2011年10月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


ACLU in NY accuses FBI of racial profiling (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 04:45 PM PDT

AP - The American Civil Liberties Union accused the FBI on Thursday of abusing increased powers it was given after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by collecting and analyzing racial and ethnic demographic information across the country based on widespread stereotypes.

2 Minn. women guilty of aiding Somali terror group (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:12 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.  A jury convicted two Minnesota women Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in Minneapolis  who accused of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia. Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan were charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Ali also faced 12 counts of providing such support, while Hassan faced two counts of lying to the FBI. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig, File)AP - Two Minnesota women who claimed they were helping the poor in Somalia were convicted Thursday of conspiring to funnel money to a terrorist group as part of what prosecutors called a "deadly pipeline" sending funds and fighters to al-Shabab.


Md. teen charged in 'Jihad Jane' terror plot (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 02:10 PM PDT

AP - A high school honors student from Maryland helped the American terror suspect dubbed "Jihad Jane" plot to kill a Swedish artist and used the Internet to raise money and recruits for overseas terrorists, federal prosecutors charged in an indictment Thursday.

Pentagon, Justice reject GOP effort on terrorism (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 12:46 PM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Attorney General Eric Holder are opposing a Senate Republican effort that would prohibit the United States from prosecuting terror suspects in federal court.

Gadhafi's death resonates with Lockerbie relatives (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 01:27 PM PDT

FILE - This  Dec. 22, 1988 file photo shows Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 on a field in Lockerbie, Scotland. Moammar Gadhafi’s death on Oct. 20, 2011, resonates with the families who had loved ones on the airliner who held Gadhafi responsible for sanctioning the 1988 bombing that killed 270 people. (AP Photo/File)AP - For decades, Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi was seen as an international villain, but for Susan Cohen he was a personal enemy, one she read up on daily for more than 20 years.


FBI official calls for secure, alternate Internet (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 01:43 PM PDT

AP - The computer networks that control power plants and financial systems will never be secure enough, so government and corporate leaders should consider developing a new, highly secure alternative Internet, a top FBI official said Thursday.

U.S. charges two suspected accomplices of "Jihad Jane" (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. law enforcement authorities in Pennsylvania announced on Thursday terrorism-related charges against two men for conspiring with others to receive military-style training in South Asia and plotting to wage holy war in Europe.

Clinton urges Pakistan to get tougher on terrorists (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 07:53 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s visit to Pakistan on Thursday is being seen as a major push to smooth relations and urge Pakistan to be a constructive partner in Afghan peace talks in one of the worst periods for US-Pakistan ties since 9/11.

Terror threat closes UK embassy in Kuwait (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:25 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government said Thursday a targeted terrorist threat has forced it to suspend services at its embassy in Kuwait.

Texas court break-in was prank, not terrorism: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 06:51 PM PDT

Bexar County Sheriff's department is towing away a recreation vehicle (RV) that was parked in front of Bexar County Courthouse in downtown San Antonio,Texas early morning on October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Michael BoardReuters - Officials in San Antonio say five Moroccan men arrested during a courthouse break-in early on Wednesday were pranksters who were likely intoxicated.


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