2011年2月8日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

After the Airport Attack, Russia's Most Wanted Terrorist Hones His Message (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST

Islamist rebel leader Doku Umarov gestures in this still image taken from undated video footage. Umarov said on February 7, 2011 he had ordered a suicide bombing that killed 36 people at Russia's busiest airport last month. Umarov, 46, speaking in a video carried by the Islamist website www.kavkazcenter.com, said there would be further such attacks in pursuit of an independent Muslim state governed by Sharia law in Russia's Caucasus region -- a territory embracing Chechnya, Dagestan and other nearby territories. Umarov appeared in the video, apparently made on the day of the Jan. 24 attack on Moscow's Domodedovo airport, wearing combat fatigues, talking quietly and hesitantly. REUTERS/www.kavkazcenter.comTime.com - Chechen warlord Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for the Moscow airport bombing, saying he orchestrated the attack in defense of Muslims across Russia

US House defeats anti-terrorism powers extension (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:49 PM PST

A New York City Police Department mobile observation tower is seen in Times Square in 2010. The US House of Representatives rejected a nine-month extension of counter-terrorism surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - The US House of Representatives rejected a nine-month extension of counter-terrorism surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

House rejects extensions of Patriot Act provisions (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:14 PM PST

AP - The House on Tuesday failed to extend the life of three surveillance tools that are key to the nation's post-Sept. 11 anti-terror law, a slipup for the new Republican leadership that miscalculated the level of opposition.

Clash looms over extending surveillance methods (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:42 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration on Tuesday urged the Congress to extend for nearly three years key powers to track terrorism suspects, setting up a possible clash with Senate Republicans who have urged making them permanent.

Guantanamo one of world's 'finest' prison: Rumsfeld (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:40 PM PST

Photo reviewed by US military officials shows the Gauntanamo Bay Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo. The AFP - The "war on terror" prison at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is "one of the finest prison systems in the world," former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday.

Greek bank robber blamed for deadly terror attack (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:44 PM PST

AP - Greece's most wanted bank robber — a man who deeply embarrassed authorities by escaping from prison twice by helicopter — was involved in a militant bombing that killed a police officer last year, officials said Tuesday.

Germany charges al-Qaida suspect (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:42 AM PST

AP - Federal prosecutors say they have charged a 25-year-old man with Turkish-German citizenship with attempting to recruit supporters for al-Qaida and procuring material that could be used to make a bomb.

Jury convicts NY TV executive of beheading wife (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 05:49 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2011 file photo, Muzzammil Hassan listens during opening statements during his trial in Buffalo, N.Y. Hassan, the founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station has been convicted of beheading his wife in 2009. A jury on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 rejected his claim he was the victim of spousal abuse. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - The founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station was convicted Monday of beheading his wife in 2009 in the studio the couple had opened to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Terrorism sponsor no more? Obama hints at taking Sudan from the list. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 05:06 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The United States on Monday held out the prospect of reducing its dwindling list of state sponsors of terrorism by yet another country, with both President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton saying Sudan could soon be removed from the list.

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