2011年2月28日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:39 PM PST

A British Airways aircraft taxis past other parked British Airways aircraft at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in west London in 2010. A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.


Clinton warns terrorists may get fissile materials (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:12 AM PST

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Monday nuclear bomb-making fissile material could fall into the hands of terrorists and called for immediate global negotiations to halt its production.

Kenya warns of possible terror attack after threat (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:34 AM PST

AP - Kenya's police commissioner is warning owners of shopping centers and hotels to be vigilant after threats by a Somali militia group that has already carried out one international attack.

British Airways worker guilty of plane bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:33 AM PST

This undated photo released by the British Metropolitan Police shows Rajib Karim who was found guilty Monday Feb. 28, 2011 at Woolwich Crown Court in London of plotting to blow up a plane while working as a computer specialist with British Airways. A jury has convicted a former British Airways computer specialist of plotting with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane. Rajib Karim, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi man, was convicted of four counts of engaging in preparation for terrorist attacks. He had already pleaded guilty to three terrorism offenses. AP  provides access to this publicly distributed HANDOUT photo to be used only to  illustrate news reporting or commentary on the facts or events depicted in  this image.  (AP Photo/ Metropolitan Police, HO/PA Wire)   EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A jury convicted a former British Airways computer specialist on Monday of plotting with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane in an attack intended to kill hundreds of people.


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