2011年8月13日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

China sends anti-terrorism unit to restive west (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 02:47 AM PDT

In this July 15, 2009 file photo, paramilitary police officers train themselves at the People's Square in Urumqi, in western China's Xinjiang province. China has sent an elite anti-terrorism unit to the restive far western region of Xinjiang in the wake of recent violence there and ahead of an international trade convention, a state newspaper reported Saturday, Aug 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - China has sent its elite Snow Leopard anti-terrorism unit to its far western frontier where ethnic violence has flared, hoping to boost security before the area stages an international trade convention in weeks, a state newspaper reported Sunday.

US ports spend big on post-9/11 security (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:58 PM PDT

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SPELLING OF SAVANNAH - In this Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer uses a handheld radiation detector on a shipping container at the Port of Savannah terminal in Garden City, Ga. The nation’s fourth-busiest container port has spent $12.3 million in federal grants to fortify itself against possible terrorist attacks. The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks caused port officials and the government to reassess potential vulnerabilities terrorists might exploit to attack America by breaching its borders, whether entering the country over land, through an airport or by sea. While the nation’s 185 public seaports focus on transporting goods rather than people, the chief concern has been the threat of a nuclear bomb or some other catastrophic weapon being smuggled into the country hidden in a ship’s cargo. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)AP - About $2.5 billion in federal grants paying for 10 years of security upgrades have made a huge difference at America's seaports in the decade since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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