2010年8月11日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


14-year sentence for Bin Laden cook at Guantanamo Bay (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:15 PM PDT

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, Ibrahim al-Qosi (L) sits with a member of his defense team inside the courthouse for the US war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound at Guantanamo Bay in 2009. A Guantanamo Bay military jury Wednesday sentenced Ibrahim al-Qosi, a one-time cook for Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, to 14 years in prison.(AFP/Pool/File/Janet Hamlin)AFP - Military jurors Wednesday sentenced a former cook for Osama Bin Laden to 14 years in prison, the first such term handed down at Guantanamo since President Barack Obama took office.


New Zealand anticipates India terror attack before Games (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Indian paramilitary officials stand guard next to the Delhi Commonwealth Games tiger mascot outside the Commonwealth Games headquarters in New Delhi on August 5. New Zealand officials in India anticipate a terrorist attack on a AFP - New Zealand officials in India anticipate a terrorist attack on a "soft target" ahead of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, according to a diplomatic note published Thursday.


Clinton backs Argentine bid to try alleged terrorists (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 10:52 AM PDT

A man stands in front of a memorial to the 86 victims of the 1994 terrorist bombing that razed the AMIA Jewish communnity center in Buenos Aires, in 1999. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States backs Argentina in its call for Iran to extradite the suspects in a deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994.(AFP/File/Daniel Luna)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States backs Argentina in its call for Iran to extradite the suspects in a deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994.


Egypt abuse victim's street brawl case goes to special court (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:53 AM PDT

Egyptian police stand guard in 2005. An Egyptian whose abuse by police led to two officers being jailed will be tried over a street brawl under a controversial law the government said would be limited to drugs and terrorism, a judicial source said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - An Egyptian whose abuse by police led to two officers being jailed will be tried over a street brawl under a controversial law the government said would be limited to drugs and terrorism, a judicial source said on Wednesday.


Kenyan accused of harboring Uganda terror suspects (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:25 AM 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. Uganda will charge a journalist with sedition for suggesting the government was involved in last month's deadly bombings that killed 76 people, police told AFP.(AFP/File/Trevor Snapp)AP - A Kenyan man who once told authorities he was part of an al-Qaida plot to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi is now facing charges in connection with last month's terror attacks in Uganda but is free on bail, authorities said Wednesday.


Thailand to indict top Red Shirts for terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Chairman of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, Veera Musikapong speaks at the Crime Suppression division in Bangkok on May 20. Thai prosecutors said Wednesday they would indict 19 leaders and supporters of the anti-government AFP - Thai prosecutors said Wednesday they would indict 19 leaders and supporters of the anti-government "Red Shirt" movement on terrorism charges in connection with recent political unrest.


Terrorism charges filed against Indonesian cleric (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 06:57 AM PDT

Supporters of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir shout slogans during a protest against his arrest outside the Indonesian police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Bashir was back in jail Monday after police said they had evidence he not only inspired al-Qaida linked militants with his fiery sermons but helped set up a new terror cell that was plotting attacks on hotels and embassies in Indonesia's capital. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)AP - Indonesia's best-known radical cleric was charged Wednesday with helping plan terrorist attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation — a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death, police said.


"Offensive" anti-terrorism advert banned (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 02:31 AM PDT

A police advert which urged citizens to be suspicious of neighbours who spend a lot of time at home, keep their curtains drawn and use money instead of cash cards, has been banned.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - A police advert which urged citizens to be suspicious of neighbours who spend a lot of time at home, keep their curtains drawn and use money instead of cash cards, was banned Wednesday.


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