2010年9月22日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Friend: Chicago bomb suspect wanted quick fame (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Patron of Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill walk along Clark Street on block from Wrigley Field, background, before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 in Chicago. Sami Samir Hassoun, 22, a Lebanese citizen living in Chicago for about three years, was charged Monday with one count each of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted use of an explosive device outside the bar last Saturday night. Hassoun, allegedly placed a backpack he thought contained a bomb outside the bar but got a fake explosive from an FBI undercover agent, authorities say. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A 22-year-old Lebanese immigrant accused of placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field is no terrorist, just someone seeking quick fortune and fame in America, his attorney and a friend said Wednesday.


Iraqi: Saddam 'delighted' in terror attacks on US (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister speaks to the Associated Press in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010.  Aziz who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime predicts he'll die in an Iraqi prison, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, a prominent member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, told the FBI that the dictator "delighted" in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa but had no interest in partnering with Osama bin Laden, declassified documents show.


Official says security threat harder to tackle (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT

A NYPD officer in an bomb suit examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle parked in New York's Times Square May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - U.S. authorities are having a harder time detecting terrorism threats on American soil, top officials said on Wednesday, more than nine years after the September 11 attacks thrust the United States into a global struggle with Islamist militancy.


Anonymity promised for NYC terror trial jurors (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:58 PM PDT

The 2000 attack on the USS Cole killed 17 sailors as the warship was docked in the Yemeni port of Aden. A Guantanamo detainee suspected by the US of plotting the 2000 attack on the USS Cole has demanded Warsaw probe his alleged detention and torture at presumed CIA rendition sites in Poland, his lawyer told AFP.(AFP/US Navy/File)AP - More than 400 prospective jurors filled out questionnaires Wednesday aimed at gauging their eligibility for the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee after a judge assured them that they would remain anonymous.


3 govt officials: Homegrown terrorists troubling (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:50 PM PDT

AP - Efforts by terrorists abroad to radicalize and recruit U.S. residents present new security threats, three top Obama administration officials told Congress on Wednesday.

Terrorism Threats Emerging More Often Within United States, Officials Say (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:41 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Terrorism threats are emerging far more frequently these days from within the United States and focusing less on grand, dramatic strikes, Obama administration officials and leaders of the Senate Homeland Security panel said Wednesday.

Police chief: Threat of attack on France hits peak (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:33 AM PDT

French police officers patrol under the Eiffel Tower in Paris Monday Sept. 20, 2010, as part of the reinforcement of the security in Paris. France has stepped up its vigilance against terror threats, a top official announced Monday amid reports of various new threats, including one against the Paris transport network. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - France is facing a "peak" terror threat, and authorities suspect al-Qaida's North African affiliate of plotting a conventional bomb attack on a crowded target, the national police chief said Wednesday.


No bail for Times Square suspects in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:18 AM PDT

AP - A defense lawyer says an anti-terrorism court has rejected bail for three Pakistani men suspected of links to the failed Times Square bomber.

Cops in court over alleged terror suspect assault (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:17 AM PDT

AP - Four police officers have appeared in a London court charged with attacking a terrorist suspect they were arresting on a U.S. extradition warrant.

Dutch police free UK terror suspect (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:43 AM PDT

A map locating Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. The Netherlands on Wednesday freed a Somali-born British man arrested on terrorism suspicions at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport at the weekend, the prosecution service said.(AFP/Graphic/Martin Megino)AFP - The Netherlands on Wednesday freed a Somali-born British man arrested on terrorism suspicions at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport at the weekend, the prosecution service said.


French police chief warns terror threat serious (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:47 AM PDT

A French anti-terror policeman walks through the streets of Cauterets in 2008. The national police chief has added his name to the growing list of senior figures warning that France faces a serious threat of imminent terrorist attack.(AFP/File/Rwmy Gabalda)AFP - The national police chief added his name on Wednesday to the growing list of senior figures warning that France faces a serious threat of imminent terrorist attack.


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