2010年11月24日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Much-hyped US airport pat-down protest fizzles (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PST

Travelers walk through the concourse at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. A much-hyped protest against body scanners and invasive pat-downs fizzled Wednesday as many US airline passengers said preventing another terrorist attack was worth a few moments of discomfort.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - A much-hyped protest against body scanners and invasive pat-downs fizzled Wednesday as many US airline passengers said preventing another terrorist attack was worth a few moments of discomfort.

Color-coded terror warnings on track to disappear (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 01:53 PM PST

FILE - In this March 12, 2002 file photo, the color-coded terrorism warning system is shown in Washington. The Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk show jokes. The system's demise would not be the end of terror alerts; instead the alerts would become more descriptive and not as colorful. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)AP - Goodbye danger defined as yellow, orange and red. The Homeland Security Department is looking to scrap the five-tiered color-coded terror warning system in favor of a streamlined one with as few as two alerts. The post-9/11, Bush-era system has been criticized as too vague to be useful in communicating the terror threat to the public, either ignored or the butt of jokes.

TSA Chief: No intel pointing to terror threat (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 09:44 AM PST

AP - Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole says there's no specific intelligence indicating a terror threat to the U.S. during this Thanksgiving holiday.

Nine held on terror charges in Belgium (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PST

Picture taken on November 23 in Antwerp of one of the locations where members of an alleged Chechnya-linked Islamist network were arrested. Belgian authorities charged nine people with belonging to terrorist groups after sweeps against a Chechen-linked Islamist network and a group suspected of recruiting Afghan war fighters.(AFP/File/Dirk Waem)AFP - Nine people picked up by Belgian police in two separate swoops against a Chechnya-linked Islamist network and a group recruiting Afghan fighters were thrown behind bars on terror charges Wednesday.

(AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:00 AM PST

AP - US officials: Homeland Security recommends ending color-coded terror alert system.

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

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 01:20 AM 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?

Russian agent says charity tied to terrorism (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 06:48 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.

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