2011年7月31日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


NJ Muslim: From 9/11 detainee lawyer to judge (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:37 PM PDT

In this photo of July 26, 2011, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed raises his right hand as he is administered the oath of office by his mentor, retired Passaic County Assignment Judge Robert J. Passero, left, at Mohammed's ceremonial swearing in in Paterson, N.J. Mohammed represented many people rounded up in New Jersey in the post-9/11 dragnet. Along the way, he gained the respect and friendship of many top law enforcement officials for his efforts to build bridges between the Muslim community and law enforcement and to help defuse tensions in those incredibly tense days. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)AP - As the rubble of ground zero smoldered in the months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the investigation was just as hot across the Hudson River in New Jersey.


Mexico says a top Juarez cartel figure captured (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, 33, is escorted by federal police officers to a media presentation in Mexico City, Sunday July 31, 2011. According to federal officials, Acosta, nicknamed 'El Diego,' is a key drug cartel figure, who acknowledged ordering 1,500 killings. He is also a suspect in last year's slaying of a U.S. consulate employee near a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez. Authorities identified Acosta as head of La Linea, a gang of hit men and corrupt police officers who act as enforcers for the Juarez Cartel. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.


'Christian terrorist'? Norway case strikes debate (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 01:34 PM PDT

AP - When the "enemy" is different, an outsider, it's easier to draw quick conclusions, to develop stereotypes. It's simply human nature: There is "us," and there is "them." But what happens when the enemy looks like us — from the same tradition and belief system?

Flight 93 Pa. crash site marked by huge boulder (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 01:33 PM PDT

AP - The western Pennsylvania site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after passengers confronted hijacking terrorists during the Sept. 11 attacks almost a decade ago is being marked by a gigantic boulder.

Businesses play critical role in thwarting terror (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:04 PM PDT

AP - Ultimately, it was the keen eye of a Texas gun shop clerk that helped authorities find an AWOL soldier who'd stashed bomb-making material in his nearby motel room for a planned attack on Fort Hood soldiers.
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