2011年10月21日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Court convicts 5 Tamils of fundraising for Tigers (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:54 AM PDT

AP - A Dutch court convicted five ethnic Tamils on Friday for raising illegal funds for the Sri Lankan rebel group Tamil Tigers, but in a ruling that ran counter to European and U.S. policy it refused to brand the Tigers a terrorist organization.

US demands Pakistan action on Afghan insurgents (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 02:12 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar following their joint news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Clinton said Friday that extremists have been able to operate from Pakistani soil for too long, increasing pressure on Islamabad to crack down on Islamist militants destabilizing Afghanistan who are allegedly supported by the government. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - The United States pressed a hard case with a difficult ally during an extraordinary two-day diplomatic offensive in Pakistan, arguing on one hand that Pakistan should send its army after militants the U.S. says get special protection from the Pakistani government and on the other that Pakistan should use its influence with Taliban militants to encourage peace in Afghanistan.


Father of NYC plotter pleads guilty to visa charge (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 08:45 AM PDT

AP - The father of a man who admitted plotting to bomb New York City subways pleaded guilty Friday to charges he forged immigration forms on behalf of a nephew who ended up testifying against him at a trial earlier this year.

Irish dissident convicted in MI5 weapons sting (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 06:42 AM PDT

Michael Campbell, a 39-year-old with alleged links to the Real Irish Republican Army looks on before a court session in Vilnius, Lithuania , Friday, Oct 21, 2011. A judge found Campbell guilty Friday of trying to buy weapons and explosives during a six-year sting orchestrated by Britain's domestic spy agency MI5, in a case that drew attention to a hardcore Irish Republican Army splinter group's plans to spread terror to London. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)AP - A Lithuanian judge found an Irish man guilty Friday of trying to buy weapons and explosives in a six-year sting orchestrated by Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 — a case that drew attention to a hardcore Irish Republican Army splinter group's plans to spread terror to London.


Senate rejects GOP effort on terrorist trials (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about Libya as he meets with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Senate voted early Friday to reject a Republican effort to prohibit the United States from prosecuting foreign terrorist suspects in civilian courts, handing a victory to President Barack Obama.


Anti-terror laws in Kashmir to be relaxed as violence wanes (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 03:03 AM PDT

Army soldiers stand behind the covered bodies of suspected militants and their weapons after a gun battle, in a camp in Gurez, 160 km (100 miles) north Srinagar August 20, 2011.  REUTERS/Farooq Khan/Pool/FilesReuters - Widely hated security laws that give Indian forces sweeping powers to search, arrest or shoot in Kashmir are to be withdrawn in parts as rebel violence declines sharply in the strife-torn Himalayan region, chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday.


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

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:57 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.


ACLU in NY accuses FBI of racial profiling (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 06:01 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.

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