2010年8月12日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


"I am a terrorist," Omar Khadr allegedly told U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 04:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr told interrogators he was an al Qaeda terrorist and described pulling the pin of a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, a prosecutor told Khadr's war crimes tribunal on Thursday.

Stabbing spree suspect nabbed before Israel flight (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 04:22 PM PDT

**ADDS CONFIRMATION THAT ABUELAZAM IS SUSPECT ARRESTED AT HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT** This undated photo released by the Arlington, Va., County Police Department shows Elias Abuelazam. Abuelazam, suspect in a string of 18 stabbings that terrorized people across three states and left five dead, was charged Thursday, August 12, 2010 with assault with intent to murder in connection with a July 27 stabbing in Flint, Michigan. Abuelazam was arrested at a gate at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he tried to board a plane for Israel, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Arlington County Police Department)AP - Elias Abuelazam was about to board a plane for Israel when police arrested him in connection with a three-month stabbing spree that left five men dead, 13 others wounded and a Michigan city in terror. In the moments before the bald, pudgy man in flip-flops and shorts was handcuffed, passengers saw him nervously talking on his cell phone, insisting he wasn't violent.


Dueling portraits of Guantanamo defendant as trial opens (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 02:17 PM PDT

This sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a US Department of Defense official shows Canadian detainee Omar Khadr attending jury selection at his war crimes trial on August 11. A US military jury was presented Thursday with dueling portraits of Khadr -- innocent child soldier versus committed terrorist -- in opening arguments in the Canadian detainee's AFP - A US military jury here was presented Thursday with dueling portraits of Omar Khadr -- innocent child soldier versus committed terrorist -- in opening arguments in the Canadian detainee's "war crimes" trial.


UK police charged with beating terrorism suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Four British riot squad officers have been charged with beating up a Briton now awaiting extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges when they arrested him, prosecutors said on Thursday.

4 UK officers to be charged with suspect attack (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:58 AM PDT

AP - Four British police officers will face criminal charges over an alleged attack on a terrorism suspect wanted by authorities in the United States, prosecutors said Thursday.

Radical Indonesia cleric silent over terror claims (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:35 AM PDT

Anti-terror police escort arrested Indonesian radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir on arrival at police headquarters in Jakarta on August 9. Bashir remained tight-lipped over his alleged role in terror plots with Al-Qaeda-linked militants three days after his arrest, police said.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Indonesian radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir remained tight-lipped over his alleged role in terror plots with Al-Qaeda-linked militants three days after his arrest, police said Thursday.


Indonesia cleric's arrest highlights work of US-trained counterterrorism unit (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:22 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - An elite US-trained Indonesian police unit set up to combat Islamist terrorist networks is back in the spotlight after a hardline preacher, Abu Bakar Bashir, was arrested Monday and charged Wednesday with helping plan terrorist attacks.
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