2010年8月26日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Police say Ottawa suspects planned bomb attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Police escort Misbahuddin Ahmed (not shown) and Hiva Alizadeh (not shown) from the Ottawa courthouse after a brief appearance, August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Blair GableReuters - Three men arrested in Canada on terror-related charges -- one of whom was reported to have once auditioned for the "Canadian Idol" TV show -- were plotting bomb attacks and had connections to a group fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan, police said on Thursday.


Afghan president questions US timeline for leaving (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:05 PM PDT

AP - President Hamid Karzai on Thursday criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops starting next July and said the war on terror cannot succeed as long as the Taliban and their allies maintain sanctuaries in Pakistan.

Mayor seeks to calm cabbie, NYC after knife attack (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:49 PM PDT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, speaks about the attack on taxi driver Ahmed Sharif, right, during a media conference at City Hall in New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.  Michael Enright, who once volunteered with a group that promotes interfaith tolerance, was charged Wednesday with using a folding knife to attack Sharif after he said he was Muslim. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - A Muslim cab driver whose face and throat were slashed in a suspected hate crime attack appeared with Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday as city officials sought to ease tensions in the debate over a plan to put a mosque near the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks.


21 suspected militants go on trial in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:38 AM PDT

Militant suspects, from left, Surya Achda, Agus Kasdianto, Hasbuddin, Deni Sulaiman and Rahmadi Nowo Kuncoro, sit on the defendant's chair before their trial at West Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Dozens of alleged Islamist militants went on trial Thursday accused of plotting deadly attacks on foreign aid workers and tourists in Indonesia's tsunami-wracked province of Aceh. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Twenty-one suspected Islamist militants went on trial Thursday on charges of plotting attacks on foreign aid workers and others in Indonesia's Aceh province following a deadly tsunami.


Some examples of smuggling on California coast (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:44 AM PDT

AP - Migrants are increasingly looking to the Pacific Ocean to enter the United States illegally from Mexico. Marijuana is also being smuggled. Some recent examples, from Department of Homeland Security officials and court records:
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