2011年9月14日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Decision to remove woman from airplane disputed (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 05:21 PM PDT

This photo supplied by its subject, Shoshana Hebshi, was taken Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Hebshi said she was strip-searched after being led in handcuffs from a Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Detroit on Sept. 11. She said she is of mixed Arab-Jewish heritage and was searched solely because of her appearance. She was sitting next to two men who had come under suspicion because of their use of an airplane bathroom. She said she did not know the men. All three were freed after being questioned. (AP Photo/Supplied by Shoshana Hebshi)AP - An airline that reported suspicious behavior by two men aboard a flight from Denver on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks said authorities in Detroit removed them — and a female passenger who is half Middle Eastern and claims she was later strip-searched — without consulting the pilots or crew.


NJ town yanks 9/11 marker with politicians' names (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 05:19 PM PDT

AP - Apologetic officials in a small New Jersey town rushed Wednesday to remove a stone marker commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks amid an uproar about what the monument didn't include — any reference to what happened, or the victims — and what it did — the names of the mayor and other local officials.

Father of NYC subway plotter faces visa charge (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 04:12 PM PDT

AP - The father of a man who admitted plotting to bomb New York City subways has pleaded not guilty to visa fraud charges.

NC terror suspect pleads guilty in federal court (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 02:27 PM PDT

AP - Dylan Boyd has pleaded guilty in North Carolina to conspiracy charges stemming from what the federal government calls a plot to carry out acts of terrorism overseas.

UK academic wins compensation over terror arrest (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:37 PM PDT

AP - A British academic who was arrested and held in custody on suspicion of terrorism offenses says he has been paid thousands of pounds in compensation.

General worried by terror collaboration in Africa (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT

AP - The general responsible for U.S. military operations in Africa said Wednesday he is worried that three terrorist groups based on the continent are attempting to share training and to collaborate in other ways in pursuit of their goal of attacking the United States and other foreign targets.

9/11 families press for list of kin of all victims (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:29 PM PDT

AP - Sept. 11 victims' relatives who say a museum is no place to put unidentified victims' remains went to court Wednesday to press for access to a city-maintained list of the next of kin for all the nearly 2,800 people killed at the World Trade Center, information the relatives say they need to gauge opinion on the issue.

Sweden: 3 ex-terror suspects held on murder claims (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 08:18 AM PDT

AP - A Swedish court on Wednesday detained three of the four men initially suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Sweden's second-largest city on preliminary charges of plotting a murder.

Who's really behind the Kabul attacks? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 08:01 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker blamed the Taliban faction known as the Haqqani Network for a 20-hour terror attack in the heart of Kabul, despite broader Taliban claims of responsibility.

Uganda convicts 2 over World Cup bombings (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:48 AM PDT

AP - A Ugandan judge has convicted two suspects over bombings last year that killed 76 people in the East African nation.

Creepy Coincidence: Belmont Race Winners Wore 9, 1 and 1 on Sept. 11 Anniversary (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 03:45 AM PDT

Time.com - On the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the first three winners at Belmont this past Sunday were horses bearing the numbers 9, 1 and 1

Kashmir police: rebel leader killed in gunbattle (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 03:07 AM PDT

AP - Indian forces battled with separatist rebels in Kashmir and killed one of the leaders of a group that was blamed for the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attack, police said Wednesday.
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