2010年12月12日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Police probe Stockholm blasts as act of terrorism (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST

A passer-by stand stands at the corner of Bryggaregatan and Drottninggatan street in central Stockholm. About 10 minutes before Saturday's blasts, the TT news agency and Saepo received an email, which included audio files in both Swedish and Arabic, in which the suspected attacker addresses Reuters - Police said on Sunday they were treating bomb blasts in Stockholm as an act of terrorism by a lone attacker that followed an emailed threat referring to Sweden's troops in Afghanistan and to cartoons of Mohammad.


Swedes shocked by 1st terror attack in 3 decades (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 02:25 PM PST

Sama Sarsour from Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice (SMFR) participates in a peace demonstration at Sergels square in central Stockholm Sunday Dec. 12, 2010 .   Swedish police said Sunday that two explosions in central Stockholm were an act of terrorism, in what appeared to be the first attack in the Nordic country by a suicide bomber. The suspect, who was not named, killed himself and injured two people on a busy shopping street Saturday.   (AP photo/Scanpix Sweden/Marc Femenia)  SWEDEN OUTAP - No one died except for the suspected bomber, but two explosions in Sweden's capital tore at the fabric of this tolerant and open nation — a society that hadn't seen a terrorist attack in more than three decades.


Wikileaks: Brazil vulnerable to terrorism (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:56 AM PST

AP - The 2009 crash of a stolen plane near the capital city of Brasilia exposed Brazil's vulnerability to terrorist acts, said a U.S. diplomatic cable released Sunday by WikiLeaks.

Terror Attacks Shake Sweden Out of its Calm (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:20 AM PST

Time.com - A society accustomed to seeing wars and political violence as problems that affect others wakes up to a new menace at home

May considering ban on US pastor Jones (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:19 AM PST

Controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones stands at a small protest at the site of the Park 51 proposed mosque and community center in New York last month. The Home Secretary Theresa May has said she is AFP - The Home Secretary Theresa May said on Sunday she was "actively" considering whether to ban firebrand US pastor Terry Jones from entering Britain to speak to far-right activists.


(AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:54 AM PST

AP - Independent exit poll shows Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party leading Kosovo elections.

Sweden calls Stockholm blasts "terrorist attack" (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:18 PM PST

A still image taken from a video footage shows a firefighter attempting to put out the fire on a burning car in Stockholm December 11, 2010. REUTERS/Reuters TVReuters - Two blasts rocked the centre of Stockholm on Saturday night in what Sweden's foreign minister called "a terrorist attack", killing one person and wounding two.


Ibrahim al Asiri: Mysterious Yemeni Bomb Maker Targeting America (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:23 PM PST

The Daily Beast - As the leaked WikiLeaks cables reveal, Yemen is the new frontier in the war on terror. Bruce Riedel on the little-known bomb maker at the top of U.S. officials' most-wanted list.
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