2010年8月6日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Britain, Pakistan pledge unity in 'anti-terror' fight (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, address the media after their meeting at his Chequers residence in southern England. The leaders of Britain and Pakistan on Friday smoothed over a row about tackling terrorism in the South Asian republic as they agreed to step up cooperation in fighting extremism.(AFP/POOL/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - The leaders of Britain and Pakistan on Friday smoothed over a row about Islamabad's response to terrorism as they agreed to step up cooperation in the fight against violent extremism.

Man charged in NYC subway plot pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2010 file courtroom sketch, defense attorney Robert Gottlieb, left, is seated next to his client, defendant Adis Medunjanin, at the Brooklyn federal courthouse in New York. Medunjanin, who had previously pleaded not guilty to charges of seeking to join terror suspect Najibullah Zazi in a plot to bomb New York City subways, entered the same plea Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to expanded charges that include a connection to high-ranking al-Qaida operative Adman Shukrijumah. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams, File)AP - A man charged in an al-Qaida-sponsored plot to attack the New York City subway system pleaded not guilty Friday, keeping the case on track for a trial that would feature testimony from turncoat terrorists about the network's inner-workings.

US targets foreign terrorist group (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:00 PM PDT

AP - The United States is targeting a group called Harakat-ul Jihad Islami it says supports al-Qaida operations and has been involved in attacks against the Pakistani government.

US, UN declare Harakat-ul Jihad al-Islami a terrorist group (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 01:39 PM PDT

Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, commander in chief of the militant group Harakat-ul Jihad Islami, addresses a press conference in Islamabad, 2001. Kashmiri, who the United States labeled a AFP - The United States and the United Nations Friday designated Pakistan's Harakat-ul Jihad al-Islami as a foreign terror group and blacklisted it commander, the US Treasury Department said.

UAE: Japanese tanker attacked in Persian Gulf (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 01:04 PM PDT

This framegrab image provided by the SITE Intelligence group shows Ayyub al-Taishan who the Brigades of Abdullah Azzam claimed was the suicide bomber who attacked the oil tanker M. Star in the Straits of Hormuz on July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/SITE) MANDATORY CREDIT: SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP; ON-SCREEN LOGO MUST NOT BE OBSCURED; NO SALESAP - The United Arab Emirates said Friday that a Japanese oil tanker was hit by an explosives-laden dinghy in the Persian Gulf in what would be the first attack in the strategic waterway where millions of barrels of oil are transported each day.

AP: Laura Bush to speak at Flight 93 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

AP - Former first lady Laura Bush will speak at an event marking the ninth anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 in western Pennsylvania during the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

AP Exclusive: CIA flight carried secret from Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:23 PM PDT

This Boeing 737, seen in Glasgow, Scotland on Sept. 7, 2003, has been identified by European investigators as a plane used for CIA rendition flights. Flight records and interviews with The Associated Press show the plane brought at least four high-value terrorists into Guantanamo Bay in 2003, years earlier than has been previously disclosed. The CIA whisked them back into secret overseas prisons before the Supreme Court could grant them access to lawyers. (AP Photo/Fred Seggie)AP - A white, unmarked Boeing 737 landed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before dawn on a CIA mission so secretive, many in the nation's war on terrorism were kept in the dark.

Accused New York subway plotter pleads not guilty (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Reuters - A Bosnian man pleaded not guilty on Friday to participating in an international plot to bomb New York City's subway system, a conspiracy U.S. authorities have called the most serious threat to the city since the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Japanese oil tanker attacked by terrorists, says UAE (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Reports that a Japanese oil tanker was attacked in the Persian Gulf last month by a dinghy loaded with explosives have raised fears of a new terrorist campaign targeting global oil interests.

US sees spike in Greek terrorism (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2009 file photo, police officers examine evidence following a bomb explosion in central Athens, damaging a government real estate agency. The U.S. State Department said on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 that domestic terrorism increased 'significantly' in Greece last year following riots in Dec. 2008, sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)AP - Domestic terrorism increased "significantly" in Greece last year following riots in Dec. 2008 sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager, the U.S. State Department says in an annual report on terrorism.

2 Minn. women among 14 charged in terror probe (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2010 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder takes part in news conference in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)AP - Amina Farah Ali had become the go-to person for Somalis in the southern Minnesota city of Rochester wanting to donate items to refugees displaced by violence in their homeland.

UK, Pakistan pledge unity in 'anti-terror' fight (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 05:47 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, address the media after their meeting at his Chequers residence in southern England. The leaders of Britain and Pakistan on Friday smoothed over a row about tackling terrorism in the South Asian republic as they agreed to step up cooperation in fighting extremism.(AFP/POOL/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - The leaders of Britain and Pakistan moved Friday to shelve a row over a British attack on Islamabad's security record, pledging to step up their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

Britain and Pakistan gloss over diplomatic spat (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:17 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) walks with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari at Chequers, the official country residence of the Prime Minister, near Ellesborough in southern England August 6, 2010. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid/poolReuters - Britain and Pakistan agreed on Friday to do more together to fight Islamist militancy, brushing aside a diplomatic spat that followed British criticism of Pakistani efforts to counter extremism.

AP Exclusive: New al-Qaida leader knows US well (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 04:04 AM PDT

Adnan G. Shukrijumah. is seen in these artists renderings by the FBI and made available to the Associated Press Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/FBI,HO)AP - A suspected al-Qaida operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks.

Senate confirms new intelligence chief (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:31 PM PDT

Reuters - The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee to be intelligence chief Thursday after Republicans dropped their objections.

Last year, 10,999 terrorist attacks worldwide – a decline from 2008 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Jordanian police put out a fire after a rocket smashed into a street in Jordan's port of Aqaba on August 2, 2010, killing a taxi driver and wounding five other Jordanians, in what the government described as a The Christian Science Monitor - The frequency and deadliness of international terrorist attacks continue to drop, but Al Qaeda and Islamist extremism remain an adaptable and convert-recruiting foe â€" as witnessed by the growing number of cases of home-grown Muslim radicals.

Terrorism charges against 14 Somalis in US reflect 'disturbing trend' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:04 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Justice Department charged 14 people Thursday with funneling recruits and otherwise supporting an Al Qaeda ally in Somalia.

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