2011年3月16日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


'Blood money' frees CIA contractor in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2011, file photo, Pakistani security officials escort Raymond Allen Davis, center, to a local court in Lahore, Pakistan.  Officials say on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 an American CIA contractor detained on suspicion of murder has been released after families of the two Pakistanis he killed pardoned him in exchange for compensation. Davis has been in jail since Jan. 27, seriously straining ties between Pakistan and the United States.(AP Photo/Hamza Ahmed, File)AP - Pakistan abruptly freed the CIA contractor who shot and killed two men in a gunfight in Lahore after a deal was sealed Wednesday to pay $2.34 million in "blood money" to the men's families. The agreement, nearly seven weeks after the shootings, ended a tense showdown with a vital U.S. ally that had threatened to disrupt the war on terrorism.


Terror group behind Indonesia 'book bombs': official (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Indonesian armed anti-terror police guard the entrance of national narcotics agency in Jakarta after they defused a bomb package addressed to the agency's chief Brigadier General Goris Mere, a former top official at the national police bomb unit. A top Indonesian anti-terror official said Wednesday that regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah was behind a series of AFP - A top Indonesian anti-terror official said Wednesday that regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah was behind a series of "book bombs" in the capital, one of which injured four people.


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