2010年9月21日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


APNewsBreak: Poles urged to probe CIA prison acts (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 06:57 AM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 file photo shows the control tower of the airport in Szymany, in northeastern Poland. Prosecutors are investigating possible abuse of power by Polish public officials in connection with the closed CIA black site near the secluded Szymany airport in northeast Poland. Flight logs trace several landings of planes linked to the CIA there. A human rights organization and lawyers for a Saudi man accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole demanded Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010 that Polish prosecutors investigate the terror suspect's detention and treatment at a CIA prison once housed in Poland. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is the first detainee subjected to the CIA's detention and interrogation program who has taken legal action in Poland, said Amrit Singh, the Open Society Justice Initiative's senior legal officer.   (AP Photo, File) ** POLAND OUT **AP - A human rights organization and lawyers for a Saudi man accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole demanded Tuesday that Polish prosecutors investigate the terror suspect's detention and treatment at a CIA prison once housed in Poland.


FBI says it supplied fake bomb in Chicago plot (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:24 AM PDT

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis speaks at a news conference at City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 in Chicago. Federal authorities say they've arrested a 22-year-old man who allegedly placed a backpack on a crowded Chicago street corner over the weekend thinking it contained an explosive. The FBI's Chicago office says Sami Samir Hassoun is charged with one count each of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted use of an explosive device. At left is executive director of OEMC, Jose Santiago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - A man arrested for allegedly placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field got the fake explosive from an FBI undercover agent, authorities say — a tactic that has been used in other U.S. terrorism cases in recent years.


Interpol worried about spike in extremist websites (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 04:12 AM PDT

AP - The chief of Interpol says the "skyrocketing" number of extremist websites is making it easier for terrorists to recruit middle class youth around the world.

FBI overstepped terror link probes after 9/11 (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 10:14 PM PDT

The FBI overstepped its authority in investigating left-wing domestic groups after the September 11, 2001 attacks and then misled Congress about its actions, an inspector general's report has said.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The FBI overstepped its authority in investigating left-wing domestic groups after the September 11, 2001 attacks and then misled Congress about its actions, an inspector general's report has said.


Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games dogged by terrorism threats, poor organization (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 11:10 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Delhi authorities today announced a raft of new security measures after the drive-by shootings of two foreign tourists in India’s capital Sunday. But amid mounting concern about setbacks to hosting the much-awaited Commonwealth Games, such steps are unlikely to allay fears that Delhi will be vulnerable to terrorist attacks next month.
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