2010年11月18日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

NY Gitmo trial spurs fresh debate over detainees (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:46 PM PST

Attorneys Peter Quijano, right, and Steve Zissou address the media after their client, Ahmed Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial, was acquitted in federal court of all but one of the hundreds of charges he helped unleash death and destruction on two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - The near-acquittal of the first Guantanamo detainee tried in federal court is reigniting the debate over whether to bring terrorism suspects to justice in the civilian legal system. The Obama administration made it clear Thursday that its position has not changed.

Obama plans for civilian terror trials dealt blow (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 03:41 PM PST

A courtroom drawing shows Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani (2nd-L) in court with his defense team on November 17 in New York. The Obama administration may now be forced to rely on military tribunals to try AFP - President Barack Obama's hopes of bringing "war on terror" suspects out of the shadows to try them in the full glare of civilian courts may have been dealt a fatal blow by a New York jury, experts said Thursday.

General: More troops need African language skills (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:31 PM PST

AP - The Pentagon needs more troops trained in the cultures and languages of Africa in order to better confront the increasing terror threat from the continent, a top general said Thursday.

Obama still committed to closing Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:45 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama is still determined to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, despite criticism over his civilian prosecution of terror suspects, the White House said on Thursday.

Germany: Namibians find suspicious bag in airport (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:40 PM PST

A police officer stands guard with a weapon at the Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Germany sent hundreds of police officers into railway stations, airports and other public places, after the nation's top security official warned of an increased threat from Islamic extremists. The move came after new, tangible intelligence came to light over the past weeks and months, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - An Air Berlin flight from Namibia to Munich was delayed after police found a suspicious bag in the luggage hall of the airport in the southern African nation's capital, authorities said Thursday. Germany sent federal police experts stationed in South Africa to help in the investigation amid heightened concerns of terrorist threats against Germany, though it appeared later that the bag may have been part of an airport security test.

Republican leader slams Obama over terrorism case (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:24 PM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Washington, November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Republicans criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for pursuing terrorism cases in federal court after a jury acquitted a man once held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on almost all of the charges related to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa.

NATO's Lisbon meeting agenda: Afghan withdrawal and emerging threats (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 10:24 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - NATO leaders meet here Friday to define a new mission statement, a task the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has not undertaken since before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In addition to traditional security concerns, the agenda will cover the advent of so-called cyber terrorism, and the emergence of new threats to alliance members such as ballistic missiles in Iran.

Suspected bomb bound for Germany found in Namibia: police (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:53 AM PST

A police officer patrols near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. A suspected bomb in a suitcase that was to be put on a Germany-bound plane was intercepted in Namibia, German police said Thursday, a day after Berlin issued an alert on a tip about an imminent attack.(AFP/John MacDougall)AFP - A suspected bomb in a suitcase that was to be put on a Munich-bound plane was intercepted in Namibia, German police said Thursday, a day after Berlin issued an alert about an imminent attack.

Ghailani verdict could signal an end to civilian terror trials (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 05:49 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In a major setback for Obama administration plans to try terror suspects in US civilian courts, a New York jury on Wednesday acquitted a Tanzanian man of 284 counts related to his alleged involvement in Al Qaeda terrorism.

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