2010年7月16日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


US erred in counting Iran dissidents as terrorists: court (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice delivers a lecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on March 2010. An appeals court ruled Friday that the US government erred in classifying the dissident US erred in counting Iran dissidents as terrorists: court of Iran as a terrorist organization.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - An appeals court ruled Friday that the US government erred in classifying the dissident People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran as a terrorist organization.


Norway al-Qaida case highlights terror strategy (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 01:01 PM PDT

David Jakobsen, left,  leaves court in Oslo, Monday, July 12 2010.  Three men arrested in Norway and Germany last week on suspicion of plotting attacks and of having links to al Qaeda were planning to hit targets in Norway, police authorities said on Monday.  The court named two of the suspects as Mikael Davud and David Jakobsen. (AP Photo / Hakon Mosvold Larsen, Scanpix) ** NORWAY OUT **AP - In Scandinavia, authorities fight terrorism by disrupting plots rather than making arrests, and last week's detention in Norway of suspected al-Qaida members was an aggressive departure from routine.


US-born radical cleric added to terror blacklist (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT

File - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The Obama administration has added the U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric accused of helping to plan the failed Christmas Day airline bombing to a terrorism blacklist, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support. The Treasury Department placed Anwar al-Awlaki on its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Friday. That would aim to freeze his assets, bar Americans from sending him money and ban him from traveling to the U.S. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File)   ** MANDATORY CREDIT  NO SALES **AP - The Obama administration added a U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric to a terrorism blacklist Friday, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support.


Attorney general says no 'narcoterrorism' in Mexico (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Members of the Mexican Federal Police arrive at the scene where a group of gunmen launched grenades at the police on the main avenue of Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico on July 15. Suspected drug gang members launched a car bomb attack on police in Mexico's border city of Ciudad Juarez for the first time, killing two police and two medics, a general said Friday.(AFP/File/Jesus Alcazar)AFP - Mexico's attorney general on Friday said he had no evidence that the country's drug gangs were involved in terrorism, after a deadly attack on two police cars in a northern border city.


Pakistan: Skepticism over Punjab Terrorism Crackdown (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Time.com - A campaign against militants blamed for vicious attacks on religious minorities confronts a number of security and political obstacles

Obama condemns 'outrageous' bombings in Iran (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:52 AM PDT

A wounded Iranian woman rests at a hospital in the southeastern city of Zahedan on July 16, a day after twin suicide bombings targeted a Shiite mosque, killing dozens of people. US President Barack Obama on Friday strongly condemned AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday strongly condemned "outrageous terrorist attacks" in Iran after a shadowy Sunni group claimed bombings in a Shiite mosque which killed 27 people.


Terrorists plotted Christmas bombs in NY: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:24 AM PDT

The Empire State Building is seen lit in green and red Christmas colors (R) in New York City 2009. Terrorists may have plotted bomb attacks against New York nightlife spots last Christmas, timed to coincide with a failed attack against an airliner, a report Friday quoted the FBI as saying.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - Terrorists may have plotted bomb attacks against New York nightlife spots last Christmas, timed to coincide with a failed attack against an airliner, a report Friday quoted the FBI as saying.


Obama: Iran mosque bombing outrageous, intolerable (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro sits at a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Havana July 16, 2010. Castro took his warning of impending nuclear war to Cuba's Foreign Ministry on Friday, where he explained the reasons for his dire prediction in his fifth public appearance in 10 days. Castro's sudden re-emergence after four years in seclusion has raised questions about what it all means. But his message has been consistent -- a devastating war is at hand if the United States, in alliance with Israel, tries to enforce international sanctions against Iran for its nuclear activities.  REUTERS/Revolution Studios (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - President Barack Obama is condemning the double suicide bombing against a mosque in Iran as an outrageous terrorist attack.


Judges won't extradite Kosovo terror suspect to US (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 08:31 AM PDT

AP - A panel of international judges on Friday decided not to extradite a Kosovo terror suspect to the United States on legal grounds and then set him free, a European Union official said.

India says Pakistan must punish Mumbai attackers (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, right, extends his hand to visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna for a shake hand prior to formal talks at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, July 15, 2010. Pakistan and India sought to improve their strained relationship with high-level talks aimed at rebuilding trust that was fractured by the terrorist attacks that killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai nearly two years ago. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Efforts to improve the strained ties between India and Pakistan will fail if Islamabad does not act against terror emanating from its territory, India's external affairs minister warned Friday.


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