2011年2月1日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Mosque plot suspect planted bomb in airport in '85 (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:33 PM PST

In a booking photo provided by the Dearborn, Mich., police department, Roger Stockham is shown. Stockham, of Imperial Beach, Calif, was arrested on Jan. 24, 2011 outside the Islamic Center of America mosque in Dearborn, Mich. Stockham was arraigned Wednesday on charges of making a false report or threat of terrorism and possessing explosives with an unlawful intent. (AP Photo/Dearborn Police, HO)AP - A California man accused of threatening to blow up a popular Detroit-area mosque has had several violent, unpredictable run-ins with the law dating back to the 1970s, including one in which he kidnapped his son from a foster home and crashed a plane while trying to get away.


'Jihad Jane' terror suspect pleads guilty in Pa. (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST

FILE - This June 26, 1997 file booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, shows Colleen R. LaRose.  LaRose who called herself 'Jihad Jane' online pleaded guilty Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, to her role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail, File)AP - A suburban woman who was the live-in caretaker for her boyfriend's elderly father calmly told a U.S. judge Tuesday that she had worked feverishly online under the name "Jihad Jane" to support Islamic terrorists and moved overseas to further her plan to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims.


Australia cyclone upgraded to top threat level (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:44 PM PST

A photo provided on February 1 by Eumestat shows Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi heading toward the northeast coast of Australia. A huge cyclone barrelling towards Australia was Wednesday upgraded to the highest threat level as meteorologists warned it was shaping up to be the most life-threatening storm in generations.(AFP/EUMETSAT)AFP - A terrifying cyclone roaring towards Australia strengthened Wednesday to the most dangerous threat level, as forecasters warned it could be the most life-threatening storm in generations.


House panel expands probe of information requests (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:18 PM PST

AP - The new Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee cited discrepancies Tuesday between internal government documents and statements by a senior political adviser in the Homeland Security Department about how the government responded to requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act from citizens, journalists and others.

DHS pilot charged with lying to investigators (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:20 PM PST

AP - A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent appeared in a Maine courtroom on Tuesday to hear charges alleging he lied to investigators over his role in a 2005 incident along Texas' border with Mexico in which a would-be illegal immigrant drowned.

Australia cyclone upgraded to top threat level: forecasters (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:08 PM PST

A photo provided on February 1 by Eumestat shows Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi heading toward the northeast coast of Australia. A huge cyclone barrelling towards Australia was Wednesday upgraded to the highest threat level as meteorologists warned it was shaping up to be the most life-threatening storm in generations.(AFP/EUMETSAT)AFP - A huge cyclone barrelling towards Australia was Wednesday upgraded to the highest threat level as meteorologists warned it was shaping up to be the most life-threatening storm in generations.


"Jihad Jane" pleads guilty in U.S. terrorism case (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:03 PM PST

Reuters - A Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane" pleaded guilty on Tuesday to plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist, providing material support to terrorists, and other criminal charges, the U.S. Justice Department said.

America's 'JihadJane' pleads guilty in terror plot (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:03 PM PST

This undated image obtained courtesy of WPVI-TV in Philadelpha, Pennsylvania shows terror suspect Colleen R. LaRose. An American woman who called herself AFP - An American woman who called herself "JihadJane" pleaded guilty Tuesday to terror-related charges stemming from a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist.


Prosecutor: Airline worker plotted terror attack (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:15 AM PST

AP - A British Airways worker plotted with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to down a trans-Atlantic airliner in a major terrorist attack, a prosecutor told a London court on Tuesday.

Germany reduces terror security measures (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:44 AM PST

FILE - in this Nov. 18, 2010 file picture a police officer stands guard at the Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany. Sign at left reads: Berlin airports. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says Germany is reducing the presence of police officers in railway stations and other public places - measures put in place after a terrorist warning in November. De Maiziere told reporters Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011  that the possibility of a terrorist attack on Germany remains, but incidents that had prompted November's warning had been resolved. He said the heightened alert was ordered after al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot tried to blow up two cargo planes over the U.S., and after authorities received reports that Islamic extremists may be planning an attack within Germany by the end of November. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn,File)AP - Germany's top security official on Tuesday said he will reduce the number of police officers patrolling railway stations and other public places since a terrorism warning last year, but made clear that a threat to the country still remains.


(AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:07 AM PST

AP - Ireland names Feb. 25 as date for national election.

Plane lands on I-80 in NJ; no injuries reported (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:59 PM PST

A small plane is seen on a flatbed tow truck after making an emergency landing on the eastbound express lanes of Interstate 80, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, in Hackensack, N.J. The aircraft is owned by the U.S. Justice Department and was being used for a training flight for the prosecutor's office's homeland security efforts. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP - Authorities say a federally owned plane being used for local homeland security training made an emergency landing on Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey.


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