2011年8月11日星期四

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Portraits of Navy SEALs killed in helicopter crash (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:24 PM PDT

This undated family photo, provided by the US Navy shows Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Parachutist) Christopher G. Campbell, 36, of Jacksonville, N.C.,  Campbell was killed along with other SEALS in the Afghan Helicopter crash on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/US Navy)AP - The American troops who died aboard a downed helicopter in Afghanistan came to the special forces from far-flung corners of the country, some motivated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. They were intensely patriotic and talented young men with a love of physical challenges and a passion for the high-risk job they chose.


NY judge won't order Gitmo doc probe (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 03:05 PM PDT

AP - A judge has declined to force an investigation into whether an Army psychologist developed abusive interrogation techniques for detainees at Guantanamo Bay and should be stripped of his license, halting what civil-rights advocates have called the first court case amid a push to shed light on psychologists' role in terror suspects' interrogations.

Facebook users describe memories of Sept. 11 (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:10 PM PDT

AP - It's the question that's often first asked or first told when the subject of the worst terror attack in the nation's history comes up: Where were you? What do you remember most? The Associated Press posted an inquiry on Facebook asking people around the world to describe their most vivid memory of Sept. 11, 2001. A sampling of their verbatim responses follows.

Terrorist attacks a universal television event (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, students and others as they watch live television coverage of the flaming New York City skyline at Ackerman Student Union at UCLA in the Westwood district of Los Angeles following the terrorist attacks. From all parts of the world, even in New York itself, most people experienced the events of Sept. 11, 2001 on television. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP - The first indication of the horrors to come was a single camera shot that suddenly appeared on television sets throughout the world: a skyscraper bathed in the morning sun, smoke pouring from a ragged hole in its side. The images grew even worse, as the entire world witnessed the death and destruction of Sept. 11, 2001.


Obama thanks Muslims for service at Ramadan dinner (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:07 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has hosted a traditional Ramadan break-the-fast dinner at the White House, using the occasion to recognize Muslim survivors of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and to thank Muslims for their service to the country.
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