2010年8月2日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


McCain, demanding report, blocks spy chief vote (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:35 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Monday he would allow a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. intelligence chief as soon as he receives an intelligence report he requested 18 months ago.

NY jury convicts 2 in JFK Airport fuel-tank plot (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:11 PM PDT

AP - Two men were convicted Monday of plotting to blow up jet fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a plan that authorities said was meant to outdo the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and avenge perceived U.S. oppression of Muslims around the world.

UK's new security adviser to step down (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:34 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Friday April 2, 2004 file photo of British diplomat Peter Ricketts, at NATO headquarters in Brussels.  Rickett's who became Britain's first national security adviser is to leave his post, the government confirmed Monday Aug. 2. 2010 less than three months after the official took up the newly created role. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)AP - Britain's first national security adviser is to leave his post, the government confirmed Monday — less than three months after the official took up the newly created role.


Chechen rebel leader says on YouTube he's retiring (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT

FILE - This undated frame grab image taken from files made available by IntelCenter and taken from a video posted on a pro-rebel Web site Wednesday March 31, 2010, purports to show Chechen militant leader Doku Umarov. The leader of Chechnya's separatist militants, who claimed responsbility for the Moscow subway bombings that killed 40 people in March, has announced in a purported video posted on YouTube on July 25, 2010, that he is stepping down. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) **  MANDATORY CREDIT  INTELCENTER  **AP - The leader of Islamists waging an insurgency in Chechnya and neighboring Russian provinces says in a video posted on YouTube that he is resigning after years of attacks including a Moscow subway bombing that killed 40 people.


Elite US cyber team courts hackers to fight terror (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:12 PM PDT

Skull and crossbones reflected in a computer screen. An elite US cyber team that has stealthily tracked Internet villains for more that a decade pulled back its cloak of secrecy to recruit hackers at a notorious DefCon gathering here Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - An elite US cyber team that has stealthily tracked Internet villains for more than a decade pulled back its cloak of secrecy to recruit hackers at a DefCon gathering.


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