2011年6月1日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Mumbai terror trial in Chicago winding down (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:42 PM PDT

AP - A Chicago businessman accused of providing cover for a longtime friend who helped lay groundwork for the 2008 Mumbai attacks will likely not testify at his own trial, defense attorneys said Wednesday as proceedings in the high-profile terrorism case wound down.

Fingerprints in terror case unchecked for months (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, Waad Ramadan Alwan, 30, an Iraqi living as a refugee in Bowling Green, Ky., is shown. Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, another Iraqi refugee, tried to send sniper rifles, Stinger missiles and money to al-Qaida operatives in their home country, and both boasted of using improvised explosives against American troops there before moving to the U.S., according to court documents unsealed Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The men were arrested after an investigation that began months after they arrived in the U.S. in 2009. Neither is charged with plotting attacks within the United States, and authorities said their weapons and money didn't make it to Iraq because of a tightly controlled undercover investigation. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service via The Courier-Journal)AP - While an Iraqi refugee spent two years in the U.S. plotting to help al-Qaida attack American soldiers in Iraq, court documents say, federal authorities unknowingly had evidence that already linked him a roadside bomb in his home country in 2005.

NY court weighs immunity claim in '93 WTC bombing (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:48 PM PDT

AP - The agency that owned and operated the World Trade Center urged the state's top court Wednesday to reject remaining negligence claims for the 1993 bombing by terrorists who detonated a van of explosives in the public garage beneath its twin towers, killing 6 people and injuring about 1,000.

AP sources: US, Pakistan partnership on mend (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2011 file photo, local residents and media are seen outside the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The courier who led U.S. intelligence to bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan hailed from the Swat Valley, a one-time stronghold of militant Taliban fighters, Pakistani officials said on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The officials identified the courier as Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed. He and his brother Abrar were shot dead in the daring U.S. Navy SEAL raid May 2 that also killed bin Laden and two other people. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed, File)AP - The U.S. and Pakistan are building a joint intelligence team to go after top terrorist suspects inside Pakistan, U.S. and Pakistani officials said, a fledgling step to restoring trust blown on both sides by the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces during a secret raid last month.

Top US official warns of 'heavy' hurricane season (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:02 PM PDT

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, pictured in May 2011, warned Wednesday that a AFP - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Wednesday that a "heavy" US hurricane season could be in store, after briefing President Barack Obama on latest forecasts.

House begins summer-long debate on spending bills (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT

AP - Republicans controlling the House are kicking off a combative summer-long debate over cutting spending with a homeland security spending bill that adds almost $2 billion to disaster aid accounts shortchanged by President Barack Obama.

Brash and violent: al-Qaida's new mouthpieces (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Hanif Qadir, a former extremist who now runs the Active Change Foundation, a de-radicalization project in London which works with young people at risk of embracing terrorism and people convicted of terrorists offenses, stands at the foundation's youth centre, in east London, Monday, May 23, 2011. In Britain, a controversial government project involving police and educators has identified 1,000 people, most aged under 25 but some as young as 7-years-old, as vulnerable to the appeal of extremism — many of whom reguarly browse jihadist videos or websites. Youngsters swap imported extremists DVDs and clips of beheadings stored on their cellphones, and use SMS messages or Twitter to trade addresses for jihdaist websites, Qadir said.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Even before Osama bin Laden's death a month ago, a young generation of would-be terrorists had turned away from the al-Qaida leader toward a new breed of brash, charismatic ideologues.

Correction: Cyber Espionage story (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:46 AM PDT

AP - In a story May 29 about a cyber attack against Lockheed Martin Corp., The Associated Press erroneously reported that both Lockheed and the Department of Homeland Security said no critical data was stolen.

Bahrain Shi'ites talk of abuse under martial law (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:09 AM PDT

Reuters - Bahraini Shi'ites say they have endured a reign of terror during 11 weeks of martial law imposed to break up a pro-democracy movement that for the first time threatened the control of a Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab dynasty.

Iraqi refugees indicted on US terror charges (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:04 PM PDT

A stinger missile sits on the folded wing of an F/A-18 Hornet. Two Iraqis living in the United States have been arrested on AFP - Two Iraqi refugees began scheming to ship missiles, guns and money to their home country for use in attacks on US troops shortly after arriving in the United States, officials said.

Ex-Soviet officer's lawyers in NY blame politics (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 06:27 PM PDT

AP - Lawyers for an ex-Soviet officer extradited to the United States to face charges that he conspired to sell weapons to a terrorist group say the case should be thrown out because the U.S. used extreme political pressure to force Thailand to turn him over.

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