2011年1月13日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Authorities: Pa. man talked to terrorism suspects (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 03:58 PM PST

AP - A man charged with biting two FBI agents who struggled to keep him from grabbing a loaded 9 mm pistol in his jacket was ordered jailed until trial after a federal judge was told he communicated online with at least two people accused of terror-related crimes.

Justice Dept's national security chief leaves (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 02:31 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2009, file photo Assistant Attorney General David Kris, the top terrorism official in the Obama administration's Justice Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act. Kris is leaving to become general counsel at a company founded by the retired chief strategist and the top technology officer at Microsoft Corp., Nathan Myhrvold. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - The assistant attorney general who has overseen some of the most significant terrorism investigations since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is leaving the Justice Department.


Man sentenced in plot to blow up NY jet fuel tanks (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 01:54 PM PST

AP - A man charged in a foiled 2007 plot to blow up jet fuel tanks at Kennedy Airport in New York has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

London policing focused on terror threat (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 12:13 PM PST

A view of the 2012 London Olympics stadium which will host the opening ceremony. Security for the 2012 London Olympics is being planned with a severe terror threat in mind and spectators can expect airport-style measures, the police officer in charge said Thursday.(AFP/POOL/File/David Bebber)AFP - Security for the 2012 London Olympics is being planned with a severe terror threat in mind and spectators can expect airport-style measures, the police officer in charge said Thursday.


Somalia to launch attacks soon on al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2010 file photo, Somali President Sheik Sheriff Sheik Ahmed, left, addresses officials following the swearing in of the newly-approved Somali  Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, right, at his swearing in ceremony at the Presidential residence in Mogadishu, Somalia. Mohamed, a Somali-American educator, also said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 that increased U.S. and international support for his government is essential to end Somalia's lawlessness and prevent terrorists from continuing to use the country as a safe haven. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)AP - Somalia's new prime minister said 8,000 government troops will start waging attacks on Islamist insurgents and al-Qaida terrorists "very, very soon."


Irish police arrest five over 'bomb parts' (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 06:49 AM PST

Irish police said Thursday that five men were being questioned under anti-terrorist laws following a raid on a farmhouse southwest of Dublin, amid reports that bomb-making components had been found.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Irish police said Thursday that five men were being questioned under anti-terrorist laws following a raid on a farmhouse southwest of Dublin, amid reports that bomb-making components had been found.


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