2011年10月7日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Lawyer: Airline attack suspect won't talk to jury (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:44 PM PDT

FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. The stakes are significant as the government prosecutes Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab for the first terrorist attack in the U.S. during the Obama administration, a failed suicide strike that forced the rapid deployment of full-body scanners at American airports and revealed the rise of a new al-Qaida group. Jury selection in his trial begins Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)AP - A Nigerian man headed to trial for an alleged terrorist attack aboard a Detroit-bound plane has changed his mind and will not give his own opening statement to jurors next week, an attorney said Friday.


King: Feds happened upon American al-Qaida member (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:48 AM PDT

AP - A New York congressman says federal and local law enforcement authorities became aware of an al-Qaida propagandist killed last week in Yemen when he contacted other suspected terrorists on Long Island in recent years.

Finns release Somali terror suspect, hold another (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:46 AM PDT

AP - Finnish police have released a Somali woman arrested on suspicion of financing terrorism but are holding a Somali man as they further probe allegations that he recruited potential terrorists, authorities said Friday.

FBI Director: Intelligence Will Have to Use 'Lone Wolf' Provision (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 07:19 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told Congress on Thursday that two controversial provisions in the 2001 anti-terrorism law known as the Patriot Act will be especially important for adapting to the threat of domestic radicalization and the challenges of a wireless communications world.
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