2011年10月11日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Clinton says plot will isolate Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks while being interviewed during the closing plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Iran's alleged ties to a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington will isolate Tehran, strengthen Gulf security alliances and spur stricter enforcement of sanctions against Iranian interests, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.


Saudis thank US for foiling plot against envoy (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:02 PM PDT

AP - Saudi Arabia has thanked the U.S. government for preventing what it says was a "despicable" terror plot against its ambassador to the United States.

NC terrorism trial of 3 men set to go to jurors (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:00 PM PDT

AP - A jury will soon begin deliberations in the trial of three North Carolina men charged with being part of a conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack at the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., or targets overseas.

Suspect prepared for death in plane's bathroom (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:47 PM PDT

In this courtroom drawing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel shows an airline seating chart in U.S. District Court, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Detroit. Opening arguments in the trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear, got under way Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)AP - Moments before he attempted to bring down an American jetliner, a young Nigerian man on a mission for al-Qaida retreated to the plane's lavatory for a long cleansing ritual to prepare for death, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday.


Closing arguments expected in NC terrorism trial (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:53 AM PDT

AP - Closing arguments are expected in the federal trial of three North Carolina men accused of plotting to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., along with overseas locations.

NYPD infiltration of colleges raises privacy fears (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:03 AM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 photo, people walk on the campus of Brooklyn College in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Investigators have been infiltrating Muslim student groups at Brooklyn College and other schools in the city, monitoring their Internet activity and placing undercover agents in their ranks, police documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Legal experts say the operation may have broken a 19-year-old pact with the colleges and violated U.S. privacy laws, jeopardizing millions of dollars in federal research money and student aid. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - With its whitewashed bell tower, groomed lawns and Georgian-style buildings, Brooklyn College looks like a slice of Colonial Virginia dropped into modern-day New York City. But for years New York police have feared this bucolic setting might hide a sinister secret: the beginnings of a Muslim terrorist cell.


Underwear bomber trial: Will it shed light on American cleric killed in Yemen? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:54 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Accused underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is set to stand trial Tuesday on charges that he attempted to destroy a Northwest Airlines flight with 281 passengers and 11 crew members onboard as part of an Al Qaeda terror plot on Christmas Day 2009.
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