2011年3月3日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


ICE acknowledges fraud probe after court testimony (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PST

AP - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working with the Department of Homeland Security on an internal investigation into alleged misconduct involving a "small number" of employees, an agency spokesman said Thursday.

NJ terror suspects plead guilty (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:35 PM PST

FILE - This undated combination file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals on June 9, 2010 shows Carlos Eduardo Almonte, left and Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, right, who were arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport on June 5, 2010. Authorities believe Almonte, 24, and Alessa, 21, were headed for Somalia in hopes of getting terrorism training. The two New Jersey men entered guilty pleas Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Newark Federal Court on charges that they tried to join an al-Qaida-affiliated group overseas. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals, File)AP - Two New Jersey men pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that they conspired to join an al-Qaida-affiliated group overseas with the purpose of killing those who did not agree with their extremist ideology.


Two US men admit planning terrorist killings abroad (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:07 PM PST

Two American men pleaded guilty Thursday to planning to join a terror network in Somalia and kill innocent civilians as part of an effort to establish AFP - Two Americans pleaded guilty Thursday to planning to join a terror network in Somalia and kill civilians as part of an effort to establish "Islamic law through violence," the US Justice Department said.


NY trial for ex-Soviet military officer is delayed (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PST

AP - The conspiracy trial of a former Soviet military officer charged with trying to sell weapons to a terrorist group was delayed until October after his new lawyers asked Thursday for additional time to prepare their case.

Suspect in airport shooting recently radicalized (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:25 PM PST

Flowers and a sign reading 'anger, grief, why' are put down at the site where a two US airmen have been killed in front of the Frankfurt, Germany, airport, Thursday, March 3, 2011. German federal prosecutors said Wednesday's attack on a busload of U.S. airmen that killed two and wounded two others at Frankfurt airport appears to have been motivated by Islamic extremism. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)AP - Arid Uka grew up in a well-kept immigrant neighborhood in Frankfurt as the son of a relatively prosperous, not all that religious family of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo — a group notable more for their pro-American outlook than for mosque attendance.


Official: Suspected gunman not on US terror lists (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:08 AM PST

The bus is towed away after a gunman fired shots at U.S. soldiers on the bus outside Frankfurt airport, Germany, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 killing two airmen and wounding two before being taken into custody. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)AP - A U.S. law enforcement official says the man suspected in the fatal shootings of two U.S. airmen at a German airport wasn't on any American terrorism watch list.


Napolitano: US aims to prosecute shooting suspects (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:07 AM PST

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the U.S. will seek extradition so it can prosecute Mexican drug cartel suspects accused in the shooting death of an American agent in a highway ambush.

U.S. to seek extradition of shooters of ICE agents (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PST

Sergio Reuters - The United States will seek the extradition from Mexico of suspects in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and the wounding of a second agent, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Thursday.


Officials uncover priceless Chinese antiques (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:31 AM PST

AP - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Homeland Security investigators uncovered two priceless Chinese antiques in shipping containers at Port Newark.

Does shooting at Frankfurt Airport follow pattern of simpler attacks? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Just what might have led a suspected Kosovar gunman to open fire on a US military bus, killing two US airmen and injuring another two at the airport in Frankfurt, is now the subject of intense speculation â€" and worry that terrorist calls to attack so-called soft targets are increasingly bearing fruit.
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