2011年4月30日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Moroccan police offer glimpse of terror bomb site (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 04:51 PM PDT

Tourists watch attractions on Djemma el-Fna square, with the Argna cafe in background, in Marrakech, Morocco, Friday, April, 28, 2011, just one day after the explosion. The international police agency Interpol called the attack on a crowded tourist cafe in Marrakech a suspected suicide bombing Friday, as the government said two Canadians, two French citizens, a Dutchman and two Moroccans were among the 15 killed in the explosion. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - A messy heap of Moroccan pastries sit in a shattered glass display case. Twisted nails, strips of clothing and mobile phone parts have been collected and placed in rows of jars. Tourist maps and a charred Douglas Adams' novel lie in clear plastic evidence bags, while the walls and floors bear the blood stains and nail-sized scars of a bomb blast that took the lives of 16 people days earlier.


Al-Qaeda ordered suspect to carry out attack in Germany (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:36 AM PDT

Policemen accompany an alleged member of Al-Qaeda from the helicopter to the Federal High Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, southern Germany. German officials said Saturday they had nipped in the bud plans for a major attack inside the country by breaking up an alleged terror cell whose leader was under orders from Al-Qaeda.(AFP/DPA/Uli Deck)AFP - German officials said Saturday they had nipped in the bud plans for a major attack inside the country by breaking up an alleged terror cell whose leader was under orders from Al-Qaeda.


1 year after Times Square scare, concerns endure (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:37 AM PDT

In an April 27, 2011 photo, Duane Jackson, one of the first people to alert police officers to a suspicious vehicle that contained a crude bomb in New York's Times Square,  May, 1, 2010, works at his stand. One year after a militant Pakistani immigrant spread a wave of fear by driving a bomb-laden SUV into the heart of Times Square, New Yorkers, tourists and even the street vendor who alerted police to the smoking vehicle still flock to 'The Crossroads of the World' as if it never happened. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - One year after a militant from Connecticut spread panic by driving a bomb-laden SUV into the heart of Times Square, New Yorkers, tourists and even the street vendor who alerted police to the smoking vehicle still descend on "The Crossroads of the World" as if it never happened.


German officials: Suspects were planning bombing (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 06:14 AM PDT

An alleged al-Qaida  member, left, is brought to a building of the federal court in Karlsruhe, Germany, Saturday, April 30, 2011. German officials say three suspected al-Qaida members were working on making a shrapnel-laden bomb they could use in an attack on a crowded area such as a bus or bus stop when they were arrested Friday. The attack was 'still in the experimentation stage,' said anti-terrorism prosecutor Rainer Griesbaum in a news conference Saturday. (AP Photo/dapd, Daniel Kopatsch)  SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY OUTAP - Three suspected al-Qaida members were working on making a shrapnel-laden bomb in Germany to attack a crowded place such as a bus — a plot that shows Europe faces an ongoing terror threat, officials said Saturday.


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