2011年8月5日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Far-right anger, violence thrive on Europe's edges (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2001 file photo, far-right militants, among them Maxime Brunerie, right with denim jacket, shout during the May Day march of the National Front party in Paris.  Brunerie tried to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac during the July 14, 2002 Bastille Day parade. They beat up black and Arab football fans, terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, smash Muslim and Jewish gravestones, preach hate and rally support online. Norway's attacks laid bare a fringe of flourishing racist anger around Europe — and exposed the risk that it could erupt into violence anywhere, anytime. Europe's right-wing extremists are exceptional voices, numbering in the thousands. But their voices can take on disproportionate weight and skew perceptions of immigration.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)AP - They beat up black and Arab football fans, terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, smash Muslim and Jewish gravestones, preach hate and rally support online. Norway's attacks laid bare a fringe of flourishing racist anger around Europe — and exposed the risk that it could erupt into violence anywhere, anytime.


Man wants Mich. terror trial moved, statements out (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 03:39 PM PDT

This photo released by the U.S. Marshals Service on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. The Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a plane as it approached Detroit in 2009 wants his trial moved out of Michigan. in a court filing Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, a lawyer assisting Abdulmutallab said he can't get a fair trial in the state. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Service)AP - A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a plane near Detroit in 2009 accused U.S. agents Friday of failing to read him his Miranda rights and interrogating him while he was sedated and recovering from major burns soon after his arrest.


AP Exclusive: al-Qaida branch won't attack Europe (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT

France's Terrorism Judge, Marc Trevidic, reacts to a question during an interview with the Associated Press in Paris, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - France's top judge in the fight against Islamic terrorism said Friday that al-Qaida's North African wing has shown no ability to strike in Europe or elsewhere beyond its zone of operations.


India links Mumbai blasts to home-grown militants (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Police are seen in Mumbai shortly after a series of bomb blasts in the city in July 2011. India has for the first time linked last month's attacks that killed 26 people in the Indian city to a home-grown militant group.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India has for the first time linked July's bomb blasts that killed 26 people in Mumbai to home-grown militants, saying it could no longer deny the existence of indigenous terror cells.


Experts question if China attacks planned abroad (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 06:39 AM PDT

An armed Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard on a street in Kashgar in China's far western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/David Wivell)AP - Chinese Muslim militants have been to Taliban-controlled parts of neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan, but there is scant evidence supporting Chinese government claims that they returned home to carry out recent terrorist attacks.


Bali bombing suspect opens up to police (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 10:48 PM PDT

AP - A top anti-terrorism official says the main suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings is providing investigators with information about other attacks in Indonesia.

Angst in military over Pentagon cuts (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, gestures during a news conference  at the Pentagon,, Thursday, Aug. 4,  2011.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - From the helicopters they fly to the base housing where their children sleep at night, U.S troops and their families are directly affected by the prospect of deep cuts in the Pentagon's budget, which surely will shrink over the coming decade as the military closes out two wars, trims its ranks and possibly chops some budget-busting weapons systems.


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