2010年12月8日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Officials: Jihad-obsessed man snared in bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:08 PM PST

A federal law enforcement vehicle sits in front of the United State Courthouse, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, in Baltimore while a hearing for Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, made a court appearance inside. Martinez faces charges of attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction after authorities say he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at military recruitment center near Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - A 21-year-old part-time construction worker obsessed with jihad was arrested Wednesday when he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center — the second time in less than two weeks that an alleged homegrown terrorist was nabbed in a sting operation.


House bars moving Guantanamo detainees to U.S. soil (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:33 PM PST

Reuters - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation to prohibit moving terrorism suspects from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to U.S. soil, a blow to President Barack Obama's efforts to prosecute them in criminal courts.

US House votes to scrap Guantanamo closure (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:13 PM PST

A member of the US military mans one of the guard posts at sunrise at Camp Delta, part of the US Detention Center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in March 2010. US lawmakers voted Wednesday to kill efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists in 2011 or try the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on US soil.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - US lawmakers voted Wednesday to kill efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists in 2011 or try the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on US soil.


No suspects in shootings along Ill-Ind border (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:20 PM PST

AP - Authorities say there are still no suspects in random shootings two months ago that terrorized residents along the Illinois-Indiana state line.

Quarter of Guantanamo freed take up arms: US (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 09:53 AM PST

Photo reviewed by US military officials shows the Gautanamo Bay Camp VI in Guantanamo where 70 prisonners are detained on Guantanamo in October 2010. A quarter of the detainees released from Guantanamo prison have likely joined global insurgencies or terror groups, the US director of national intelligence said in a report Tuesday.(AFP/File/Virginie Montet)AFP - A quarter of the detainees released from Guantanamo prison have likely joined global insurgencies or terror groups, the US director of national intelligence said in a report Tuesday.


Teen suicide bomber kills 17 in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 08:04 AM PST

Pakistani security personnel and bystanders gather around a van after a suicide attack in Kohat. A teenage suicide bomber killed 17 people at a busy Pakistani market, the third attack in three days blamed on Islamist extremists bitterly opposed to the US-allied government.(AFP/Hasham Ahmed)AFP - A teenage suicide bomber killed 17 people at a busy Pakistani market Wednesday, the third attack in three days blamed on Islamist extremists bitterly opposed to the US-allied government.


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