2011年1月24日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


35 killed in Moscow airport suicide bombing (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:06 PM PST

Police officers check ID documents inside Moscow's Domodedovo international airport on January 24, 2011, soon after an explosion. A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded over 130 in the packed arrivals hall of Moscow's largest airport in an attack slammed by the Kremlin and the world as an act of terror.(AFP/Graphic/Oxana Onipko)AFP - A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded over 130 in the packed arrivals hall of Moscow's largest airport in an attack slammed by the Kremlin and the world as an act of terror.


Ex-Minn. governor sues over body scans, pat-downs (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 05:26 PM PST

AP - Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Cohen tapped for Treasury anti-terrorism post (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:53 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama will nominate David Cohen to lead the government effort battling terrorism with financial sanctions, the White House said Monday.

Bombing at Moscow airport called terrorist attack (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:40 PM PST

Firefighters and rescuers gather outside Moscow's Domodedovo international airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 35 and wounded dozens Monday when he blew himself up in the packed arrivals hall of Moscow's largest airport in an attack slammed by the Kremlin as an act of terror.(AFP/Andrey Smirnov)AP - Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up Monday in Moscow's busiest airport and turning its international arrivals terminal into a smoky, blood-spattered hall of dismembered bodies, screaming survivors and abandoned suitcases. At least 35 people were killed, including two British travelers.


The Myth of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism in the U.S. (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST

Time.com - One of the greatest fixations of some politicians is the threat of "homegrown" terrorism in the U.S. But is this a viable threat?

Clinton condemns Russian terror attack (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has condemned the terrorist attack on a Russian airport that has killed nearly three-dozen people and wounded many more.

PM condemns 'appalling' Moscow attack (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:09 PM PST

Paramedics evacuate a wounded person from Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport, after an explosion killed at least 35 people. Prime Minister David Cameron AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron "utterly condemned" Monday's deadly suicide attack at a Moscow airport, adding: "We should never allow the terrorists to win".


A timeline of major terror attacks in Russia (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:57 AM PST

AP - Major terror attacks in Russia over the past 15 years:

Explosion at Moscow Airport: Terror Attack? (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:27 AM PST

The Daily Beast - An explosion reportedly killed at least 35 people today at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, sparking fears of a new wave of terrorist attacks in Russia.

Obama condemns Russia airport blast as terrorism (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:20 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is condemning an explosion that killed at least 35 people at Moscow's busiest airport, calling it "an outrageous act of terrorism against the Russian people."

US sanctions czar to step down (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:42 AM PST

Long-time US sanctions point man Stuart Levey, seen here in 2009, is stepping down from his role targeting terror groups, weapons smugglers and narco-traffickers, the Treasury Department announced Monday.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Long-time US sanctions point man Stuart Levey is stepping down from his role targeting terror groups, weapons smugglers and narco-traffickers, the Treasury Department announced Monday.


(AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:19 AM PST

AP - Russian investigators say suicide bomber most likely carried out attack on Moscow airport.

Life sentence likely for Guantanamo detainee in NY (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:30 AM PST

Photo reviewed by US military officials shows a silence sign inside Camp VI in Guantanamo in 2010. The prospect of the United States charging Guantanamo Bay detainees before new military tribunals unleashed a torrent of protests Thursday among human rights groups.(AFP/File/Virginie Montet)AP - After his capture in the 1998 bombing of a U.S. embassy in Tanzania, Ahmed Ghailani recalled welcoming news reports of the al-Qaida-sponsored terror attack — until it dawned on him his countrymen were killed.


SAfrican police raid property of Nigerian suspect (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:54 AM PST

AP - South African police raided apartments linked to a Nigerian man facing terrorism charges in South Africa, killing one tenant and wounding another person, the properties' owner said Monday.
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