2011年2月3日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


'Home-grown' terror threat increasing: report (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:43 PM PST

The headquarters of MI6 in London. Britain faces a growing threat from home-grown jihadists who are beyond the AFP - Britain faces a growing threat from home-grown jihadists who are beyond the "radar screen" of intelligence authorities, leaked cables seen by the Telegraph newspaper revealed Thursday.


Senators criticize FBI, Army in Fort Hood tragedy (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:28 PM PST

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., looks on at left, as the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, to discuss a Senate report on the Fort Hood shooting that is sharply critical of the FBI and its failure to adequately share information with the military about the alleged shooter's extremist views. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - A Senate report on the Fort Hood shooting is sharply critical of the FBI's failure to recognize warning signs that an Army psychiatrist had become an Islamist extremist and amounted to a "ticking time bomb."


Denmark finds cartoonist attacker guilty of terror (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:44 PM PST

Reuters - A Danish court found a Somali man guilty on Thursday of attempted terrorism for trying to kill a cartoonist whose 2005 drawing of the Prophet Mohammad stirred Muslim outrage around the globe.

Spain reports arrest of 2 in al-Qaida forgery ring (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:18 AM PST

AP - Spain says police in Belgium arrested two Pakistanis allegedly connected to a cell that forged passports for al-Qaida-linked militants.

Mauritania forces search, attack al-Qaida suspects (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:10 AM PST

AP - A Mauritanian security official says forces have sought and attacked suspected al-Qaida-linked terrorists who claimed responsibility for a failed attack the day before.

Prosecutors charge alleged Turkish extremist (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:23 AM PST

AP - German prosecutors say they have charged a Turkish man with membership in a banned leftist group that seeks armed struggle against the Turkish government.

UK: European law hampering terrorism fight (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:40 AM PST

AP - European rules on human rights that prevent some foreign terrorism suspects from being deported to their homelands are creating a "safe haven" for extremists in Britain, Britain's anti-terrorism watchdog said Thursday.

Terror, ruin but no deaths in huge Australia storm (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:07 PM PST

A man stands near his friend's ruined house after Cyclone Yasi passed the northern Australian town of Tully February 3, 2011. Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world's most powerful cyclones spared the nation's northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and toppling trees.   REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Rain and gusts from a weakening cyclone continued to bluster across northeastern Australia Friday as those caught in the eye of the storm sought to salvage belongings from homes with missing roofs and flooded floors.


Somali ax man found guilty in attack on cartoonist (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:05 AM PST

AP - A Danish court on Thursday declared a Somali man guilty of terrorism for using an ax to break into the home of a Danish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

Somali convicted of attacking Danish cartoonist (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:56 AM PST

A Danish court has convicted a 29-year-old Somali man of attempted terrorism and attempted murder for attacking cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, seen here in 2005, who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Jens NØrgaard Larsen)AFP - A court on Thursday convicted a 29-year-old Somali man of attempted terrorism and attempted murder for attacking a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed.


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