2010年12月20日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


12 men arrested in suspected UK terrorism plot (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:37 PM PST

A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. British police on Monday arrested a dozen men suspected of plotting a large-scale terror attack — the biggest anti-terrorist sweep since April 2009, when 12 men were detained over an alleged al-Qaida bomb plot in the northern city of Manchester. The men were arrested in London, the Welsh city of Cardiff and the English cities of Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - In the biggest anti-terrorist sweep in Britain in nearly two years, police have arrested a dozen men accused of plotting a large-scale terror attack on targets inside the United Kingdom.


NY appeals court OKs ex-sailor's terror conviction (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:22 PM PST

AP - A federal appeals court Monday upheld the conviction of a former Navy sailor serving a 10-year prison sentence after he leaked details about ship movements to a London-based Web site operator that supported attacking Americans.

The Holiday Terror Jitters (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 03:19 PM PST

The Daily Beast - The arrest of 12 men in the U.K. on charges of plotting attacks is a stark reminder that al Qaeda has inspired global jihad. AfPak strategist Bruce Riedel on bin Laden’s latest spawn.

Is Pakistan Losing Patience in the War on Terror? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 03:15 PM PST

Time.com - The lawsuit that may have led to the outing of a CIA station chief in Pakistan could be an ominous sign that the Pakistanis may be coming to the end of their rope in the "war on terror"

Trial opens for suspect in 1990s Cuba bombings (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST

AP - A Salvadoran man accused of being involved in a 1990s bombing spree at Cuban tourist hotels went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, the government said.

Two dead in explosion in Kampala-bound Kenya bus (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:12 PM PST

Reuters - Two people were killed on Monday when a bag exploded as it was about to be loaded onto a Kampala-bound bus in the Kenyan capital, an incident police said bore the hallmarks of a terrorist strike.

Twelve arrested in anti-terror swoop (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:56 AM PST

Armed police officers pose for a photograph. Twelve men have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a large-scale act of terrorism, police said following pre-dawn raids across the country.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Police on Monday arrested 12 men on suspicion of plotting an act of terrorism inspired by Al-Qaeda, in a major operation involving pre-dawn raids across the country.


Police arrest 12 men in counter-terrorism raids (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:54 AM PST

Police officers stand in an alleyway between two house being searched in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, December 20, 2010. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - British police said on Monday 12 men suspected of preparing a terrorist attack had been arrested in a series of dawn raids across England and Wales.


Gillibrand: Votes there for first responder care (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:18 AM PST

AP - A New York senator is predicting that the scaled-back costs of a bill to provide health care to the police and firefighters who were first on the scene of the country's worst terrorist attack will win Senate passage.

Government builds vast domestic spying network: report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:25 AM PST

A security official wears a listening device. The government is creating a vast domestic spying network to collect information about Americans in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and subsequent terror plots, The Washington Post has reported.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - The US government is building a vast domestic spying network to collect information on Americans as part of expanding counter-terrorism efforts, the Washington Post reported Monday.


(AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:02 AM PST

AP - International monitors say Belarus' vote seriously flawed, condemn police crackdown on protest.
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