2010年11月2日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Mail bomb campaign in Athens reaches Germany (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:29 PM PDT

A police car carries two men, not seen inside car, who were detained after an explosion at a private delivery company in Athens, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. A woman was wounded after a package exploded at a private delivery company, while two other suspected mail bombs were destroyed by police in controlled blasts in the capital, police officials said. The two men suspected of taking part in the attacks were arrested, carrying handguns, wigs, and one of them was also wearing a bulletproof vest, they said. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Suspected Greek terrorists unleashed an unprecedented two-day wave of mail bomb attacks in Athens and abroad, with one package reaching the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday.

Bombs Expose Cargo Screening as an Air-Security Weak Spot (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Not all cargo on passenger flights entering the U.S. is screened. Terrorists have tried to exploit that loophole, and now the problem for American aviation security officials is just beginning

Terrorism biggest global worry for U.S., UK, India: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Reuters - People in the United States, Britain and India see war and terrorism as the top global challenges while Chinese are more worried about climate change, according to a poll commissioned by King's College London.

Terror case suspect held in NY without bail (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:57 PM PDT

In this courtroom artist's rendering, Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, right, appears in Brooklyn federal court, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, in New York, on charges that he made false statements to U.S. authorities who were investigating international terrorism. From left are Assistant U.S. Attorney James Loonam, defense attorney Jeffrey Pittell and the defendant, Abdel Hameed Shehadeh. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)AP - A man accused of lying about a failed plot to join the U.S. military and team up with insurgents in Iraq was jailed without bail in his first court appearance Tuesday since his arrest last month.

Yemen charges US-born radical cleric al-Awlaki (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:54 AM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 2008 file photo shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Yemeni cleric and recruiter for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, in Yemen. Born in New Mexico, al-Awlaki has used his personal website to encourage Muslims around the world to kill U.S. troops in Iraq and has emerged as a prominent and has been tied by U.S. intelligence to the 9/11 hijackers, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab the underwear bomber, as well as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in November at Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALESAP - Faced with mounting U.S. pressure to do more in the fight against al-Qaida after the thwarted mail bombs plot, Yemen on Tuesday took the surprise move of putting on trial a fugitive U.S.-born radical Islamic cleric wanted for his part in terror attacks on American soil.

Closed TV channel was 'mouthpiece for terrorists': Iraq body (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 09:57 AM PDT

An Iraqi mourner holds up a portrait of 32-year-old slain priest Taher Saadallah Boutros, known as Father Athir (R), as he sits next to his coffin during a funeral procession in Baghdad. Iraq's privately-owned Al-Baghdadiya television channel was closed down because it had turned into AFP - Iraq's privately-owned Al-Baghdadiya television channel was closed down because it had turned into "a mouthpiece for terrorists," the country's media licensing commission said on Tuesday.

U.S. promises air safety measures won't hurt trade (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 08:32 AM PDT

A man walks past the Yemen office of the FedEx company in Sanaa October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - America's transport watchdog vowed on Tuesday not to slow global trade by piling security measures onto the aviation industry in response to terror threats as air lobby group IATA warned against rash action.

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