2010年11月23日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Pat-down protest could snarl US holiday travel (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 03:49 PM PST

A traveler undergoes an enhanced pat down by a Transportation Security Administration agent at the Denver International Airport on November 22, in Denver, Colorado. A grassroots protest against invasive airport screening Wednesday could snarl holiday travel and US officials are pleading with the public for patience in the face of continuing terrorist threats.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AFP - A grassroots protest against invasive airport screening Wednesday could snarl holiday travel and US officials are pleading with the public for patience in the face of continuing terrorist threats.


Forewarned? Germany Heightens Security in Response to Terror Threat (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 03:35 PM PST

Time.com - With intelligence reports saying Islamic militants are planning an attack atthe end of the month, security is tightened across Germany. But can anoverstretched police force do enough to protect the people?

12.5 mln legal residents live in US: official (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 02:06 PM PST

The Statue of Liberty as seen from the air over New York City. More than 12 million foreigners have taken up legal residence in the the United States, with Mexicans topping the list, followed by Filipinos and Chinese, a Department of Homeland Security report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - More than 12 million foreigners have taken up legal residence in the the United States, with Mexicans topping the list, followed by Filipinos and Chinese, a Department of Homeland Security report said Tuesday.


Russian agent says charity tied to terrorism (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 01:46 PM PST

AP - A former Russian counterterrorism agent testified Tuesday that an Islamic charity that once had its U.S. headquarters in Oregon was financing Islamic fighters battling the Russian Army in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

Belgium rounds up 26 in anti-terror raids (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:38 AM PST

A neighbor stands by an attic door that was kicked in earlier in the day in a police raid in Amsterdam. Police busted on Tuesday a Chechnya-linked Islamist network plotting an attack on Belgium and rounded up another extremist group suspected of recruiting jihad fighters, amid heightened terrorism fears in Europe.(AFP/ANP/Marcel Antonisse)AFP - Police busted Tuesday a Chechnya-linked Islamist network plotting to attack Belgium and rounded up another extremist group suspected of recruiting jihad fighters, amid heightened terrorism fears in Europe.


Belgium detains 15 in Afghanistan, Iraq 'jihadist' probe (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:39 AM PST

A neighbor stands by an attic door that was kicked in earlier in the day in a police raid in Amsterdam. Police busted on Tuesday a Chechnya-linked Islamist network plotting an attack on Belgium and rounded up another extremist group suspected of recruiting jihad fighters, amid heightened terrorism fears in Europe.(AFP/ANP/Marcel Antonisse)AFP - Belgian police detained around 15 people in Brussels on Tuesday in connection with a probe into an Iraq and Afghanistan war recruitment drive, after a separate raid in an unrelated terror investigation.


Belgium: 11 detained in 3-nation anti-terror sweep (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:05 AM PST

A cameraman films outside a house, yellow house with brown door, where two suspected radicals were arrested in Antwerp, Belgium on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Police in three countries have arrested 10 radical Islamists over a terrorist plot to attack Belgium, Belgian federal prosecutors say. They were detained in police swoops in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany after a year-long investigation by police in the Belgian city of Antwerp. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - Federal prosecutors said Tuesday 11 suspects have been detained in an anti-terror sweep in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.


Police arrest 11 over Belgium 'terror plot' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 08:15 AM PST

A neighbor stands by an attic door that was kicked in earlier in the day in a police raid in Amsterdam. Police busted on Tuesday a Chechnya-linked Islamist network plotting an attack on Belgium and rounded up another extremist group suspected of recruiting jihad fighters, amid heightened terrorism fears in Europe.(AFP/ANP/Marcel Antonisse)AFP - Belgian police Tuesday bust a Chechnya-linked Islamist network allegedly plotting to attack Belgium, rounding up 11 suspects in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany as terrorism fears mount in Europe.


(AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 08:32 AM PST

AP - UN nuclear agency says Iran's enrichment program temporarily ground to halt earlier this month.
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