2010年10月13日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Homeland Security and spy agency to work together (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:34 PM PDT

AP - Computer experts at the secretive National Security Agency are teaming up with the Homeland Security Department in an effort to strengthen the nation's defenses against cyber attacks.

Terrorism court hears of US embassy carnage (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:17 PM PDT

Courtroom sketch shows witnesses Valentine Mathew Katunda (R) and Justina Mbodilu testifying during the trial of Ahmad Khalfan Ghailani in New York. Grown men wept and a US Marines sergeant recalled being blown off his feet as they testified Wednesday in New York about the bombing of two US embassies at the center of a high-profile terrorism trial.(AFP/Shirley Shepard)AFP - Grown men wept and a US Marines sergeant recalled being blown off his feet as they testified Wednesday in New York about the bombing of two US embassies at the center of a high-profile terrorism trial.

US moves to enhance cybersecurity cooperation (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 02:00 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, seen here in September 2010. The Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security unveiled an agreement on Wednesday designed to boost cooperation in defending military and private computer networks from growing cyber threats.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security unveiled an agreement on Wednesday designed to boost cooperation in defending military and private computer networks from growing cyber threats.

New scanner aims to make air travel safer (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 01:33 PM PDT

AP - Homeland security officials are showing off the latest in future airport security technology — a machine developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory that can detect whether a passenger is carrying liquid explosives.

Bahrain charges 23 Shiite activists with terrorism (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT

AP - Bahrain has charged 23 Shiite activists detained in a sweeping crackdown by the country's Sunni rulers with terrorism and conspiring against the government, a top justice official said Wednesday.

Wounded soldiers recall Fort Hood rampage terror (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, defense attorney Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, right, speaks to Investigating Officer Col. James L. Pohl, center, while Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, left, listens during Hasan's Article 32 hearing inside the U.S. Magistrate court Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, 40, is charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in a Nov. 5 attack , which killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in a processing center where soldiers were making final preparations to deploy. The Article 32 hearing, which will determine whether there is enough evidence to put the Army psychiatrist on trial, was adjourned for the day Tuesday when defense attorneys asked for a nearly month-long delay. Unidentified woman, center right, is a court reporter. (AP Photo/Pat Lopez)AP - A sergeant shot five times during last year's rampage at Fort Hood said Wednesday he recalled lying on the floor and locking eyes with Maj. Nidal Hasan after the Army psychiatrist cried out "Allahu Akbar" and unleashed a burst of gunfire into a crowd of soldiers preparing for deployment.

Holbrooke backs US alert to travelers in Europe (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT

AP - U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said Wednesday that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks "wouldn't have happened" if Americans had been warned to be on the lookout for terrorism beforehand.

UN extends Afghan force amid terrorist concerns (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT

AP - The Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend U.N. authorization for the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for a year, expressing "strong concern" at the increase in terrorist activities by the Taliban, al-Qaida and other armed groups.

G8 seeks Sahel anti-terrorism progress at Mali meet (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 10:09 AM PDT

Reuters - Security experts from G8 nations met in Mali Wednesday to try to improve anti-terrorism coordination in Africa's Sahel zone, but the absence of Algerian officials underscored the lack of unity in the region.

Chile mine rescue unites a fractured world (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 09:51 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Amid global currency and maritime disputes, terrorist plots and insurgent attacks, rising income inequality and dogged unemployment, the world has turned its attention to a barren piece of land in northern Chile.

Thai police hold 15 Pakistanis, probe possible terror link (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:03 AM PDT

Unidentified detained Pakistani men walk through the police station in the southern Thai city of Yala. Police in Thailand said they had arrested 15 Pakistani nationals involved in suspicious fundraising activity and were investigating possible links to a terrorist organisation.(AFP/Muhammad Sabri)AFP - Police in Thailand said Wednesday they had arrested 15 Pakistani nationals involved in suspicious fundraising activity and were investigating possible links to a terrorist organisation.

UK military official warns of air vulnerability (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 03:09 AM PDT

AP - Cutbacks to Britain's fast jet capability could leave the country vulnerable to a Sept. 11-style attack, according to a senior Royal Air Force official.

Terrorist Hostage Negotiations: A Ban on Ransom Payments? (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:20 AM PDT

Time.com - African and Arab governments are proposing an international ban on ransom payments -- and putting E.U. nations in a bind

Trickle of Western jihadists head to Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Pakistanis torch a US flag in protest at drone attacks in the Waziristan area on October 10, 2010. The border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan is considered Al-Qaeda's global base and is home to Pakistan's Taliban, both involved in training suicide bombers responsible for most of the 3,700 people killed in Pakistan attacks over the past three years.(AFP/File/Mohammad Malik)AFP - A small but determined band of Western militants are trickling into Pakistan's northwest -- home of an alleged terror plot in Europe -- for training in Taliban and Al-Qaeda enclaves, officials say.

Guantanamo detainee goes on trial in NY court (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:35 PM PDT

FILE - An undated file photo provided by the U.S. District Attorney's office shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. Opening statements are likely to begin Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, with experts divided over whether Ghani's terrorism trial should open the door to a civilian trial for Khalid Sheik Mohammed and others held at Guantanamo Bay or slam it shut. (AP File Photo)AP - A man accused of helping to build a truck bomb used in a 1998 terror attack on a U.S. embassy was a member of an al-Qaida cell that was determined to kill Americans, a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday, but a defense lawyer said the Tanzanian man was duped.

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