2011年5月23日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Anti-terror law clears hurdle, faces objections (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT

AP - A tight deadline looming, the Senate on Monday advanced a four-year extension of the Patriot Act, the controversial law that governs the search for terrorists on American soil.

Mumbai attacks plotter fingers Pakistan at Chicago trial (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:34 PM PDT

This courtroom drawing shows Tahawwur Hussain Rana (R) and Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan in Chicago 2009. The Chicago trial of Rana, accused of working with Pakistani terrorist to plot the 2008 Mumbai attacks, opened Monday amid fears it could further inflame regional tensions.(AFP/Courtroom Drawing/File/Vera Sadock)AFP - The Pakistani-American who spent months casing out Mumbai ahead of the 2008 attacks told a Chicago jury Monday that Pakistan's spy service supports terrorist group he worked with on the deadly siege.


Cuba upholds Salvadoran's conviction in bombings (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:44 PM PDT

AP - Cuba's Supreme Court has upheld a Salvadoran man's 30-year prison sentence for a series of bombings that killed an Italian tourist in 1997.

Headley: Pakistani militant group, ISI coordinated (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT

In this courtroom sketch, David Coleman Headley is shown in federal court Monday, May 23, 2011, in Chicago. Headley, the government's main witness, is cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to taking photos and videos of targets in Mumbai before the rampage that killed 160 people including six Americans over three days. Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana is accused of providing cover for Headley by allowing him to use his Chicago-based immigration services business as a cover when he traveled to India. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)AP - The federal government's key witness in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks testified Monday that he first started training more than a decade ago with a Pakistani militant group that received assistance from the country's main intelligence agency.


Algerian sues US for Guantanamo detention (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 07:56 AM PDT

Algerian Guantanamo Bay ex-detainee Saber Lahmar listens to questions during an interview in Bordeaux, southwestern France, as he announced he was suing US former president George W. Bush in French courts for his detention as a suspected terrorist for eight years in the prison camp.(AFP/Patrick Bernard)AFP - An Algerian said Monday he was suing US former president George W. Bush in French courts for his detention as a suspected terrorist for eight years in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.


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