2010年7月18日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Pakistanis among 20 held in Uganda terror investigation (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:36 PM PDT

Pictures of some of the victims are laid before their caskets on July 16 at a memorial service for six young Eritreans killed in a suicide-bomb attack in Kampala. Ugandan police said they had arrested 20 people, including several Pakistanis, after last week's deadly blasts in Kampala, as Interpol published facial reconstructions of two suspected bombers.(AFP/File/Trevor Snapp)AFP - Ugandan police said they had arrested 20 people, including several Pakistanis, after last week's deadly blasts in Kampala, as Interpol published facial reconstructions of two suspected bombers.


Clinton asks Pakistan to do more to combat terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stands next to Pakistan's flag as she waits for the arrival of Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at The Prime Minister's House in Islamabad. Clinton on Sunday called for Pakistan to take AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday called for Pakistan to take "additional steps" to counter terrorism, in an interview with the BBC just after her arrival in Pakistan.


Malaysia holds terror suspect under security law (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 10:12 PM PDT

A Malaysian police officer stands guard in the Pontian district of southern Johor state in Malaysia. Police in the country have detained a terror suspect under a tough security law for allegedly recruiting students for the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, it was has been reported.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysian police have detained a terror suspect under a tough security law for allegedly recruiting students for the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group, it was reported Sunday.


Car bomb in Mexican drug war changes ground rules (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:01 PM PDT

The remains of a vehicle are cordoned off in a street in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday July 16, 2010. Mexican investigators ran forensic tests to determine whether drug gangs used a car bomb in an attack on police patrol trucks that killed two officers and wounded nine people on Thursday.  A car bomb would mark an unprecedented escalation of Mexico's drug war and confirm long-standing fears that the cartels are turning to explosives in their fight against security forces. (AP Photo)AP - The first successful car bombing by a drug cartel brings a new dimension of terror to a Mexican border region already shocked by random street battles, bodies dangling from bridges and highway checkpoints mounted by heavily armed criminals.


Afghan govt wants donors to support its priorities (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Afghan firefighters hose down the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul,Afghanistan, Sunday, July 18, 2010. A suicide bombing in eastern Kabul killed three civilians on Sunday, two days before an international conference that will host representatives from about 60 nations, an Afghan official said. The bomber was on foot and his target was unclear, police official Abdul Ghafor Sayedzada said. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)AP - At an international conference on Tuesday, the Afghan government will ask donors to put 80 percent of aid money behind programs that the Afghans — not foreign capitals — deem important to development.


Suspects free with conditions in Minn. terror case (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:15 PM PDT

FILE -  In a July 13, 2009 booking photo provided by the Anoka County (Minn) Sheriff, Salah Osman Ahmed is shown. Ahmed, has pleaded guilty to charges related to Americans traveling to Somalia to fight with Islamic militants. He awaits sentencing. (AP Photo/Anoka County Sheriff, File)AP - When Minnesota Somalis began traveling to their war-torn homeland to take up arms nearly three years ago, authorities initially feared they might someday return as domestic terrorists.


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