2011年2月21日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Arrested US official is actually CIA contractor (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2011 file photo, Pakistani security officials escort Raymond Allen Davis, a U.S., center, to a local court in Lahore, Pakistan. The Associated Press has learned that an American jailed in Pakistan after the fatal shooting of two armed men was secretly working for the CIA.  The arrest last month of 36-year-old Raymond Allen Davis has caused an international diplomatic crisis. The U.S. has repeatedly asserted that Davis had diplomatic immunity and should have been released immediately.  But former and current U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk publicly about the incident, told the AP that Davis had been working as a CIA security contractor for the U.S. consulate in Lahore. (AP Photo/Hamza Ahmed, File)AP - An American jailed in Pakistan for the fatal shooting of two armed men was secretly working for the CIA and scouting a neighborhood when he was arrested, a disclosure likely to further frustrate U.S. government efforts to free the man and strain relations between two countries partnered in a fragile alliance in the war on terror.


Navy to gauge readiness in anti-terrorism exercise (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:54 AM PST

AP - Navy sailors will suit up in battle gear and take up fighting positions at U.S. bases during the nation's largest anti-terrorism exercise, an effort meant to gauge their response to multiple attacks, officials said.

Google Street View raises Israeli security fears (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:48 AM PST

AP - Israel says it is considering ways to allow Google Street View to photograph Israeli cities, despite concerns the popular service could be used to plot terror attacks.
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