2011年1月7日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Parcel addressed to Napolitano ignites in DC (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 05:27 PM PST

Law enforcement officials are seen near a postal sorting facility in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, after a package ignited. The package ignited at the facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A package addressed to the U.S. Homeland Security secretary ignited Friday at a postal facility, and authorities said it was similar to fiery parcels sent to Maryland officials a day earlier by someone complaining about the state's terrorism tip line.

Guantanamo detainee asks NY judge for leniency (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

A view of Guatanamo Bay Camp VI in Guantanamo in 2010. US officials said Thursday an Algerian national who was held at Guantanamo and cleared of terror suspicions by a US judge more than a year ago was repatriated, despite his objections.(AFP/File/Virginie Montet)AP - The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be convicted on a terrorism charge in a U.S. civilian court has asked for leniency at sentencing, citing his "mistreatment" at an overseas CIA camp, prosecutors said in papers filed Friday in which they seek to keep him incarcerated for life.

Obama strongly backs US trials for terror suspects (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:01 PM PST

President Barack Obama highlights his economic policies during a tour of the Thompson Creek Window Company with its president Rick Wuest, in Landover, Md., Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama forcefully declared his support Friday for U.S. civilian trials of Guantanamo detainees, pledging to overturn language in a sweeping defense bill that would effectively block such trials anytime soon.

Package to U.S. homeland security chief ignites (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:10 PM PST

Law enforcement officials are seen near a postal sorting facility in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, after a package ignited. The package ignited at the facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Reuters - A package addressed to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited on Friday at a postal facility in Washington, D.C. but was quickly extinguished and no one was injured, authorities said.

Judge extends FBI bite suspect's stay in Pa. jail (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST

AP - A Pennsylvania man who posted pro-terrorist songs online before being accused of having a loaded gun and biting two FBI agents will remain jailed until a federal judge can hear the appeal of an order to release him to a halfway house.

Obama vows repeal of Guantanamo curbs (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:49 PM PST

US President Barack Obama looks down as he speaks in the Grand Foyer at the White House in Washington, DC 2010. Obama Friday signed a huge defense bill that effectively blocks his bid to close Guantanamo Bay, but vowed to repeal the curbs on one of his top national security goals.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Under protest, President Barack Obama Friday signed a huge defense bill that effectively blocks his bid to close Guantanamo Bay, but vowed to repeal the curbs on one of his top national security goals.

Report: Gov't warns aviation industry of threat (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 01:10 PM PST

A patrolling police officer, center, is silhouetted by the darker light under a bridge on the South Bank by the River Thames as he looks over at an embracing couple, at right, after a rain shower in London, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Police patrolled transport hubs across London on Friday amid continuing fears of a terrorist attack. Britain's media said the security threat level for airports and railway stations has been raised, as governments in several European countries warn of a heightened risk of terrorism. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - British transport authorities have warned aviation officials that al-Qaida is considering an attack against a U.K. airport or other airline industry target in a threat described as credible, the BBC reported Friday.

UK warns US of terror threat to British aviation (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:45 PM PST

AP - A U.S. official says British authorities warned the United States of a possible terror threat to planes flying through the U.K.

UK warns aviation of possible al Qaeda attack (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:45 AM PST

Reuters - The British government has warned the aviation industry of a possible al Qaeda attack, security sources and the BBC said on Friday.

SAfrican court denies terror suspect's bail appeal (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:28 AM PST

AP - Authorities say a South African High Court has denied a bail appeal for Henry Okah, a terror suspect arrested in Johannesburg after deadly bombings in Nigeria's capital during independence celebrations.

Britain raises terror threat level at airports: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 09:04 PM PST

File picture shows an armed policeman in Downing Street. Britain has raised its terrorist threat level for major transport hubs, including airports and London railway terminals, from substantial to severe, a report said Friday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain has raised its terrorist threat level for major transport hubs, including airports and London railway terminals, from substantial to severe, a report said Friday.

Obama's War Presidency (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 07:37 PM PST

The Daily Beast - To the surprise of many supporters and critics, President Obama has largely continued Bush’s policies in the war on terror and made Afghanistan his own fight. An excerpt from Stephen Carter’s new book, The Violence of Peace, on Obama’s wars.

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