2011年10月2日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Terror suspect accused of trying to hit FBI agent (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:58 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge in Michigan has ordered a man suspected of supporting terrorist groups held on allegations he tried to crash into the car of an FBI agent who was following him as part of heightened security for the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Yemeni official: Al-Qaida bomb maker not killed (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:46 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, purports to show Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. Al-Asiri, al-Qaida's top bomb maker in Yemen, did not die in a drone strike on a convoy, a top Yemeni official said Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, a report that dashed the hopes of U.S. officials who thought the attack might have killed a trio of top al-Qaida personnel. (AP Photo/Saudi Arabia Ministry of Interior, File)  EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO SALESAP - Al-Qaida's top bomb maker in Yemen did not die in a drone strike on a convoy, a top Yemeni official said Sunday, a report that dashed the hopes of U.S. officials who thought the attack might have killed a trio of top al-Qaida personnel.


Minn. women accused of terror financing face trial (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, left, and Amina Farah Ali, both of Rochester, Minn., leave the U.S. District Court after appearing at a hearing in St Paul, Minn. The two women are accused of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia, and are the first to go on trial in Minnesota's years-long federal investigation into the recruiting and financing of al-Shabab. Their trial begins Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig, File)AP - One of two Minnesota women accused of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia allegedly told potential donors to ignore charities and focus on "the jihad" and helped finance local Somali men's travel to their war-torn homeland to fight, prosecutors alleged in court filings.


State media: Morocco dismantles new militant cell (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:22 AM PDT

AP - An al-Qaida-linked militant cell planning attacks against foreign companies has been dismantled by Moroccan authorities, the state news agency reported.

Spain judge frees 5 suspected of financing terror (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:59 AM PDT

AP - Five Algerians suspected of financing al-Qaida's North African branch have been freed by a judge who said there was no significant evidence against them.

Syria opposition launches national council (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and provided by Shaam News Network, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters flash V-victory signs as a woman in the foreground displays her hands with the Arabic word reading: 'leave', during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, in Edlib province, Syria, on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.  Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters Friday as thousands rallied across the country to call for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's regime, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP - Syrian dissidents on Sunday formally established a broad-based national council designed to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime, which they accused of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. Syrians took to the streets in celebration, singing and dancing.


Indonesia arrests a most-wanted Muslim militant (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 10:25 PM PDT

AP - Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has arrested one of the country's most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly plotting suicide attacks.

Anwar al-Awlaki: Is killing US-born terror suspects legal? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 09:49 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen this week again raises questions about the legal authority under which the US Government can target its own citizens for assassination.
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