistani police officer carries an ethnic Uzbek child as fellow ethnic Uzbeks cross the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border to return back to Kyrgyzstan, near the village of Yorkishlak some 400 km (249 miles) east of Tashkent, June 22, 2010. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovReuters - Kyrgyzstan is a weak link in Central Asia that could be exploited by extremists determined to create an Islamic caliphate in the region bordering Afghanistan, the head of the country's security service said on Thursday.

Pakistan court jails five Americans for terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:22 AM PDT

US militant suspect Umar Farooq is hugged by his father Khalid Farooq outside a court in Sargodha in February 2010. A Pakistani court has sentenced five Americans to 10 years each in jail after finding them guilty of waging war against the state and funding a terrorist group, lawyers said.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced five Americans to 10 years in jail each after finding them guilty of waging war against the state and funding a terrorist group, lawyers said.

British man gets 5 years for plot to kill Blair (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:45 AM PDT

AP - A man who urged British Muslims to join a plot to assassinate former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is being jailed for five years.

Indonesia's top terror suspect behind bars (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:25 AM PDT

A 2005 photo of Indonesia's AFP - Indonesia's "most wanted" terror suspect was behind bars Thursday after raids which left one officer wounded and uncovered a stash of explosive materials, documents and weapons, police said.

Indonesian president hopes arrest cripples cell (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:43 AM PDT

AP - Indonesia's president said he hopes the arrest of the country's most-wanted terrorist suspect will help cripple a network accused of plotting a Mumbai-style attack targeting foreigners at luxury hotels and several high-profile assassinations.

Noordin's father-in-law on trial over Jakarta bombs (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:52 AM PDT

Workers clean up the blast site of the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta in July 2009. The father-in-law of slain Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top has gone on trial in Indonesia, facing up to 15 years in prison for helping one of Asia's most wanted men evade capture.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - The father-in-law of slain Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top went on trial in Indonesia on Thursday, facing up to 15 years in prison for helping one of Asia's most wanted men evade capture.

Homeland Security to use drones along border (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:55 PM PDT

FILE - The unmanned Predator B taxis back to the hangar in El Mirage, Calif., in this Sept. 6, 2001 file photo, after a test flight over the Mojave Desert. The Federal Aviation Administration approved the expansion of unmanned aircraft flights Wednesday June 23, 2010 to patrol the entire Texas-Mexico border. The Predator B to be used in the patrols can fly for 20 hours without refueling, compared with a helicopter's average flight time of just over two hours. (AP Photo/Doug Benc, File)AP - The Homeland Security Department will use unmanned surveillance aircraft and other technological upgrades in its ongoing effort to protect the southern border of the United States.

Xinjiang 'terror cell' busted, says China (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:34 PM PDT

File photo shows Chinese paramilitary police standing guard in in Urumqi, in northwest China's Xinjiang region. Chinese police have said they have broken up a AFP - Chinese police said on Thursday they had broken up a 'terrorist cell' in Xinjiang that had carried out attacks in the restive region.

Canada PM apologizes over 1985 Air India bomb 'failure' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 07:34 PM PDT

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, pictured last month, apologized to the families of the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing for authorities' failure to stop AFP - Canada's prime minister apologized to the families of the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing for authorities' failure to stop "the single worst act of terrorism in Canadian history."

China says breaks up "terrorist" cell in Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:43 AM PDT

Reuters - China has broken up a "terrorist" cell in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, an official said on Thursday, nearly a year after ethnic violence in the regional capital left around 200 dead.

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