2010年8月10日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


US govt sending ground zero mosque imam to Mideast (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 06:08 PM PDT

AP - The imam behind controversial plans for a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks is being sent by the State Department on a religious outreach trip to the Middle East, officials said Tuesday, in a move that drew criticism from conservative lawmakers.

NY governor offers help moving ground zero mosque (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 04:21 PM PDT

Supporters and media gather at a rally in support near the intended site of an Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - New York Gov. David Paterson offered state help Tuesday if the developers of a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks agree to move the project farther from the site.


Fingerprint sharing led to deportation of 47,000 (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 03:22 PM PDT

After being arrested, suspects wait to be processed, some will have their immigration status checked by a fingerprint scanner at a 287(g) processing station, at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Fourth Avenue Jail Monday, July 26, 2010, in Phoenix. The federal government is rapidly expanding a program to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints from arrests, drawing opposition from local authorities and advocates who argue the initiative amounts to an excessive dragnet. The program has gotten less attention than Arizona's new immigration law, but it may end up having a bigger impact because of its potential to round up and deport so many immigrants nationwide. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A rapidly expanding illegal immigration enforcement program has led to the deportation of 47,000 people over 18 months when the Homeland Security Department was sifting through millions of fingerprints taken at local jail bookings.


Will Closing Hamburg Mosque End City's Jihadist Threat? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Masjid Taiba Mosque, a cauldron of terror in the late '90s, remained amagnet for violent extremism, authorities say

Info freedom at center of Gulf's BlackBerry debate (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 11:11 AM PDT

In this image taken on Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 a Saudi man enters a mobile shop at a market in the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi and Emirati authorities' battle with BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion shows how rapid changes in technology are sowing unease in countries where the unfettered flow of data is seen as a threat. Where the conservative Gulf states see security risks, critics find a convenient justification to further limit what information gets consumed and shared. (AP Photo)AP - The militants who carried out the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, used mobile phones and other handheld gadgets to coordinate an assault that left 166 dead.


NORAD: Hijack drill with Russia makes travel safer (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 09:09 AM PDT

AP - A groundbreaking international training exercise will make it more difficult for terrorists to pull off a hijacking against the U.S., Canada or Russia by "hardening" the air travel system against attacks, a Canadian officer said.

Radical Indonesia preacher could face death penalty (AFP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 07:23 AM PDT

Elite anti-terror police escort arrested radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir on arrival at police headquarters in Jakarta on August 9. Indonesian police have said top radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir could face the death penalty over his alleged role in terror plots with Al-Qaeda-linked militants.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Indonesian police said Tuesday top radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir could face the death penalty over his alleged role in terror plots with Al-Qaeda-linked militants.


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