2011年7月26日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Feds: Taliban supporter charged in drug sting (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Federal authorities said Tuesday they've found fresh evidence of growing cooperation between the drug trade and terrorists in a probe of two major overseas networks of narcotics dealers.

Review: No evidence of cancer-9/11 exposure in NY (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:09 PM PDT

AP - Ground zero residents and first responders sick with cancer will continue to be excluded from receiving help from the federal government program created to aid victims of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center terror attacks until at least 2012.

Norway police slammed for slow response to rampage (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Deputy Chief of Police Sveinung Sponheim, left, and Police Chief of Staff Johan Fredriksen, center, are seen during a press conference at the police headquarters in Oslo, Tuesday July 26, 2011. Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week's bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief to an already reeling nation. (AP Photo/Erlend Aas, Scanpix) NORWAY OUTAP - When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.


Administration defends terror prosecution decision (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:43 AM PDT

AP - Prosecuting a suspected Somali terrorist in a U.S. civilian court is in the best interest of the country's national security, the Obama administration said Tuesday, pushing back against Republicans who have challenged the government's decision to use civilian courts to try terrorists.

Norwegian police under scrutiny after terror attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Norway’s terrorist attacks have placed Oslo's police force and its tactics under the microscope, and today officials defended their reaction time to the shooting spree on the island of Utoya, saying the circumstances of Friday’s assaults presented a genuine challenge to the authorities.

US hits 'narco-terrorism' smugglers (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

The long arm of US law enforcement reached around the world to seize four men accused of AFP - The long arm of US law enforcement reached around the world to seize four men accused of "narco-terrorism" conspiracies to help Hezbollah and the Taliban, officials said Tuesday.


House bill targets aid to Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:27 PM PDT

AP - House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a foreign aid bill that would restrict President Barack Obama's authority on providing U.S. taxpayer dollars to Pakistan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority while cutting money for international organizations.

US: bin Laden death ups terror risk for Americans (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:39 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration says Osama bin Laden's death has raised the risk of anti-American violence worldwide.

Poland probes supplier of Norwegian terror suspect (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Broken windows are seen on a building damaged by last Friday's bombing attack, in Oslo, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.  Norway's justice minister says employees from his department are still missing after an attack on government headquarters in Oslo and a shooting spree at a nearby island.  Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to last week's bombing in the capital and a rampage on a Labor Party retreat for young people. In all, 76 people were killed in the twin attacks that have stunned peaceful Norway.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Officials said Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into a Polish chemist after he admitted supplying chemicals that the Norway massacre suspect used in bomb-making.


Mumbai probe focuses on local Indian terror group (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:38 AM PDT

FILE- In this July 27, 2008 file photo, a policeman stands amongst vehicles destroyed in an explosion outside the Trauma Ward of the Civil Hospital in Ahmadabad, India. The shadowy domestic terror group Indian Mujahideen (IM), which sprang out of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India and Indian officials say is linked to Pakistani extremists, appears to be emerging as prime suspect in the July 13, 2011 triple bombing in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)AP - The prime suspect in the deadly bomb attack in Mumbai — the Indian Mujahedeen — has re-emerged three years after authorities believed they virtually wiped out the terror group in a crackdown that left many of its leaders dead, in jail or hiding abroad.


US counterterror official: Al-Qaida on the defense (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Matt Olsen, President Barack Obama's choice to become director of the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC), testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Al-Qaida is on the defensive but remains a "significant and present danger" to Americans, according to President Barack Obama's pick to lead the nation's top counterterrorism body.


Norway victims reflect diversity suspect despised (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:20 PM PDT

A woman is seen in front of wall decorated with flowers in memory of the victims of Friday's bomb attack and shooting rampage in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The defense lawyer for Anders Behring Breivik said Tuesday his client's case suggests he is insane, adding that someone has to take the job of defending him but that he will not take instructions from his client. Geir Lippestad told reporters that the suspect in the bombing on the capital and the brutal attack on a youth camp that killed at least 76 people is not aware of the death toll or of the public's response to the massacre that has rocked the country. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - A dreadlocked teenage musician who made it onto a television talent show. A secretary who might have survived if her bicycle hadn't been in the shop. A gentle young man whose last phone conversation with his father broke off with the words, "Dad, someone is shooting."


Report: Nepal arrests man linked to Mumbai blasts (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:56 AM PDT

AP - Nepal's official media say police have arrested a man suspected of links to the triple bomb blasts in Mumbai this month that killed 20 people.

India, Pakistan see progress in resumed talks (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:37 AM PDT

AP - High-level Indian and Pakistani officials held talks Tuesday against the backdrop of a recent terror attack that killed 20 people in India's financial capital.

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Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT

AP - Police have released first set of names of those killed in Norway's twin attacks.

Anders Behring Breivik's Manifesto: Template for Terrorism (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Shortly before his deadly rampage on July 22, Anders Behring Breivik did something millions of people do today -- he checked in one last time with his friends on Facebook

NY historical society to host free 9/11 exhibit (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:16 PM PDT

AP - The New-York Historical Society plans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a special exhibition.
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