2010年11月29日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Cable on WikiLeaks: Brazil downplayed terrorism (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:18 PM PST

AP - Brazil is on guard against potential terrorist threats, but denies terrorism is a problem in the South American country, U.S. officials said in confidential diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. In the U.S. view, the policy is aimed at protecting Brazil's international image and that of its Muslim and Arab communities.

Ore. terror suspect pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:37 PM PST

** CORRECTS NAME OF COUNTY TO MULTNOMAH INSTEAD OF MAUTHNOMAH ** This image released Nov. 27, 2010 by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office shows Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19. Federal agents in a sting operation arrested the Somali-born teenager just as he tried blowing up a van full of what he believed were explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony, federal authorities said. The bomb was a fake supplied by the agents and the public was never in danger, authorities said. (AP Photo/Multnomah County Sheriff's Office)AP - A 19-year-old Somali-American man has pleaded not guilty to an alleged plot to blow up a car bomb at an Oregon Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland.


U.S. terrorism verdict won't alter process: Holder (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:35 AM PST

-- CORRECTS SPELLING OF NEW YORK TIMES IN SECOND SENTENCE -- FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The classified diplomatic cables released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks and reported on by The New York Times cited documents showing the U.S. used hardline tactics to win approval from countries to accept freed detainees from Guantanamo Bay. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)Reuters - The acquittal of a man on all but one of the charges related to the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa has had no impact on deciding the fate of terrorism suspects at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday.


The New King of Congress (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:41 PM PST

The Daily Beast - Steve King once called illegal immigration a “slow-motion terrorist attack” and likened illegals to livestock. Now, he could be in charge of immigration law in the House. He talks to Bryan Curtis about his wildest statements—and what shaped his views.
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