2011年4月8日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Prosecutors: Recording device failed in bomb case (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:33 PM PDT

AP - The failure of an undercover federal agent to record a conversation with a suspect in a terrorism case could hamper his prosecution and bolster a defense claim that the FBI tried to steer him into a crime, a legal expert said Friday.

NY senators clash over panel testimony on Muslims (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:12 PM PDT

AP - A legislative hearing on New York's readiness for another terrorist attack degenerated into name-calling and bruised feelings Friday after a state senator solicited testimony from two activists known for their hard line on Islam and opposition to the construction of new mosques in the United States.

Plea expected from man accused of Metro bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:24 PM PDT

AP - A naturalized citizen from Pakistan charged with joining what he thought was an al-Qaida plot to bomb the D.C. region's Metrorail system is expected to plead guilty to federal charges Monday.

APNewsBreak: Mosque plot suspect calls case absurd (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2011 file photo, Roger Stockham, a California man accused of threatening to blow up the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich., walks into a hearing in the 19th District Court in Dearborn. In his first media interview since being arrested Jan. 24 , Stockham, 63, told The Associated Press he has found a measure of peace in the Detroit jail cell where he awaits trial on charges he plotted to attack the popular mosque. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - A mentally ill Vietnam War veteran who has spent much of the past three decades in prison or psychiatric hospitals said he meant to send a message the recent night he was arrested outside a Michigan mosque, just not the violent message authorities say he intended.

AP Exclusive: Terror suspects held weeks in secret (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:43 AM PDT

In this March 23, 2011 photograph, an Afghan detainee is seen through iron mesh inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. “Black sites,” the secret network of jails that grew up after the Sept. 11 attacks, are gone. But suspected terrorists are still being held under hazy circumstances with uncertain rights in secret, military-run jails across Afghanistan, where they can be interrogated for weeks without charge, according to U.S. officials who revealed details of the top-secret network to The Associated Press. The Pentagon has previously denied operating secret jails in Afghanistan, although human rights groups and former detainees have described the facilities. U.S. military and other government officials confirmed that the detention centers exist but described them as temporary holding pens whose primary purpose is to gather intelligence. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)AP - The CIA's infamous secret network of "black site" interrogation centers is gone. But suspected terrorists in Afghanistan are being held and interrogated for weeks at temporary sites, including one run by the elite special operations forces at Bagram Air Base, according to U.S. officials who revealed details of the detention network to The Associated Press.

Government shutdown 101: What does it mean for homeland security? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:33 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As travelers make their through airports and America’s border crossings during a government shutdown, they will find little changed.

Police take no chances with royal wedding security (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Police officers wait by Westminster Abbey in preparation ahead of a demonstration in London in December 2010. The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be covered by a giant security operation as police go on high alert against the threats of a terror attack and anarchist activism.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be covered by a giant security operation as police go on high alert against the threats of a terror attack and anarchist activism.

One dead in shooting on nuclear submarine (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:55 AM PDT

HMS Astute sails up Gareloch on the Firth of Cylde to her new base at Faslane, in western Scotland, in November 2009. One person was killed and another has life-threatening injuries after a shooting on board a British nuclear submarine docked in Southampton, police said.(AFP/File/Andy Buchanan)AFP - A Royal Navy sailor was killed on Friday and another has life-threatening injuries after a shooting aboard a nuclear submarine docked in port, police and the Ministry of Defence said.

Rise of smaller militant cells forces Indonesia to rethink terror strategy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:37 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Last week's high-profile arrest of Indonesia's most wanted terrorism suspect Umar Patek in Pakistan has once again thrust Indonesia's battle against Islamic extremism into the spotlight.

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