2011年10月3日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Minn. woman facing Somalia terror case arrested (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, left, and Amina Farah Ali, both of Rochester, Minn., leave the U.S. District Court after appearing at a hearing in St Paul, Minn. The two women are accused of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia, and are the first to go on trial in Minnesota's years-long federal investigation into the recruiting and financing of al-Shabab. Their trial begins Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig, File)AP - A Minnesota woman on trial for allegedly funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia was found in contempt of court Monday when she refused to stand for the judge and jury, citing religious grounds.


Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:05 PM PDT

This undated Massachusetts driver license photo obtained by WBZ-TV in Boston shows Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass., arrested Wednesday, September 28, 2011 in Framingham, Mass. He was charged Wednesday in federal court in Worcester, Mass., with plotting to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled airplanes filled with explosives.  (AP Photo/Courtesy WBZ-TV, Boston)  MANDATORY CREDIT.  TV OUT. TV WEBSITES OUT.AP - A Massachusetts man pleaded not guilty Monday to plotting to fly explosives-packed remote-controlled model planes into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.


White House counterterrorism adviser Brennan "concerned" about Libyan weapon stockpiles (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:35 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Presidential counterterrorism adviser John Brennan is assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. He previously served as an executive at the Central Intelligence Agency and director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He was the guest at the Sept. 8 Monitor breakfast in Washington.

Jury selection to begin in Christmas Day bombing trial (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:47 PM PDT

Reuters - Final jury selection begins on Tuesday in Detroit in the terror trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

Trial to begin for man accused in underwear attack (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:53 PM PDT

FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. The stakes are significant as the government prosecutes Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab for the first terrorist attack in the U.S. during the Obama administration, a failed suicide strike that forced the rapid deployment of full-body scanners at American airports and revealed the rise of a new al-Qaida group. Jury selection in his trial begins Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)AP - The trial of a young African accused of trying to bring down an airliner with a bomb in his underwear is no whodunit. Prosecutors have his hospital-bed confession, dozens of witnesses, remnants of the explosive and an al-Qaida video featuring the 24-year-old explaining his suicide mission.


Ground zero claimants can register with $2.8B fund (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:46 AM PDT

AP - The Justice Department says a $2.78 billion compensation fund for ground zero workers and others experiencing long-term health effects from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is now open for claimants to register.

Panetta: Al-Qaida deaths hurt plans for attacks (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:13 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta answers questions aboard an Air Force plane over the Atlantic Ocean Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. Panetta is traveling to the Middle East to meet with leaders on various issues related to the region. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the deaths of several top al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan and Yemen in recent months will make it much more difficult for the terror group and its affiliates to plan and launch large-scale attacks abroad, including against the United States.


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