2010年10月27日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Va man charged in fake bomb plot against DC subway (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT

FBI and law enforcement investigators leave the home of Farooque Ahmed in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 27. 2010. Ahmed was arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to help people he believed were al-Qaida operatives planning to bomb subway stations around the nation's capital, the FBI said. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - A Pakistani-born Virginia man was arrested Wednesday and accused of casing Washington area subway stations in what he thought was an al-Qaida plot to bomb and kill DC-area commuters.


NY jurors get earful on al-Qaida at detainee trial (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:17 PM PDT

AP - The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial isn't accused of being a sworn member of al-Qaida at the time a U.S. embassy was bombed his native Tanzania, but that hasn't stopped prosecutors from mentioning the terror group — over and over.

Police, protesters clash in Arab Israeli town (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT

An Israeli riot police officer detains an Arab Israeli protester during clashes in the northern Arab Israeli town of Umm el-Fahm, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Jewish extremists hoisting Israeli flags defiantly marched through this Arab Israeli town Wednesday, chanting 'death to terrorists' and touching off clashes between rock-hurling residents and police who quelled them with tear gas.The scenes of Israeli Arabs, their faces covered with checkered headscarves, setting tires ablaze, heaving rocks at heavily armed riot police and scrambling to dodge tear gas and police fire recalled images of violence between Israeli forces and the Arabs' Palestinian brethren. Police said 10 people were arrested, though no serious injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Dozens of Jewish extremists hoisting Israeli flags defiantly marched through this Arab-Israeli town Wednesday, chanting "death to terrorists" and touching off clashes between rock-hurling residents and police who quelled them with tear gas.


In India, Obama to stay at site of terror attack (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 01:27 PM PDT

A worker paints the gate of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. The area is being spruced up ahead of the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade).AP - President Barack Obama's stay next week at the Indian hotel attacked by terrorists in 2008 is part of the White House's effort to show the U.S. commitment an important ally during his 10-day, four-country trip to Asia.


Report: French minister calls terror threat 'real' (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 01:17 PM PDT

AP - France's interior minister says the risk of a terrorist attack against the country is "real," even as he downplays al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden's threats against French citizens.

Terror suspect gets victim status in Polish probe (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:48 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Yemeni fishermen pass by the damaged destroyer USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen,  after a powerful explosion  ripped a hole in the U.S Navy destroyer, killing at least 17 sailors and injuring some 30 others. Polish officials investigating a now-shuttered secret CIA prison in Poland, have given a Saudi terror suspect victim status, a legal advance in the detainee's effort to show he was mistreated by interrogators, officials said Wednesday Oct. 27, 2010.  Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, was apprehended by the U.S., taken to secret CIA prisons in Poland and Thailand and subjected to harsh treatment, according to former U.S. intelligence officials.  (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)AP - Ten years ago this month, al-Qaida terrorists drove an explosives-laden boat into the USS Cole Navy destroyer as it was refueling in Yemen, killing American 17 sailors. But the man suspected of engineering that attack still hasn't been brought to trial.


US terror suspect charged with murder in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:51 AM PDT

AP - A Yemeni court on Wednesday charged an American who was arrested for suspected al-Qaida ties with the murder of a Yemeni soldier and the wounding of another during a failed escape attempt.

Who's to blame for torture? Lawyers probe logs (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

A woman walks past a television set displaying Al Jazeera news channel telecasting news coverage on secret US documents obtained by WikiLeaks, in Silver Spring, Maryland, on October 22. The United States on Monday defended its record probing civilian deaths and abuse in Iraq after graphic revelations in leaked secret documents triggered concern around the world.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - It has been one of the most bitter legal debates during the so-called war on terror — who's to blame for torture and how many degrees of separation are needed to dodge a lawsuit?


Hotels need EU help to defend against attack (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Hotels are an obvious target for terrorists and the European Union must work more closely with the industry to avert another Mumbai-style attack, the EU's anti-terrorism chief said on Wednesday.

Russia plans color-coded anti-terror alerts (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:31 AM PDT

Reuters - Russia plans to introduce a color-coded security alert system to help it tackle the country's growing terrorist threats, a government anti-terrorism advisor said on Wednesday.

(AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:01 AM PDT

AP - Lawyer for terror suspect says client gets victim status in Polish probe, a legal advance.

UK airline chief criticizes U.S. security demands (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:07 PM PDT

Reuters - The chairman of British Airways has criticized airport checks as "completely redundant" and said Britain should stop "kowtowing" to U.S. demands for increased security, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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